POUCE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 6

POUCE COURT.

■{Before Mr_T. T. Praacr, t.M.i ; I THOSE V/3O MAY EOT TOBCH. ; There was quite a budget of charges '■ against prohibited persons. William Draper, who thought his order had expired when he pntered an hotel, was reminded thai an overlapping order had i ber a ifaucd only sis months ago, a t ir- j cuinstaiK-e which he had overlooked, and i trb : cfa cost him a fine of £'■), in default ; a «-eek in gacl. " \ ■ It's no use "being lenient with you." | remarked the Magistrate to James Le : th.ijn, charged with entering an hotel, | "There, arc three previous distinct i breaches. Fined £1. or fourteen days j in gaoL, ! r.obert Greacen explained that In , had j no drinking at all lately, bill he ; pit burt a day or t"'O ;pg>"'. and tlia: ■ i-jfed him to go to the imtol to cure a >plinc •■:' pe=.~itni.-m. In vi.-.v of .1 prerioas breach, he was lined £.i, in default ten <i.;>s in gaol. I'rank Blades, for a tir-i breach, was CEF'fl 11 auj ~t' COKti. A HOIIDAT UfCXDENT. I'rrink Bennptt, Ernest (..lias. Wykes, ].\nley VVeston, and Wm. M<riwrait>a w'.-f charged that on 17th Ma nil they travelled in the train between Auckland and NgaruaAvahia in a iirst-cU.-s p-arriage m second-olase fares. Mr. (alder explained for the a-vu>(-i. who a.Lmitted The offence, that thry were jroing to the j .N.aM,ruaw.aliij. regaJ.ts. in they were j to ".ai part in the roiving event?. Havja~ taken second-class tickets they looked tor a. Second-dats r-arriage, but all "he r.srriasree were, full, and thrrv -a ere only .■nvcred vac- -srhi.-h were rvposed to the .-w-ird of a very cold day. Not wisiin? to srnve at their destination in a halffrosea state, they took a iirst-claes coinTiart3nent. Senior Sergea.nt. --A'! that tae accu=ed refused in leave the firet.-cla-ss ca.rriage or to pay the excess fare. His Worship fined each accused 10/ and •.' ' costs, ajrd ordered tliem. in addition, to pay 3/1 exers* faro apiece. A. jpoT.TTTr: A T. DISCUSSION. In a. railway smoking carriage between Auckland and Otahuhu on 19th March j a fiery argument ennrprning tlin political actions of Mr. .lohn Payne, M.P., ioncprning whom .Inhn expressrd very voluble and decide.d views that got on the nerves of another pa=aenger. | ■who hinted -broadly thai Strtrfiffe naj « \ social pest. Thereupon arose a duel of i words, which resulted in 6'ajtrliffp being summoned to appear on a charge of using insulting language. The evidence did not produce the. other man, but it produced a. rj'nnber of conflicting Statement? from ppTsons who were in tjjp carriage, roost of them afsertins: that it was the other man who used the. language. His WorFhip did not think that Sutdiffe kept lis temper qtiite so -n-ell as *wtis repre--s.PDted. and imposed a nominal finr. of 10/, with r.O ' costs. GAME (XT TWO-UP. Four carters. James Harris, Dems Donovan, Gpo. Carter and John Began,' •we T charged that on a. Saturday a fortnight back tb'-y engaged, by way of wag erißg, m a zr&me of chajxr. at the Auckland railway station. Began and Dodovan pleaded not guilty, and were represented by Mr. Denniston. Chief Detective Maxsack. said that the four men were carters -xhx> were, -waiting at the ttation for an inoorning train. ;i-nd amused themselves at first by tossing money for pennies, a pastime which later merged in±o the 01-i-fasiioned and. wellknown game of trwn-np. Kcgan acted &i ringmaster and Harris and Carter did tie tossing. Donovan wa.- apparently •".nJy an oalooker, and in. vi?tr of the fad that his business kept him at the ■-pot. the detective doubted if hr could prove the case against him. He therefore, asked that the charge against "Donovan be withdrawn, which request tvaii a.