POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 169, 16 July 1908, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before TMessrs. E X. Tizard and TV. _£.Thompson. XP.'s.) A "DEAR SHOVEL. William Scott and William Murphy tre two youths who took advantage of '-"arjppoi Luiiity yesterday to get up early _nd annexe a shovel belonging to Alexander Leitn. The shovel was taken • re* a secondhand dealers place in Al-bert-street, where Murphy disposed of it for 1/6, on behalf -of his "poor sick fatber." a_d tbe twain glorifled tbe remainder of the morning to what extent lay in the potency of eigbteenpence. In the afternoon they were gathered in. and spent the night in meditation and fore- __ boding. This morning they were given the choice between paying each £1 and sosts. or going to gaol for seven days. A BRAWL AND AFTER. Ernest Petersen and Carl Jansen were too busy last night at a bout of nsti___s to note the approach of Constable . Syne, who called upon them to surrender In the name of the law. Jansen sub--7 ffljtt.ed without parley, but Petersen took to his heels, and was chased down Lornesrreet by the Constable, who came up •with- this quarry (at Welles3ey>-&.-fcreet. Petersen, .like the corawed rat. apparently contested his capture tooth and. nail, so that matter? became considerably sultry in word and deed. When accused -of his contumelious lack of respect for tbe officer's mandate. Petersen somewhat hoarsely expressed bis objection to being grabbed by a policeman -and mauled about like a dog. He was -Jner-ely defending nimself when be stru_gled _ndl fought against the constable. Petersen's Bjet-fcods towards what * / sailed defending himself were revealed to the no great credit of Petersen, however, and the officer's handling of him ?rmnded mild to tenderness compared therewith. So Petersen was sent to spend two bard months oi labour in , Mt. Eden Gaol. Jansen was convicted s_d fined 5/-. IXEBRIATE. Three first offenders were convicted md discharged, and a fourth forfeited ] baSL GBUf-ET S-*T____-»lN<_. The Parnell fire brigade turned out nn the 4th inst. to extinguish the burning soot in Robert Martin's chimney. | which cost the borough £1 U/6. and | „M_j±_i a 10/- fine and costs. i _J__EGEX» XUTEUT TO DESERT, i Charles James Harris, a dark-wbis- | feered m_M? w &o bakes bread, was ac- | cused by Mr Brookneld with intent to j desert his wife, without leaving her sufficient ___a.te_a_ce- The case was ad- . Journed ti_ Tuesday next, bail being allowed, on the application of Mr Hae- | ketit, in one approved surety of £50. i BY-LAWS. John Armstrong and Alexander Leith I were each fined 1/- a_d costs for allowing horses to wander, Robert 'Kent being I -feed 2/fi and costs for a similar of- | fence. Joseph Goodley was fined 2/6 and costs for driving without lights. ABSENT FROM SCHOOL. The ioflow__ fines were inflicted upon ■Barents, whose children had remained absent from school longer than tie law atAo-tre: —Robert PurcelL £1 2/-; Sarah -£U Joseph Noyer, £1 6/-; SamaeT-AzTmstrong, lfi/--