POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 79, 3 April 1911, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

.. ji^m^Mn.B: ,;C : .Cutten,;BMi)].'; ' .... ' THE DRUNKARDS. '.' . \."" ,' The crop of drtfnkarde at the Police Court thia morning was very large, and contained arjgood; number of -first Toff&ward; Russell, in addition to getting drank, broke hia prohibition order, aihd for these '-offences he true fined ,£2. , Frank Jamieson, for hie eecon'd offence; had io with 10/-, a* did James ilirkey and Ross Taylor. The latter, asked to be trusted, aa he wanted to get ia>»Sy in, a loat.' .;; He stated he always,paid,Veo the. police sent ovs for ■, liim..' John aitf, other nil, ttiin raian, ifrroke his ..prohibition ..ordter in the desire to , get drunk, and for this little lot he paid £2. : Jqhn Black got beyond! nimselion Saturday nigit, and became -the centre of a noisy crowd. He was drunk at the time, co was fined £I.' John Gallagher objected tp ' a prohibition v order , being issued against him, co he -was fined 10/-; : ot~48 hours. Richard Williams, : ,ne>Tly- got sent to Bo.toroa Island, but "pleaded hard'for another chance, which was given him> and, in addition, a £2 fine. Henry Swift Rushford,' a very young man, got drunk and caused' a disturbance in Queen-wtreet 6n Saturday evening, *nd for this had to sever 'himself from 10/- this morning , . In addition -to - being drunk,- Christen Gunderson refused to leave licensed premises. He said lie knew nothing about it, but was fined 1 £1. Five first offenaerg were fined, and five forfeited their batt. . OBSCENE LANGUAGE. ' (Robert Phillips,, a young man, need some obscene language to a; detective in Queen-street on. Saturday night., Detective Mareack, in conducting the case, said accused was. with some young.men, who, when they got a cigarette and. half a. pint of beer, endeavoured to take charge of the footpath.' Unfortunately, when accused used the language, there •were a lot of people about. Vlfs a very serious offence, and you ,will!;be fined £2," said hie Worship. ! . WAHTED TO FIGHT. . ; Jesse Beadle lost . his, temper In Queen-street on Saturday .'evening , . Accused is a young- roan, and he was charged with using threatening behaviour. He said he' was very sorry,-out a man aseaulted him with words, and he retaliated" witlf fcwTfisf. * He was fined Wμ. O'Brien and Ephraim Mills made their first, appearance before the Court, charged with using .behaviour.- . They pleadad guilty, but stated that no blows UM been struck. Ten shillings each was the fine. ',- - 'SUPPOSED HE WAS.' , (Arthur Kennereley eaid he "supposed "he was." when charged -with having been disorderly while drunk, but he etoutly denied having refused to quit the Edinburgh Oaetle Hotel when requested to do co, and he scorned the idea that he , had used obscene language. ' ] Tiie 'evidence showed that Kennenley, on being told to quit the "back premises of the hotel, walked aimlessly about the front, stnd then made another 'entrance. , ' When put but by the barman, he proceeded to use obscene language, and wanted the iafman to "kick Mβ-bat." The barman refused, naturally. Accused; was put out of the hotel- three timee, the third into; the arms of a. constable. A fine of £5, in default 14 days, wae inflicted for the bad language; end on'the other 'charges accused was convicted and discharged. ~ ; FURTHER REMANDED. .«■ Thomas McDonald, ciiarged with stealing the sum <rf £23 14/3 from the Bank of New Zealand while employed by the bank;, was further remanded for one week, on the application of Ohief-detee-tive Marsack. . . ,' ' ~_"' ""• ,\ ' John logo' Baker, through his counsel, Mr. J. R. Lundon, applied for a remand on the charges of being dieorderly while drunk, and with assaulting lAndrew Dunn by striking him on the: face. The remand was granted until' Monday next on a bail of £10. '• *' ~ _' FALSE PRETENCES. .'.' ,• Twelve, months ago William Daniels was boarding in Auckland, and he paid his first week's board, . 16/, with a cheque signed Kent .and. Daniels, plasterers, Wellington. The landlady gave change for the cheque, and later in the week cashed a cheque for £6. These cheques were- not met with payment, and up to now the police hive not been able to ascertain the whereabouts of the man. This morning Daniels was charged with haying, obtained 3/6 and £6 from Susan Russell by means of false pretenses, with intent to defraud. Accused pleaded guilty; The circumstances showed that accused was a partner in the firm of Kent and Daniels, plasterers, Wellington, but their account had been closed, and notification given to accused. Accused said he was 'sorry, And stated he intended paying the landlady back as soon as he secured the money.' On the second' .charge, two months' imprisonment was imposed, and on the first, seven days, the sentences to be concurrent. '; • A BLOW WITH A BOTTLE. Edward Nelson (Mr Hackett) returned to Auckland on Saturday, after nearly 18 months' absence. He was recognised in a drunken condition in the street, by hie father, and was then taken home. He stated he had been, drinking rum, to cure a. cold, and started acting like a maniac.' Hie.mother 'warned him not to go out, but .the young' man did so, and , when ordered out of an hotel, ja little, later, he struck the hotel porter across the face with a bottle, causing a severe wound. When charged with this, he pleaded, guilty, and in extenuation, evidence was given that the young man had returned from' the country, and being advised to take some rum for a cold, took too much. *He was not in ihis right senses at the time. His Worship did not think-that a fine would meet the "case, and imposed a sentence of two months' hard labour. - .- TO BE CONFISCATED. On March 22, Mrs., Jean Carter, proprietress of The Mansions, Symondsetreet, w» convicted , for eelfing liquor without a license. Sub-Inspector Hendrey made an application then that an order should fee made for the confiscation of the Kn-uor. Mr. R. A. Singer, who appeared for Mrs. Carter, opposed the.application, ,on the grounds that a portion of the liquor, at any rate, belonged to the boarders, and he intended, to bring witnesses to prove tide. This morning Mr. Singer withdrew- any objection to the order, which was made. The haul of liquor end utensils • comprises -106 small bottles of beer, 89 email bottles of etout, nut bottles of wine, "one keg of -wine, two half kegs, of wine, two empty wine kegs, and 76 empty beer and stout bottles.' : MISCELLANEOUS. 1 A. Manuel was fined 10/ and costs for leaving a vehicle longer than necessary in Queen-etreet. , Arthur Hughes and James TTflfoum, summoned with riding bicycles on the wrong aide of the road in Pitt-street, .were convicted and discharged,