POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 138, 11 June 1909, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

j■■■■ i ■ - m ; J ■(/Before Messrs. W. Thomas and ,W. A. Thompson, JftVsj) • i [ DRUNKENNESS. i 'In "order to anark.'.its -ofW i Berioue offence, , the JBeifch. 1 fined Ilenrjr! ■ 3oyes £1, witfi the option df seven having been drunk on a Tail--way-platform. Elizabeth Cook, a third offender, received a similar fine. ? INDECENCY. 'George 'Ghas. IJadley, a man of a/bont ■SO, received "a, sentence ; of '<rae • month's 'Imprisonment for having been, guilty of an indecent act at the corner of Queen Xnd Victoria streets. trNDEStBABUES. -Michael r 3tlartin, ajaijticularly frowey--looking individual, with a husky ..Voice, described by Sub-inepector Hendry r as a "hotel loafer," denied ihaving begged alma -in -Queen-stneet ion Thursday*. "William Jones said prisoner -asked iim «for a shilling to buy a drink, and when re-, fused -became .most insulting. J&ar-tin, Who 4ias previously been ■ convicted as an ; idle and disorder]y.pers on, was sentenced •to 12 'months with .hard labour. ■ - | Charles Porter, ■Who matched Martin :fa appearance, .pleaded *not guilty to -a: seharge of assaulting the witness -in the last ;ceee. Jonee explained that jjiM ' ter hejgave Marbinin;charjge,for begging iEoFtet scftfiw. up, embroidering his iquery with .remaijke that ere not iiauaUy in polite eooiety, waoted to inovf right liad to oomplain agttinat my rnafce?" Without-waiting for <a '.'feply, porter the witness .-down. Sub-inspector aJendry eulogised ttheactioH Kjf -Mr. Jones -in giving -informa-', tion to -the.police, and .said -if everyone wjlo yraea jaocoetea iy this class did ilikewie the itown •would «obn iB riji of * iofc of undesirable -Xke Bench imposed fche maximum term of rtwbtmont'hfe with-hard Ja'Uour. j SERVANTS' REGISTRY ACT. P. Mulgreen was charged with, having engaged a domestic servant iwithout icing •a licensed try .office Jlf. kington admitted a Wo)jnicßi.l breach''-.of' the Act. explained that defendant Aad taken over £be .business -of iis partner, rand -considered that .the license ■weat with the iueiness. Mr.Shanahan eaid Jiulgreen had been previously fined, and .-had also previously .license lirmeelf iii-another -district, 4«o -it vW»s, .hard to -reconcile these iwith a .technical breach. The maxijnum fine of £n ■and coets was -imposed. PROTECTION OF ANIMALS. John SS&ncis Keeiian, cab jpr&prietor, "was Jnried 40/ with costs .on a. charge 6t cruelty .to a cab "ihorse. Mi.. Schhaiiet «g>pwfted Jop the Society, aid Jtfr.iGffegory ' ~ SEAR GAME. iMt. H. §f>ratt, ranger lor the *<iekland Acclimatisatibn Society, jprdSsefeuted fwo labourers named Beitfy fi. "Blua■dell ia,nd Slu'pert feouible, ior %hJ6'otinj : impdrted ganie *i Wiikumgtie «h iipril 25th witWaut ia license. iMr. ■jSiiiger :pea*ed 'for 'the defehce, '4Sr. : >spTatrt explained* thai €rife,y*Sn, a ihember of the council .of the was in "thfe Vicinity Teferred to, anfi caw thre* ■ften dtft two accused and •a -third man, who could iidt 'fee 'loun!di 35Kis i>hirfl iuaii hud ; ih fiis a, hen phea*i'nt aM 'six itufe. &undell was seen to iire .two Sfifats at a, pheasant, ■'a'tfd %c a.eftteiidatft ?ba3. &fia guii raised, btit lowered It -wiieia %c -e&w 'Mr.-Br4ya(bn. The tiefence vrtra a'denjai of any knowledge of the dotolgs of ft&e third-man, and the explanation of ■own fedhdiict was : 6Kat they were ehootihg After iestring tie %vidence Bhfe Bench imiJOseo. a Sac of £S with costß -m «ach ;c"ase. TROM SYDNEY. In the 'case of Kbbert David PMUis (whd did not -appear) charged with-driv-ing a vehicle without the name of the ■oWnef on itj a fine tJf 10/ i wrtft-eostSj was inflidted; , ' •Leslie Chillis, a -brothet-j charged with using language in Il6bertec»iis- ?- ; iane, Upper ■•Symdnasist'r«e'fc i klso failed to appear, and a warrant was ordered to issue for his arrest. "The sufrinspeetor -said these -brothers were iecetit arrivals 'from SydneyA BAB BEGINNING. "You are evidently one "of tße Jfarrikin element, that has no respect for the law/ •aaid the Beach to a ■young inau Aimed Edward .Ndtten, of. tPbneonby, charged with having used obscene- language, and assault. . A.fine of with the option, of one month, was -infected for the •"la-n----'guag6j" -and accused was hound over In | eureties to keep-the peace for six montla. I had two previous . cohticiions j againet him. l "