POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 133, 7 June 1910, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M.)~ THE DEBSKARDS . "Carl Mix, a very substantial, Scandl- ■ " navian, was drunk, and disorderly, too, in Queen-street last night, and -was only arrested' after a very strenuous 'fight.' He. was fined .£l, or three days. William Gordon has been on. remand for & day or two suffering a recovery from a, drinking bout : which culminated in his being locked up at, Otahiihu. He wa3 fined I/-; and ordered.to pay 15/- ex- . penses;' Charles Clark forfeited iris bail, and two first offenders were each fined 5/-, or 24 hours. ,: : REMANDED. Selwyn/Benzley was charged that on the 28th December, at Kaikohe; he stole a saddle, value £3, the .property of H. Dean Beazley; that at Kawakawa, on the 2Sth January, he forged .and uttered s •a cheque for £5; and that on the 4th February, -at Towai, : he forged and ut" ' tered- a; cheque for- £20." He was manded for a week. ~ ■ ~. William.. Kennedy" Carson, "an old, de-i formed man, was ' arrested principally because. he -- was " and" is - unspeakably! filthy. He was strange -in /Ms manner, .andvery po.or, and Ec was-; charged that he was an. idle, and disorderly personHe.|wa3 remanded for--eight.days, to be washed "and fed regularly at the gaol, MISCEIiAmBOUS. Sergeant Treanor informed the Court' that the pTalice did not intend to call r evidence "iii support of the charge of -vagrancy agaiist Olga:, Hallett. He : asked to he permitted to* withdraw the-.. , charge, which permission was granted. A. J. , . Holmes-was fined 10/-, costs 13/-, for "having failed to , extinguish a fire on; his premises before dark. ' ••' . £25, OB THS.ES HOMES. Sarah Jane Brown,, charged' with having permitted her house .to be Used as a brothel,"was convicted:and fined £25,1 or in the 'alternatiy.e...threeln.on€hs'. imprisonment. The Magistrate refused to allow, defendant time - in which to pay the fine. The fine was-paid, however.. THE KEGTOA- : ;-;.Tibws»j■•-■■;■•

. E. - Peace admitted having:, erected, a. scaffold or swing stage.more , than.l6ft. higi,.;^thout-- , -notified the Inspector. He was' fined L _£l and ordered to pay co3"ts_7/..