POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 101, 29 April 1910, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

'(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S-t) ' ALLEGED BREACH OF THE j lICENSING ACT. The hearing of the charge agains t William Derh-m, licensee of the V_toria j Hotel, that he had sold liquor to a man . named John George Dubig, who was already . —ito_icated, and also, with having . permitted drunkenness on his licensed , premises, was continued. A great deal of evidence s—_U—r to that aire—dy taken was given, and the matter was adjourned until to-morrow morning, when Mr. J. [ R. Reed, counsel for tbe defendant, will address the .Conrt. —XX_IGED THE- I —. I George Bater was charged with having stolen £ 100 0/8 from Shar—_d and CoI»td., which he had received on terms I requiring him to account for it, which he had not done. The case was adjourned for seven days, defendant being released I on the same bail, and on the usual condition that he reported himself every day. | A ---.LECTOR'S THEFT. A young and respectably-attired man nanred Frank Petersen pleaded guilty to j a charge of having received £2 17/ C from various persons on such terms a3 he should have paid the money over to one | Catherine Davis. It appeared that Mrs. Davis had been burned out, and defend- . ant had volunteered to get up a subscription for her. He got 10/ and handed it ' over to Mrs. Davis, but tbe balance ol the money he collected was carefully i pocketed by him. He was remanded for ' a week in order that —iqniries as to his antecedents might be made. j CHARGE OF FISH STEALING. A young man named William Seager, for whom Mr. R. A. Singer appeared, pleaded not guiity to charges of having ' stolen from J. Bishop and John Mail—_?> a quantity of flounders, mullet, and schnapper. Accused was Ten—aided for a week, and allowed bail in two sureties of £25 each. CASE REMANDED. ' A respectable-looking, middle-aged man, who came into Court wearing -what appeared to be a clerical costume, including a "Roman collar," accused of being an idle and disorderly person without sufficient lawful means of support, was defended by Mr. P. Oliphant. A plea of not guilty was entered. Chief-detective Marsaek, who appeared for the police, asked for a remand for a week, which was granted. Mr. Oliphant stated that his client had at one time been confined in a ■ mental hospital, and it was suggested that now he was non compos mentis. It was asked that a remand should be granted in order that he might undergo a medical examination. i ALLEGED STREET BETTING. Mr. W. E. Hackett appeared to defend William Gray, who pleaded "not guilty" to a charge of having loitered for the purpose of betting in Queenstreet and Vulcan-lane,- and prevented the pnblic from enjoying the free use of these thoroughfares. The case for the police was that defendant was a professional bookmaker, and was in the habit of plying his calling in the streets named, causing eon__uous annoyance to the public and to the police, who could not keep the thoroughfares open for traffic. The defence was that accused confined his attention entirely to racecourse betting and tbe conduct of a business which he carries on at Ponsonby. MlSCEL___„_o_s. For leaving their vehicles s£___i_g longer than was necessary in certain streets, William Morgan Evans, William Henry Oldham, and Arnold Snowdon were each fined—the two first-mentioned 5/- and 7/- costs, and Snowdon 10/- with 7/- costs. DRTJNKENESS. Three first offenders were each fined 5/-, or 24 hours, and a fourth, who did not appear, forfeited his bail, which was £L Thomas Dye, an able-bodied old sea-dog, who spoke with something of an American accent, and _xfo__ed the Court that he was now following the occupation of a ship's "rigger" and ' "wire splicer," adrjlifcted that he had •been found drunk and had broken his prohibition order. He was fined £3 or seven days' imprisonment. Sydney Thorn was fined 10/- ox 48 hours. ______ FROM A DWELLING. A young man named Willi_m Ferriter, a groom in the employ—rent of Mr. Ah—aham Bowden, pleaded "guilty" to a charge of having stolen twelve sacks, the property of his empkyer. He, however, denied that he had stolen a coat : and vest and four shirts, valued at £_, the property of Win. H. Chapman, a cab-driver, also employed by Mr. Bowden. The case for the police was thai the two men lived in a cottage near the stable, but did not occupy the samo bedroom. Chapman had left his clothe, hanging up in his room, and when he went for them they "tu_led up missing," as the Americans say. Subsequently ac- ' cased was found wearing the coat. His : story was that he borrowed the coat for a few minutes, but when he went to return it Chapman's door was locked. His Worship found this tale hardly credible in the circumst-jiees, and he sent—need P—r_——r, who had one ox two previous minor cc-evdt—ons against him, to three months' hard labour. COULD NOT RESIST TEMPTATION. A young man named Sydney Eventt pleaded "guilty" to a charge of having stolen a nickel silver watch, valued at £1, the property of Richard Stephens!, from the dwelling of a .Mrs. Foster. The accused had come to the' house to take a Toom for the night, as he said. He went upstairs, lit a candle, and, finding Stephens' room door open, strolled . in and had a look round. The watch was lying on the table, and he annexed it. The valuable time-piece was found by the police in his possession not very long afterwards. P_soner made no at- . tempt to deny the charge, but, with a showing of regret at his moral weakness, told the police he saw the watch on the table, and he "couldn't resist the temptation." The""'surcease of sorrow" which he will enjoy during the next 14 days, between the hours of "hard labour" that he has to put in, may prove sufficient time for the reinforcement of his moral fibre. (Before Mr. C. C. Kettle, ___.) MAINTENANCE, Etc Arthur Ross Randall made application ; that the order against him of 40/ per week in respect of his wife be reduced. . By consent, the order was reduced to • 20/ per week, as from 2nd May. i Wil—un Alexander Johnston was or- i dered to pay 7/6 per week to -—curtain his illegitimate child. - , Henry DonaM Oc_t_ , charged with having failed to provide his wife with •

adequate means of mamtei—ncey was ordered to contribute towards her support |a.t the rate, of 20/ per week. .

__—ers x L__ry <n_—hju, who _v nut appear, -was s—it—reed to imprisonment j for one mouth for having failed to comply with an order of the Com„' directing him to pay £1 per week towards the i support of his wife and two children. I George Roger Weeks, eh—rged on five informations with having failed to com.ply with on order of the Court to pay [ 15/ per week to support his five —lildrea, was sentenced to seven days' imprisoni ment on each chaxge.

Robert Henry J___eso_, who did not appear, was salt—treed to imprisonment for one mouth for having failed to comply with an order of the Com„' directing bin to pay £1 per week towards the support of his wife and two children.