POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 6 January 1910, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

THIS DA"X. i (Before Mr. W. Haselden, S.M.) ' THE DRUNKARDS. Several first offenders were convicted ' and discharged on charges of drunkenness. William Ferguson and Henry ' England were both prohibited for 12 months. HIS ONLY FAULT. Alan Anderson, a young man, charged ; with being an habitual drunkard, pleaded guilty to the charge. SubInspector Hendrey said Anderson was J a young fellow of good family, and a _ splendid tradesman, whose only fault ; was that he did not possess sufficient ' will power to resist strong liquor. ; Anderson was committed to Pakatoa Island for twelve months. i AN ASPIRANT FOR PAKATOA. "1 want to go to Paksloa," declared ; John Carey, when asked to plead on a i charge of drunkenness. Sub-Inspector Hendrey said that while Carey had more than once been fined for drunkenness, he had not erred quite often enough to qualify for Pakatoa. Carey was accoidingly sentenced to 14 ; days' hard labour. ANOTHER CHANCE. ' Lelia Parker and Emily Holden, two young women of not unpresentable ap pearance, were charged with being idle and disorderly persons, without lawful visible means of support. iSub-Inspector Hendrey said that until lately he had always regarded the woman Holden as highly respectable. llis Worship said he A.,uld sooner err on the side of leniency. If it was j misplaced, they wouid no doubt soon be Lwck again. Accused were accordingly dischaiged. A SALUTARY LESSON. William Duffin, a young man, was charged with committing an aggravated assault on Jessie Frazer, and also with -using indecent language. Accused pleaded "not g .llty." Miss Frazer, in the course of her evidence, said that Duffin had waylaid hei last evening in Khyber Pass, caught her !by the ehoulder, made an improper | suggestion, and used the indecent! language set forth in the charge sheet. I Accused, the witness stated, had previously spoken to her, but she had always ignored him. Constable Lipscombe gave evidence of the arrest, and said that accused ap peared to have had two or three drinks. Accused offered no intelligible defence, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on the charge of using indecent language, and three months for assault. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. Thos. George Little, an undersized man, was charged with stealing a horse, sad-die, ami bridle, the property of W. 0. Garland. In the course of his evidence. Mr. Garland said that on December 17 he had taken the horse to Bucki-and's sale-yards at Remuera. Accused pestered him to be allowed hold the horae, but witness refused, and handed the animal over to one of the attendants- He had never seen it since. G. F. Rossev, a carter, stated that he J was at Buckland's sale-yards on Decem- j ■ber 17, and then saw accused sitting on i the horse, which, he informed witness, he was minding. John Garrett, a pawnbroker, stated that accused had brought the saddle and bridle produced to his establishment, and received an advance on them. Detective Scott, who arrested accused, said Little had admitted taking the ■ horse from the sale-yards, and stated that he had released the animal in Stan- j ley-street. The horse had never been heard of since. Accused pleaded guilty, aryl was committed to the Supreme Court for sen- , tence. MISCELLANEOUS. ! An Len, a Celestial, pleaded gti/ity to leaving his cart unattended in Ponsonby- . road without the wheel padlocked. He , wae fined 5/ and ordered to pay II : costs. Cecil Smith was similarly'fined ■ for a similar offence. Fred Shawell, for j driving a vehicle round a corner at a . speed beyond walking pace, was fined 5/, i costs 7/. Chas. Debcvg, Walter War- . bank, and R. Mclntosh, were each fined . 5/, costs "/, for riding a bicycle ou a I footpath.. * A NEW YEARS NIGHT • EPISODE. c Timothy Edward Dwyer was charged s wiih stealing £14 in money and a bunch - of keys from the dwelling of Annie f Wells, such articles being the prupertj c of William Towns. c Mr. A. Moody appeared for the ace cused. t W ill mm Towns, in tne course of faic* g evidence, said that he had a sum of c money in his pocket when he undressed i to go to bed on New Year's Night, i Next morning, when he awoke, he found 1 the money gone.

Wm. K-ennedy stated that accused oa New Year's night slept fn the same room at Mrs. Wells' lodging-house with -witness and another boarder. They ha 4 no wish to have accused in their room. but as it was New Year's night and the man appeared to be under the influence of liquor, they decided to let him have a bed in their room. Later in the night -witness woke up and found the accused going through his pockets. Hβ asked him -what he was doing, and accused replied that he was looking for a match. Some time afterwards witness again woke up to find accused going through his pockets, and said, "Please stop that game, will you?" Again the man said he was looking for a match. A third time witness was awakened by hearing another occupant of the room strongly objecting to the- accused having his hand in his (the other man's )\ pocket. Witness then watched the accused, and some time later saw him leave the room. He foDowed him out, and walking along the passage saw accused in Town's room. Witness called the man out. He made some excuse, and soon after left the house. In answer to Mr. Moody, witness said accused appeared stnpified with drink, but his actions were nevertheless stealthy and suspicious. Andrew Robertson, another lodger at Mrs. Wells' house in Grey-street, stated that when he went to his room, on the ! night in question, he found accused in i his bed. Witness objected, but accused ' said he had paid for the bed, and witness had to sleep on the floor. Witness then corroborated previous evidence about accused having been found with, his hands in Kennedy's pockets. i R. G-askell, another boarder, gave evidence to the effect that he had awakened to find accused going through, the pockets in his clothes at the end lof the bed. I (Proceeding.)