POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 213, 7 September 1909, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. (Before Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M.) DRUTTKESTJTESS. William Gray, a prohibited person, got drunk in spite of the fact. He promised amendment, and as he had been jin gaol three or four days, he waa convicted and di.-charged. Thomas Dye, a second offender, was ordered to be prohibited. j H-nry McMahon denied that he was j : drunk yesterday afternoon in Cus- j I torn-street. He was. however, penalised , to the exten: of 10 -, or 48 hours, for his second lapse, and £1 (in default, ■ ■ -even daysi for having broken his proi hibition order. INDISCREET. i As the (Hrrumstances surrounding the ! case were not bad, a young seafaring [ j man named Samuel Wadsworth, who j ■ threatened the captain of a ship, and j ; used violent language La Nelson-street, j was let off with a 5, ■ one. He explain- j ,ed that he aad had a ""good deal of i drinJi " I A GA3DEJS EPISODE. Walter Clues [alias Wm. Bailey) ! and Joseph Phillip* ialias James ilur- | , phyj, ;m young men. "guilty" | 1 :o"the theft or 10 - worth of cabbages, T.he property of Isaac Wyrner. Otahuhu. | Sergeant Treanor said accused had be (l n : .la.vking oranges round Otahuhu on Augii.it 30, aa'l did not leave the vil- ! iag« till late that evening. When pass- ! I ing Mr. Wyrner's garden they were at- i J traded by the display of cabbages, ! ; acii. 2'nn.r in. helped themselves to a ! large quantity. A man named James ; • lark, railway employee, discovered the, ! marauders at xork. and when he re- „, !> moostni'-M, he rweiired bad language, and waj vigorously assaulted. Mr. R. A. Moody, who appeared for accused, | . said that .i::er selling oranges, they had ] sung in the struts. Their erTorts were ' -o popular that some onlookers '"shouti ed" for then-., and when .he theft was | i committed the m»n were somewhat Sired with <lr:nk. The Magistrate re- ! fused counsel's application to iniiict a i tine instead of imprisonment, and re" manded the accused for one week to en- i able inquiries to oe made about them, j A second ''harm* of Having assaulted i James Clark, ;.) its to cause actual | bodily harm, was preferred against , , Bailey and Phillips, and his Worship | J said he would Uic ;t Uter in the day. j I Hue* waa further caarged with driving J a vehicle through Newmarket after dart! ■ without lights. la consequence of a telephone me.-s.Lg« from Otahuhu, the ; Newmarket police were on the lookout, and ac about midnight caught the men driving through the suburb at a j good bat, with the stolen vegetables in ' the ciut. A tine of 10, -, with costs, I . was inflicted. In answer to the Bench, | i ''lues iaid iie came t'runi Victoria. , FAMHy OBLIGATIONS. | By consent of the parties, an order I to contribute towards the support of his wild was made Charles Alfred ■ Hollis, jarpenrer. iXx. aciinauer appeared lor ■"■omrrla.nant. ! When the case of Donald MeLeod, bookmaker, charged with disobeying ' orders of the Court for the support of j his wife and child, waa called on, Mr. j W r:rul!l «ud JZ'Ze was in a-rraara on the i wife's order, and £15 on the child' 3 order. Defendant had had money, but had refuse.! to pay anything. A sen- ! rence ,>t' three months was imposed, the ' 1 warrant lo be suspended for a week to : jive defendant another opportunity w> ray off the arrears. I Alex. Watson, late of Auckland, and , I now of Tairua. 'Vju senteti'fd to one i month for disobeying an otfer of the , '"ourt made for tiie of his wife, ; ■ and 14 d:iy= in respoct nf orders made i for the support of two .'hildren. Mr. j i Mnrrhevvs a wared for complainant. ■ Contrudirtory evidence was given in | the ca.se against Edwar-j Lvnskey, j charged wirh disobeying an order of the j Tourt tor the support of his wife. Mr. Matthews appeared for the wife, and Mr. i Schnaii<>r for the husband. His Wor- , ship said there was palpable perjury! somewhere The point on which there was a wide divpnr p nce wa-s as to where ?\fr3. I.rnskey slept on > certain night.! Lvnskey swore that ahp slppt at his house. ( and a woman living at Newmarket swore! Mrs. Lynakcy slf-pt with her. Mrs. Lvns.cpy a!so denied that she alept at i.ynSKpy'*. Mr. Kertle said he w.in deter- ; mined to jet to the bot-tom of the mat- ; r.r-r. n,nd adjourned the hearing to take; the evidence of an invalid who could not come to Court.