POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 184, 2 August 1912, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(IMore .Mr. K. L , . Cutlen, S.M.)

Onp first offender wiu convicted, and two others \vviv fined ."i ' each. 'I'hoinas

Kelly was fiend in/, nm! Robert Patterson, vrhotfß intoxication constituted :i hreorh of liis orrlcr. was fined 20/ and costs.

Arthur Charles Gribble came un(!i; the iintic* , of the police yes-lerili-.v afternoon from the fact that he wn-r. lyin;: dnmk on a cart of pips' food, his horse having its head. Hp vra.-i curispqupnily taken in hand and churned, in addition to the drunkenness ofTcnof. with driving pigs' food within the city limits between the hours of 7.30 a.m. and 10 p.m. Ho admitted the offence, remarking. "I collect from the hotel?, you see." The Magistrate did see. and fin him £2 and 20/ posts, intimating that the next olfe-ru-:: would oeeasiou the issue of a prohibition order.

A BROKEN CHAIN. Richard Millar (32). admitted: having made an effort to steal a ■watch, chain, pendant, and ornamental key (inlaid with greenstone), valued in toto at £9. from Emmanuel Joraph De Senna. When De Henna and Iris son were entering an hotel on 22nd June, the accused appeared in the doorway, and snattflwd at De SennaV chain, snapping it, and causing the key and pendant to become lost in tlie excitement of the episode. Millar vanished, and >was arrested at Martinborough. The aceusesl said, that the thing was a dTunken act on hie part, and he didn't know what possessed, him to do H. Up had a -wife mrd children to keep, and had, been working in the country since t-he offence with a view to getting a, home -togefelier for the "benefit of his family, He admitted also thai he had been ignoring his prohibition order by getting drunk. ■Be -was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence -when called on. and to pay the vahie of the lost parts of the drain. wrhicli were üßseased at £.'!, with IS/ <-oste. STRUCK A CONDUCTOR. Edward Bui ton. a youth of 21, admitted having struck a tramcaiv conductor on 2Sth June. Hβ and a friend were travelling on a- Heme Ray oar. and the conductor came on them on the back platform. They indignantly wanted to know why the car had not pulled up at the last stop in response to the bell -which they rang. The conductor stated that he had not heard the bell. The young fellow- went to drop off as the car was travelling at a high rate down College Hill, and the conductor held him, deeming the procedure dangerous. Boiton thereupon struck the conductor twice. These were the facts us put by the Sub-inspector. Mr W. Hackett, for accused, stated that Bolton had been considerably aggravated by the conductor 'hustling them inside the car. and closing the door when they were protesting against the car not having stopped when they had twice rung the bell.

"Jf the non-working of the bells is to be taken as a reason for assaulting the conductor, the conductor's life would not be. a happy one." remarked Mr. Cutten. He further pointed out that such ail , offence as this was a very serious one. I Accused was fined £2 and C/ 6 coete.

A SHABP &ESSON. "Oile of a number of young .-hoodlums who get out in the public streets of Newmarket at night-time and pollute the atmosphere with filthy language.' , was the manner in which Sub-Insppctor Ifendrey introduced William McD. Fairley, a young fellow charged with using obscene language on the street in Manukan Road. Fairl-ey admitted having used the words attributed to him, adding that he had got heai-cd in an ; argument, and the words had slipped out.

He was fined £2. and 7/ costs.

.Tames Edward Mangan. Jqhn McXaughton. and Charles Johmson. a.s among those who are hedged out from hotels by prohibition orders, were fined each £2 and 7/ for breaking through the hedge- Edward Morrow was celebrating the expiry of one prohibition order, despite the fact that he knew tha-t another one had been made immediately the old one had expired, and a constable coming round "he corner to complete the formalities of the new order, witnessed the unlawful celebration. Consequently the celebrant was fineel 20/.

The wondering of his horse in Karautfahape lioad resulted in Joseph Gee having to pay 7/ corts. The payment of bimilar costs was imposed on Louis Arnnldeon for driving his motor car on the wrong side of the street (to a-void a «rowd), and on J. fcs Webeter for a teehnieal breach of the scaffolding regulations. Janet Pollard, for soliciting, wns sentenced to 14 daye' hard labour; nnd Albert Tiekracr, for deserting fmm the b.s. Otaki in January, was sent to '(tio! for a mouth.