POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 26, 31 January 1910, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Messrs. S. D. Hanna and H.

Sehofteld, J.P.'s.)

THE DRUNKARDS

Eliza Cook was found at tliree o'clock this morning wandering about Alexan-dra-street, suffering from delirium tremens. She was charged this morning with having procured liquor while prohibited, and with being an idle and disorderly person. She was quite unfit to realise her position, and was remanded for a week. Carl John Patterson was taken in custody in Charlotte-street for having been disorderly while drunk. Just before he was arrested he had made a disturbance in hie own house, threatening a lodger with an axe, and using vile language. The character given to the man by Constable McKay, who arrested him, was that he was a drunken waster, that he was continually ill-using his wife and family, and that he did not work to support them. He ■was convicted and prohibited, and ibound in two sureties of £10 each to keep the peace for six months. Mary Mattison was fined 10/ or 48 hours for drunkenness. ■Margaret Woods and another each forfeited bail £1, and two first offenders •were convicted and discharged. LANGUAGE. David Phillis, charged with, having Used obscene language at Waiwera on the 27th December, was further remanded to appear at Warkworth on Wednesday. INDECENCY. Patrick Walsh committed a grossly indecent act in Wyndham-street yesterday, for "Which offence ihe was sent to gaol for a week. AT.TTin.T-T> ASSAULT. William Arthur Roberts was charged that on the 16th January he assaulted Patrick Shields. Accused's victim ia still suffering from a serious wound on the face, which it is alleged, was the result of an assault by the accused upon him. He was etill too unwell to appear, and Roberts was remanded for a week. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

George Aickin, a man about 40 years of age, was found sitting on the doorstep otf his house in Newton-road, on Saturday Weeding profusely from a deep wound in Ms throat. He was trying to call out, .bu<fc was unaible to make a sound owing to the wound, which it is supposed was done iby Us own hand with a razor. It is said that Aickin was suffering ifrom delirium tremens at the time, the result of a heavy drinking ibout which ihe had indulged in recently. The man was taken to the hospita.l, iwhere his wound was attended to, and he Is still there in a precarious condition. ■He teas formally charged ihis morning with having attempted to commit suicide, but of course he was too unwell to appear, and the case was remanded for a week.

Margaret Davi3 and Amy Rigley, both charged with having attempted to poison themselves, were further remanded for a week. ASSAULT. A decent looking young man named William Peters was charged with having assaulted Alexander Mackie and John Fraser. Peters lives in a boarding house in Federal-etreet, and on Saturday night he got very drunk. Mackie came to the house and had talked for a time to the landlady, when Peters came and struck him on the face with a bottle. Then the two had some sort of tussle, of which Peters probably had the worse 3 for he ran back into the house and emerged some moments later armed with several bull bottles of ale. These he threw promiscuously out into the street, probably aiming them at Mackie, but the only one of them which struck any person was one which hit Fraser, a mere passer-by who had no interest in the row. There was evidence also that accused threatened Mackie with a razor, but no notice whatever was suggested for accused's extraordinary conduct. On behalf of accused it was suggested by his counsel, Mr. Lundon, that Mackie was the real aggressor in that he was on the premises when he had no right to be there, and dared Peters to put him out. Accused did not deny that he was drunk. Accused was convicted, fined £1, and ordered to pay costs, £1 14/. FBtnT-HAWKERS. & Jesse Aerp, for hawking fruit without a license, was fined 5/, with costs 7/. Joseph. Barlow, charged with having Remained stationary longer than was necessary to transact business, was fined 6/, costs 7/.