POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 270, 11 November 1908, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M4 SOME BAGS OF BONES. Lincoln Turner, alias Scott, alias iLitchell, a slim young man ot near 72 inches, appeared under accusation of haviri'g on two occasions stolen bags laden with bones from the (juecn-street wharf. The sheet charged him with having stolen 70 bags ot these, bones on October last, and with having feloniously removed 17 sacks on .funo 2 last, the total value being £21 10/, and the bones being owned by Wa.rnoe.st Bios.

Chief Detective Mar«aek, in asking for a remand until Friday, said that Turnev had only been brought hack from Hokianga yesterday. Mr Singer, who appeared for the accused, made no objection, but applied for l bail, which was fixed at X 1(10. STEALING A SHIRT. Henry .lolinsou, a deep-lined and dishevelled atom of humanity, pleaded guilty so soon as charged with having yesterday stolen a shirt valued at 2/0, the .property of George Fowlds. Before, he had time to proceed further with his confession, however. Sergeant Hendry suggested that a remand would be an excellent thing in the old man's own interests. So ho was remanded until the lSth insl. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. The man .loci Yicers Smith, remanded from hist week for sentence on the charge of having stolen a parcel on the 3rd, belonging to Kuffo.no Mi<Ta.rthy. was thi:-, morning admitted to probation for three years, and ordered to report himself to the - police at intervals and pay the costs of the prosecution. The. probation Oilker's report wa.s not satisfactory, said the Magistrate, hut Sergeant Hendry said th:*t the property had Heen recovered, while a number of ■witnesses spoke in favour of his previous character. I i>milh war- also prohibited for I- months.

CAUGHT THIS MORNING. A youth iif short stature mimed Thotniis ..Martin, appeared on a cha.rge of having yesterday broken into the dwelling of Charles Wra. Kgge.rton, of Hoh-«-on Hay-road, and frniug out with a watch ajifi -guard belonging to one of (h< , occupants of the house. Sergeant liendry said that the accused had only. btt-n captured this morning, anf i he. therefore as.kf-d for ■?., retna,nd until the' nth iu^t. INEBRIATE. "Margie Annie Cullerne was convicted and prohibited, and three, first offenders were dealt with in the usual fa-shion. • SEPARATED. A separation order was issued against Roderick Ryan on the ground of persistent cruelty and intemperance-, tho wife to have custody of the three children. Ryan was ordered to contribute £1 per week towards his wile's support, and :>/- ---each towards the maintenance <-of his children, and was required forthwith ho find a U.V) surety for his good faith, default three months" imprisonment.

SCANDINAVIAN FIREMEN AMOK. The two 501011.71 firemen of the steamship Croiniw. N. .len.-:0n and Kmile .lonsin, accused jointly of drunkenness and assault mi a Mlow-coiurtryman named Charles YYickstein. were dealt with this mornins. a.-soci:Ued with them in Ihe cnarpe of assault bein? a third, named .1 vilin- Dropa?. Serjeant He.njrv produced the. captain, "who stated that on Uie night before la>t the two .Jensens arrived on board considerably the worse for liquor. The eomplaina.nl \va.s walking alonp ffit- deck poking , a <i<rar. and nne of the .lensen> approached and knocked this out of his mouth, and the other followed up by knocking him down. Then thp third man took a hand, and the affair developed into a pursuit, of | ronnd the ship by the. three men. who struck and kicked hun as opportunity offered. One of the kicks sent, several of his teeth dawn his throat. and in terror, he fled to the saloon, where the ca-ptain rescued him, although for nearly three-quarters of a.n hoar tho men endeavoured to batter down the cabin door in search of thpir quarry. The result, of the kick in the jaw. said Serjeant Hentlry. would mean an expen.se of about. £~ to the injured, man for repairs and false teeth. After <he hearinc: of a considerable. a-mnimt of conflictions in the way of opinions and evidence, the ma-pislrate decided to dismiss the iaforruatiou aca-irrst T>ropas. and convict the two other men fining them 5/- for dnmkenne>s. and lr-Winß them return to their pliip ou condition that they reimbursed the expense to Wickstein 'of obtaining repairs to 1115 damn<jed mouth.