POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 90, 14 April 1908, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. G. C. Kettle, B3ss'-'M •> THE GUN RUNNER. * ► William Souter,' who came to towa* from the King Country some little while back with a. guri : . entrusted to him about a : previously for repairing purposes, pawning it to meet pressing jMcuhiary demands, was. this morning convicted oi stealing the gun, and ordered.tp : come upfor sentence, when called upon, his Wot- . ship taking into consideration the fact that remands had. already detained- ao> cus'ed in custodyfforar r a fortnight. INEBRIATE. William. Twentynran and Archibald? McNaughten, for breaking the terms, oj their prohibition orders, Were fined-a. collective '£4 and- £3 default one month. \yilUam Knapp. wa# fined. £1 and "costs." default one n-ucmta, for a similar offence: ''■■-, THE HOY DETECTIVEi ; The lad Archibald Hunter, remandedt several times for settlement in. connection with the jewellery thefts at Glenalvon, pending' corroboration or otherwise of'his account respecting the role .he played in the- New South Wales detective force, was this niorning remanded a further eight days, the boy promising to report himselfr eyeiy. evening-to ChiefDetective' Marsack, pending a.rrangements for his return to his friends in - Sydney.- ..:.-. ' ; MAINTENANCE. Augustus Cash, George Alex." Marshaft and Norman Burke were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment for disobeying the Court order a__ainstS them for maintenance, the warrants in s£ch case to be suspended so long as Cash pays 2/6 a week off the arrears, in addition to current payments, Marshall 5/- a week, and : Burke 3/6 a week," ' ■•■■' .-. _ ■ .-.-■:■::•'.■..:.,-.:-. . --' '• •