POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S3I.J!

THE DRUNKARDS.

Joseph Halloran, charged with drunkenness, and with having committed an indecent act in Queen-street, was discharged for drunkenness, and sentenced to three days' imprisonment, in addition to being prohibited. An old man named John Turner was remanded for a week s medical treatment, and three first offenders were fined 5/ each. I A SERIOUS MATTER.

A young man named Henry Wilson was charged with having indecently assaulted a male person. Accused warremanded until Friday.

NO WORK. An old man named David Mackie admitted that he was an idle and disorderly person, in that he was found begging in the streets. The old man, when arrested, said for the last three weeks he had found it impossible to get woTk, and he had lived by begging. He was formerly an inmate of the Costley Home, and wanted to be sent back. The man's list showed a conviction m 1909 on the same charge. The case was allowed to stand down, for arrangements to be made to have the man sent hack to the Home. COMMITTED POR TRIAL.

The adjourned case in which Stephen Orsen (Mr. J. R Lundon) was charged with having stolen a set of narness, valued at £4 15/, the-property _of Abraham Bowden, was again called. Mis Worship said that he kept the matter . over for consideration, because the offence did not seem such a one as jus- | tided setting the machinery of the , Supreme Court in motion to deal with it The information charged defendant with stealing property valued at £4 15/. The evidence given probably shows that the property was under £2 in value, but still the evidence as to value varied from 30/ to £2 10/, and the defendant had the right to select to go to the Supreme Court if the property alleged to have been stolen was over £2 in value. Defendant had stated his desire te go before a jury, and, as there was a prima facie case, he would be committed to the Supreme Court for 1 trial. Bail was forthcoming m an ! amount of £25. A BOY'S LANGUAGE.

A desire to express himself in language forceful, but not polite, led to a boy just turned 16, named Antoma Barlow, making his appearance, charged witn having written obscene language in a public place at Newmarket. The boy was a member of a sporting club, and, being in arrears, an application w-as made to him for payment of fees, lie then wrote a letter to the secretary in most obscene terms, and stuck this on I the door of the secretary's house. The lad was earning 7/ per week wages. In convicting him. his Worship said had he been voungcr he would be thrashed •\s it was he would be fined £1, with 7/ costs, and ordered to pay 8/ monthly till the fine was cleared. ILL-TREATING HORSES.

Wm. Nicholls, the driver, and E. Stocken, foreman, were charged with having ill-treated horses by working them with sore shoulders. Mr. C. JS, Matthews appeared for the Inspector. There were adjourned charges against Peter Rawson, and Theodore Casey, contractor. Mr. Matthews said that Casey was the owner of the horses in all the cases, and he quoted English cases to show that the owners had been considered equally guilty with the servant. His Worship thought that where, horses in a bad state were worked, in addition to the man who worked them, the owner; or foreman, should also be considered guilty, unless there were some special circumstances. There were none in the case against Casey, and he would be convicted and fined £2, with costs £2 11/. Stocken was fined £2, with costs £1 8/; Rawson £1, with costs £1 8/; and Nicholls 10/, with costs £1 8/. ALLEGED PERJURY.

The adjourned case against Chas. Boakes, charging him with haying com-1 mitted perjury in the case, Keyte v. Boakes, by falsely swearing that he was not the father of the illegitimate child of Patie Kcyte, was further adjourned for a week, on the understanding that the case was not to be heard until this j day fortnight. [ ONE MONTH.

An old tattered-looking man, ■ Eugene O'Grady, admitted k av ; ' ing stolen some bottles, valued at 1A and said he took them to try and procure the price of a drink. Last night, just before 10 o'click, O'Grady was seen to go into the Hobson Hotel, and later he was found planted for the night in the lavatory. O'Grady was also charged with being an idle and disorderly person with insufficient lawful means of support, and evidence was given to show that the accused had not worked for three months. Accused, who said he was a labourer, has recently come out of the hospital, where he was treated for a broken leg. His Worship considered a month's imprisonment would enable O'Grady to get the liquor out of his system, and he was sentenced to I this term. A WOMAN'S TROUBLE.

A married woman named Grace Wells Milne was convicted for having used obscene language in Waterview-road, Avondale. Mr. A. G. Quartley appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. The evidence for the prosecution was i that at a late hour on a recent night the woman went to her husband's house, and later was heard using most vile lan-<rua-re. The woman is not living with her "husband, but has an order for main-1 tenance against him, and it was stated she went to the house, owing to the maintenance being overdue. The woman's trouble was drink. She was prohibited and sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in order to keep her away from liquor.

MISCELLANEOUS. Alfred Williams, Thomas Fitzroy alias Desmond, and Chas. Reid were each fined £2, or seven days, for committing areaches of their prohibition orders. Alexander Farquhar Duff (Mr. R. A. 'inger) was charged with having stolen a pair of field glasses, valued at £2, the property of Geo. Margetts. The case was remanded until Monday, bail being allowed. . Two informations were laid against Wm. Palmer, one in that not being a licensed plumber he. laid a private drain within the boundaries of the Remueraroad and the other that he -covered in a drain without having the same passed by the inspector. Defendant stated he had applied either for a permit or a license, but could get no satisfaction from the Board. A conviction was entered on both charges. On the first he was fined 10/ with £18/ costs, and on Itb*»econdoi4«e4top*y.7/,«orti. '