POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 135, 8 June 1911, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

[ -...I .1 _Before -Messrs. Geo. Roberts and G. W. Rave-hill, J.P.'s.)_ . . '.--.. _~EHBS.DByNKABDS»- J An' elderly.' Maori, Tana.Hira,. appeared before" the Police" Court' two days and-was-convicted-of .drunkenness. This:| morning, lor a similar, offence, he wa_ lined lU/. John Irwin, who two years ago was seufc to the- Island, had to pay cut another 10/ for drunkenness- A couple of cases were remanded, CADG-H-a-MONEY. One month's imprisonment was added to John Hayes' list: of' convictions this morning. Hayes appears to- be one of those persons who" toil not, yet manage to get plenty ti> drink;- In. order, to gratify "his desire for liquid- refreshment he has been ia the habit of accosting men and asking for small coins of the realm. The railway station was- his ]M_-tic— ar happy hunting ground, but the persistence with' which he- applied himself'to his self-imposed task has-led passengers to make complaint, and then at. was found that of cadgers. Hayes was one of'the'worst ever.' When arrested, he admitted the charge, but foolishly imparted to the constable'his intention of pitching a- vara to the magistrate and getting off light. He got-off; with one ijeriod: ' A BUCKET Or SCORIA. A-. charge of stealing scoria, to the value of- Z/, the- property of- the- Grey Lynn Borough Comox-il, was- preferred against Thomas Augustus Jones, represented by Mr: Gould. The evidence showed-that Jones, who is an old man, • bearing a, good character, took some | . ecorift-'fl-o— at about 4 o'clock this moming r for the purpose of lilting, in a drain. When accosted, Jones . said: permission bad been given him by the' turncock- of the borough, but this proved -to- be" untrue. The turncock had advised accused to fill in a drain with seoriaj- but did' not specify where the _tateri—l was to come from. Mr. Gould suggested-that it waslikely accused considered he had been given permission to tike the scoria l from- the road. In dis_iis_ng"t?he* case"; the/Bench pointed out the serious position in accused h_d placed himself. A___G_lJ ASSA-CXT. It was alleged against Geo, Williams, _ young man, that he assaulted his wife with- a-, lu—lp' of concrete. Mr. Allan Moody appeared for. the' defendant, and Mr.. Whymatt. for complaint, the case toeing a private one. Mr. Moody asked Smvat remand-until'Wednesday next, but Mi" Whytjjan sftiii it was feared further assaults: would follow; A remand was: granted l until" Monday, Mr. Moody stating -that/ -there 1 was no danger of t-he woman being assaulted in the meantime. MIiSCELIiAWEOtIS. ....Thomas: Hennessy had to. pay out 5/ and'—>"sts for allowing a -horse to wander in' Sussex-street. Eugene O'Grady was last week charged with being; an idle and disorderly person- and. ___. remanded fJjfr a week, the Salvation Army taking charge of him. This morn—tgrthe-charge-was dismissed,, tha. police stating that the defendant was ■only an --unfortunate, aud- would be placed- in work. ir- (Befors Mr-. E. <3. Cutten, S;M.) t . . _ DRUNKARDS. -. Fdr" a third- time, within six months Mary Ann O'Brien made her appearance, charged. With.drunkenness. In addition, "charges "6f breach of prohibition order and ".oCfbscen'e"" language". "..Were levelled the; Woniajp, .. On .the first two charges she pleaded guilty, but said she -__ew nothing' about the latter. Accused jpleaded-hard for mercy, and was convicted, and' discharged on the first <haiges, and" sentenced" to 14 days' irhprisonnionfc for" using-"the -_>ad language, which - was- of a" pa_ticularly vile chaias'tei'. '.". " Christopher Hampton was fined' £2' or •eeVeh-days for." drunkenness' I__ breach MJfiS: prohibition order.. • jtrvETfiXES* cottrt: A sitting.of the Juveniles' Court was -field before MrrE. C. Cutten, S.M., when a boy of Vi years ~ Was: "charged with tfKscoi-d-tg' from the Takapima ludustrial' School, and' also with stealing 8/6 ftdnt. the" shop of Jane Greening. The -M pleaded' guilty. The evidence showed that the accused boy was sentenced tothe industrial school two years ago for -theft... Oil.May Blast he and another -_oyabsconded', and' Wei-"- to Birkenhead, "wMfo" they sfolb a.tin Of meat from a box near a gate. They then went to the Western* Sp"vings; ami made a camp. They 6tQl,_. a quantity of. cream, _t_m_. and from" a Mr. Dawson's farm, "and ,©n-on'e-occasion Mr. Dawson caught the •present accused, but later let him go. The boys then went to Arch Hill, and on several- nights slept in sheds. They stole- bread', ir-onv bakers' carts and fruit. from shops during the day, and on the 3rd __t"." "entered a shop at Mfc. Eden, -an* stole-thw 8/6. Accused's companion Escaped.' The lad was-.ordered to be serit to- Wereroa Industrial School