-jT?ded to. Th? evidence of Detectives fcweowy azid Crrmmings and two crhr- -witnesses was that Efigan acted a? itake>-hnliier. and did no tossing, and Ivlr. Demuston raised the question of "whether a man who merely held the states because he happened to have to be at the spot could be considered to be an interested party. Began .-tated that It. had no personal interest in the game ■"-hat-ever, and did not share in the rZriaks. His Worship stated that though Began was technically guilty, his share in the ofFence did not warrant the penalty that would follow- a conviction, and the case against him would be dismissed on the understanding that paid 17 S tost;. Detective Marsa'k sta:°d that ail the men warp, men oi excellent ecara' v t.er, and the offence vi-a.- really only a two-penny-halfpenny orj". quite different from that, of a two-up "school." His Worship said that in that, ease, as a conviction would seriously affect the men"? means of livelihood by prob-β-bly •.causing the withholding of their licenses, hp would treat them a= he had creaipd Kegan, and the en tb" payment, of IT'S ro.-'.- each. BEJIZIKS AITD KATCHES. When the maid at Mr. .Southc-y Baker's houie at -One-tree Hill started about her cu:ies this morning, she <jme a.ross an old man lying in the washhouie. It was "'\:!iiim Mouaghan.an old Irishman -who 1 ha i apparently, when drunk, came in by the iitchen door daring the n:ght. and had itruci same matches he found in tie wash house, for There were a nuxa- j b-.r of use-up matches lyanj round I a bottle of benzine. On being arou~ed, j the old man renewed his interest in tie I T-.°r!Ti-np "What sort of stuff is it, at | sii, at. all!" he said, and he quickly lifte-i i it and sampled it. " I can't maici' it out ; at aIL Sure it's terrible, stuff.' , Ihc way-I in -wiiich the old man had used the ; iz3iches round the benzine to satisfy his j turning cariosity about the liquid rather i tkraied tip household, and Monaghan j was given in charge, to come up oa \ charges of dninkennpsf, breach of his j fiTohjhirion order, and being found by j sight, without lawful excuse, on private prCiii_ses- The old fallow was \oluble, ..:-' .i..united thai nc had been drunk,' i.-.d had gone ±rxo Mr. Baker'r place ani i.:. :: r.'.'mber of matches to find out it '.:■■• hearine wasn't something pood to srir-k. As Mouagban's li>t of convw- ,- ---.::.■ ior drunkenness was a parL»oularlv .-::: one, the Magistrate convicted him, .:: i sentenced him to twelve months* c-tTStion at Kotoroa Island. MISCELLANEOUS. ! Tie drunkenness case? amounted to ! f.irsc —two -being first offenders, and thr ! c ;:-;". Charles Alansell. who.-c u-e of; !„-.-;■■..o language in the street when he ! •- ■:.= i rank, brought down on him a fine ; of J_-, in default !4 day- - ;nnpri~in:uem. ! Eal.uquin HuxtaLlc Juid ;o pay a tine oi ■:/ and 7/ costs for cycling un the foot ! ijzih at Avondalc. I The charges again-t Mewarl {'.<u,d i«f ' Stealing registered lettora Jrom a mail- I tag in June r 1010. were adjourned for j . <~i week. ■ ! IISD.VDBJV»' batcher-boy, who drove •Eis cart j CC a, xairway level crossing I

I keeping a look-out for an approachingI train, •which, he blocked, was convicted j : and ordered to pay 30/ casts. i : Hape, a barefooted Maori, on -a- charge , ! that he assaulted K.ehe George Walker lat Cambridge, -was remanded to appear ;at Cambridge next Thursday. ! Informations under the -Defence Act arra.in>t C. L. Mollard, J. J.- Thompson, and Y. Green were withdrawn, the defendants having since the issue complied , j with the provisions of the Act. i - V