POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 280, 25 November 1910, Page 8

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, SJM.)

THE DRUNKARDS. William iMoirag-Tnin, a man 70 years of age—old enough to know .better, his Worship thought—was -fined £ 1 for his fourth recent offence. He was also pro : •hibited. Thomas O'Brien, a man of about 30 years of age, was fined 10/ or 48 hours. Ho was charged further that he was an incorrigible rogiie, in. that ■he solicited alms in Qaeen-street on ttoe 12th November. On that date he was arrested, but the constable had another man to look after, and CVBrien escaped from custody. On this latter charge he was remanded until (Monday. William James Beeibe was arrested for drunkenness and refusing to quit licensed premises about a week ago, .but he became very ill soon afterwards, and he hae had- to ihave medical attention ever since. He had recovered sufficiently to appear to-day. He was fined 5/ for drunkenness, and £2 for refusing to quit the premises, and he was also ordered to pay costs. Margaret PipeT was fined , £1, or 3 days, for drunkenness. Robert Black-ledge -was fined 10/, or 48 ,!bours, and two first offenders were fined 5/, or 24 hours. Charles Arthur Sullivan and John George Peat were each fined £2, or 7 days, for breach of prohibition orders. THEFT. Margaret Nelson pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen & quantity of linen from a iboarding-bduse" where - ""SBe had ibeen, in service. Accused was dismissed from her employment, and when she left at the expiry of 48 hours' notice, she demanded wages for one week, in lieu of notice. She did not get them, and she took a quantity or linen instead. His Worship admonished the accused, and informed her tihat she was convicted and discharged. CHARGE DISMISSED. The woman, Camelia Ray, wlho was 'before the Court some weeks ago charged with having kept a house of, evil repute, was ibefore the Court again to-d&yr on a charge oi having assaulted a man named James Woods. (Ray is stUl keeping the same (kind of establishment. Woods went there on the. 17th inst., and some disagreement occurred between him and the defendant. He went and informed a constable that Ray had kept 10/ of his money, and he returned to ttie defendant's shop with the constable. The ■woman denied indignantly that anything of the kind had occurred, and she Slit Woods on the face her open hand. The police laid on information for assault, and called Woods as a witness, bijt lie did not appear. The case was dismissed.