POLICE COURTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 140, 14 June 1911, Page 4

POLICE COURTS.

(Before Mr. E. G. p\riUn;-&M\ THE DJRtrHKAKDS, Thomas Dye, an old offenderj 'admitted a fourth offence .wite'the last six months, and in addition Jiaa to answer to having broken his .proMWiaon order. He was fined if 2or sev'eft;d»ja, Thomas Finnigan and Alexander WexelL second offenders, were fined i6£eii&,ainl a first offender forfeited:ids Vail of! £1, AX EXPENSIVE WMjftfc' A young man named E. W. Kirkpatrick pleaded not guilty to .travellhig,'oh a.iailway train from Avondale ife) Stotuit Ellen without paying his iare, and with intent to evade paying his fare, jte evidence for the prosecution was thai on May 13 defendant got and was overheard, to say .that if tie guard did not come rpwid jbefore Itomt Albert, he would ask irir aS ticket from •that station to iroiffitJriJan. ■ j George Heii dersdh, gave evidence fe : ihrt,«EeS^. He was travelling.on the train ihstdjy, later informed the guard, wW wentto defendant and asked' .for Defendant then said: .Hurt he'Saaaskea for an Avonaak-Mir. Eden.tii&et- in tha j first case. ■ v. ■.• . _'V t ' Defendant, in 'evidence, afcnitted too conversation in regard l 'to Tiyin&tty evade the fare, but said this was all * joke. He 1 asked for a 'ticket ffiim -Avondatei and tendered 2/. Looking at. the. sfiaige P» thought that a _stake made, and was just going to WO! 9 statiorrmaster stopped np,;and.nOt jpnfr in<r witness paid ah extra fare fromAvoiidale rad a fine for hooking. ,Hia mm I ship said the 'defendant rtas tatter fluty: or the victim of ah extraordinary senu of coincidences. , After >vie*rag; the evidence, his Worship said %n .M*»* of. coincidences oonld only he uvtergrtted one wpv. Defendant wouH be .canvKW and as"the cosi's *$3ft M. 3__§_i be fined 10/. and costs. Costs toMnWJ to £1 12/ were allowed. (;.' ; . mScMiAsrEOps.,, , f .,- y Philip PrehdergaSt was fined 5/;.*« 7/ costs -for feeding a horse in Ponsonßp road other than by.a nosebag.;-;-.-.^ May CI art and Nellie Harrison-wen convicted for 6olicitin g ..j>rostitution M Dower Nelson-street. , The former™ oTdered to come up for sentjente .wno calM on. and Harrison "was; ftnwl", ™ default one month's nhp&O-untam