POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 168, 15 July 1908, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. C. C. Kettle, SJt) . I FORCED BY "GINGSK* J A young Maori named Werenaaa I the pakeha alias of Louia Wilson, puS I guilty to having ontered two elwpt^ I in Parnell and one in 'I Monday evening, and abstracte^fcS ' : I the first 2s. worth of sandwich*! J from the second Is. -worth of meat 2J 1 Sub-inspector Gordon explained «S I Werehana's process was to "eater \, shop, call for some goods 1 take a little finding, and what tune tW j? I attendant was busy in the search, snatch I up the most available edibles I camp. Werehana, who said he hajX I from Aratapu, having come to I in search ol work, admitted; the theftbj* 1 declared that two mates who Were-'Wi5 I him had forced him to their perpeti? I tion. Both were pakehas, and tmknoM 1 to him by the name of their birth;butw I knew one very well as. "Ginger.^,.Jβ I answer to the Magistrate's solicitation I as to where this "Ginger" was • tij ■Iβ ■ I found, however, Werehana could say I thing, so he was remanded for a '-week I to facilitate inquiries. •• •• • '',;• I variety. ; i-; 1 I Tlie young man Charles I on remand with having stolen 8/- worth I of ciiocolates from the shop of Harriett I Delaney in Grey-street, again -admitted '.'■ I he was in the shop, admitted having tie I chocolates, but contended that he wag I there with the cognisance and approval I of the proprietress, who had sent hhn - out shortly before to purchase some I ] whisky for a'little conviviality that vai I in progress at the establishment. Har- '■■•■'■■ I riett Delaney, however, denied thi» aj. : I legation entirely, contending that the was attending to some little household ' I duty upstairs when she heard a hammer. ing at the back door, and in her haute to investigate the occasion of the racket, . I fell headlong downstairs and hsd ?to v ■ be assisted by a neighbour to the-'deor. ' I She recovered sufficiently, however,'when " I seeing the .accused, whom she was -positive she had never *mn before, to wire ■ him by the throat and demand what I he was doing with her chocolates. The : I lady also declared that he had emptied { I her till of the 7/- odd in cash, and. that' . I he must have broken in by the window I to enter the shop. The evidence being ." I of bo contradictory a nature, Ms Wbr- I ship concluded that someone must be I perjuring pretty badly, and he therefore I ordered another week's remand for funi- I ther inquiries. .:"' I BEMAKDS. I The young men. James Alwin. Schmidt, v I and Matthew William Haywa-rd'. Crnn-/;■ I mine, charged with stealing postal notes I while in the employ of the Post XMBe* I Department, were further remanded, this morning till Tuesday afternoon next, Ifcr," Mays, saying he would be prepared then : to go on. Bail was allowed as before, - John Leslie Winters, a tall, thin yonug £ man, appeared on a charge of committing an indecent act before two little ... girls in Walters-road on Monday. Sub-. •Inspector Gordon, in asking for an eight days' remand, said there would probably be a number of other, charges brought ■-■'. against the accused. Several complaints .'. had been made, but Winters was only . arrested yesterday, > and time was Tβquircti to obtain evidence. Bail war allowed in two sureties each of £10. BY-LAWS. Hector Fraser had already paid pretty : ■ heavily in poundage fees, so he was cau-r •:■•■;■ vjcted and bilered to pay costs■ •T^-"fat, ■.' allowing his liqrses to wander''in ■>'■• monds-street:" " ■ . /' ..;.'.' Wong Shin and Quong Hing *ereea«e | requisitioned of 5/- for leaving their cartwheels unchained: and Hip- Lak,' V whose wick, declared Hip,, had' been,, ''welly shlort," so that it flickered outj- :■ was fined 5/- for driving along darkly in the darkness. FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. Frank Watson committed an offence . in Queen-street last night, for which he was sentenced to 48 hours' imprisonment. WITHOUT LEAVE. Two firemen of the Wakanui, James Lydiard and William G. Pauling, went ashore yesterday • without permission, and took the day off, ■ for .which .they were convicted this morning, .of absent- r ing themselves without leave,- and ordered to pay each 9/6 in costs, v ; . INEBRIATE. ; Maud Elaine -Bowden, a second^oflen-. der, was convicted and ordered to' , pay-'. 10/- costs; John Ansenne 1 was fined'loA for Ms second offence,- and 20/- fot. breaking prohibition; three firslPoffenv ders were convicted and cautioned,'" and one was remanded till Friday. A CALICO TEMPTATIOH. Frederick Reynolea, ce"end"ed\ bjf Mr. Williamson, denied .having put his stick . through the calico sign outside William McLeod's ' butcher shop in Freeman's Bay. He admitted having swung the-V:•.'■: stick, and letting it go at a considerable momentum, but it didn't hit the calico. One boy supported his statement, and two others slighted it, declaring,.Jtfiaft Eeynolds was the one who holeiithe,. calico, one boy admitting that lie mm-■ . self had a shot also, but. he missed, for which he was rather glad now. As-'ihe ■ ; four boys all had something a little ; : various to say, and. the night was dark, his Worship decided that he could, not ; J satisfactorily resolve that Reynolds'was the one who did the mischief, so he wa» - dismissed. . ■,-■ - • THREE MONTHS. Isaac Cam, who has neglected the continual orders of the Court respecting the/ maintenance of his children, all of whom occupy places at an industrial school, was this morning sentenced to a term of three months' imprisonment with hard labour, without any option. . ••%';.>