POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 13 June 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. The only first offender who appeared on parade" had a rather painfully damaged face, and as the lapse from virtue had brought its own punishment, he was convicted and discharged. James Smith, who had got drunk immediately he received his prohibition order on Tuesday, and before news of bis restraint could reach the hotels, was fined £2, and 7/ costs. Richard Miller explained his breach of his order by stating that he had hecn working in water up to his knees and took a drop of schnapps to drive out the chill. He also bad to forfeit 47/. or spend a workin the chilling surroundings of the ceils. John McNaughton knew from many experiences the futility of making excuses for breakinc his order, and took Ibis fine of £2 and 7/ costs as a matter of course. Margaret VTilkie and Charles Casting were each fined 10/. and John Henry ! Brooks bad to pay 20/, or stay in. confinement a week. Patrick Mangan bad | developed d.t.'s in the cells, and his [case was remanded for a week. Caroline Caulton stated that she was ,so drunk that she did not remember adi dressing obscene language to a constable who had told her to get away home from Federal-street. She was sentenced jto seven days' hard labour. John McClure, who had been arrested at Takapuna on Sunday in consequence of his stated delusion that people were after him with guns, was convicted, discharged and prohibited. SENT OUT TO WORK. John Tait had drifted into the city some five or six weeks back, and entered a. no-work career, in the course of which drink formed his chief means of subsistence. He admitted that he had been "vagatttg" round the city, blamed the drink, and asked for a chance to leave the town and go to work. As the police had no Tecord against him, he was convicted, discharged, prohibited and adjured to get away to work. John Morehouse, after spending some months swamp-draining at Te Aroha, came to town last week to knock down his cheque. He was so successful that, j after having had to sleep out for two or three nights in consequence of being unable to pay for lodging, he qualified for police cell accommodation by getting drunk, and then made successful application to the police for a bed. He also was convicted, discharged, prohibited, and sent out to look for wqrk in the country. DOESN'T LIKE NEW ZEALAND. James Docherty Tennyson is a. new arrival in the. country, and his impressions of New Zealand are not at all flattering to the Dominion. He wanted people to know -about it, and not seeiug a reporter bandy, he got drunk and started to tell 'the people passing along Durham-street. His oration became so fervid that it collected a crowd, and his opinions of New Zealand and <New Zealanders were such that quite a number of the native-born onlookers __st__ed to assist tbe constable to handcuff the orator when he was arrested. When charged with being disorderly while drunk, Tennyson had nothing whatever to say, and he was fined . 1. HOTEL THEFTS. Alfred Dory Ogier, a hairdresser, about 40 years of age, was caught coming out of a room in the City Hotel'the other day wit-h a lady's satchel in his 'possession. He was arrested, and it- was then discovered that he had committed quite a number of petty thefts and had sold th# articles to a second-hand dealer. These included a couple of mens coats and a couple of ladies' jackets, as well as the satchel, most of the _____es having been (taken from rooms in the City Hotel. The accused attributed his thefts to his .having been -on a drinking bout, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. MISCELLANEOUS. Chas. J- Brooks, a. young man of 25 years, on a charge of haying stolen a gold "watch and chain and 25/ in money, was remanded till to-morrow. Por a -breach or" his prohibition order, ftobt. Greacen was fined £2 and 7/ costs. For driving after dark without two proper lights attached to their vehicles, George Lnsor was convicted -and discharged, and William Marshall had to pay 7/ cost's. Victor Todd (27) on two charges of criminal assault was remanded till Wednesday next.