POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

. Mrv C.. C. : Kettle, SJU^' . .TKEDRUHKABDS.r William 'Manning confesses ,to beiaj 83 years of age, has-no" money w-pr» perty to speak of, and he digs" a litth gum at Northern Wairoa. He was taken into custody- for being .drunk. - Eμ morning the magistrate -suggested -tijit he,'ought to go into the Costley Hiome, and he-agreed ta-go. Ec -was remanded for a.weekto enable the police '•&-talk arrangements. A first offender, 1 * oolijdit of three ■weeks' standing, was convicted and &\a&. 5/. _ Frederick: Cross; the Us* who was convicted of habitual drunkenness yesterday,, and discharged Hmoi* dition tliit he should get out o£-a. com> try ail, is not his own country, and ought not to be saddled with ; the expense of. curing him. of hn drinking 1 Vice, :: drunlc. a QueecFstreet again- last" night. He to *ent to. Pakatba for ',A woman, who did \ not. appear, forfeiW her bail, £1... -- r -v: .:. %\s%B COULDK'I HAVE BEEN SAM. William Black, a man who ifas* sees much better days, and been brought to shame, by drink, walkedr with shaky, uncertain steps into the dock-f'He ;was7ja such a state through excessive. drinking that lie did not appear to realise tlie plight- he was in-. : The charge againrt him was that he stole two pairs of locia from a down-town shop.'. Mr. iit knew the man when he was respecW and respectable, remarked that he couli n't have been sanei when he committed the theft .Bhick was sent to gaol for I week' of medical trejctmentl . ■■■'"• ','*! THEY WERE POLICEMES. Sarah Dennis was charged that'sSi placed herself in, St. Paul-streeVjeai : importuned passer-by for an. imprope purpose. Accused is a middle-aged w» man; her husband left her two' years*go, and her three children are inintrioai homes in-Auckland. Last night,> in St Pauls-street, she, said "Goodrnight?;to two men, who happened to be police eoestables in plain clothes. They tobjf e> notice, and went oh, but, returning dcwi the street again, accused met them, repeated the salutation and made improper overtures to' them. They still took no notice, and she made an indecent remtrlt She- was thereupon promptly eneatti This morning she begged Teiy likH (or "a Chance," and Mr. Kettle gave itetffli She was prohibited, and convicted mJ ordered "to come- up" for sentence on ebjdition that aho left Auckland at once ud went to her relations in Waihi.