POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

I Before Mr. E. Gerard, J.P.)

AN EAHI/JT MORNING DRINK. George Dobion Xorcaau was charged that this mnrEing he wilfully broke a, glass* p«e! in the bar door at the Cri'terilcn Hotel. The young lady 'behind the bar counter was busy with her morning tea. when N'orcnan went in for earlymorning refreshment, aad when he had drank his breakfast ihe -picked up the barniflid'6 dainty slice of bread amd jam «nd gave it a slide from one end of the counter to the other. Hβ then discreetly retired to the safety of the bar door, ■while the lady passed some very human ; remarks concerning 'his manners, and mhen she had reached the "Tihere n-ffw!" he concluded his impish turn by deliberately pushing hi» fist through the glass pone] of the door. He made his exit in the ansa of a constable.

la court s>. couple of hours later Norman tried to anrue that it was all an accident, but Sub-Inspector Heodrey remarked that accidents of the sort seemed to cling unluckily to Xorman's garments. F&r instance, laet night he had entered a fruit tfaop dm ■Freeman's Bay and started throwing the fruit about, tall tie fruits-re- cime on the scene and varied the performance "by throwing Norman with a ei-ck.lv thud oil to the footpath outside the shop. The trouble was ■that dolman hid bean drinking heavily of late. After baulking for abou* ten minutes at the dreadful "choice between a, -prohibition order and a solid Sne, which, in ■his sta-te of unimoyaat. finance, meant something like a week in gaol, he decided for the prohibition order, and was let off with list and s-n order to pay 10/ to cover repairs to the injured door.

A NATIVE STEED. Frederick Watson, a young man of 24 years, was charged thai on Tuesday'last, at Tokomarn Bay, 'he stole a horse, bridle, and saddle, valued at £9 10/, the property of iTeneha Totui. The allegation is tba-t Watson borrowed the stead •and its trappings from the native owner, and. instead of returning them in good order and condition, converted them into ■sash. He was arrested on Thursday. Wateon was reaianded to appear at I Tokom&ru B±y on Saturday next.

BETWEEN THE COURSES. A squabble between two chefs on Friday of last week, resulted in. <mc bitting the other on the nc*e, and the other su«ing the aggressor for assault. The assaulted one stated tihat bis foot was on his native hearth when hie fellowCook and competitor approached him in bibulous, but aggressive, mood, and commanded him to be non eet. Not knowing what was meant by the cryptic-com-mand, he refused uo ,he- non est, hence th-e bit on th« nose. The other person said that he .had not expressed any dosire at all to see his friend <non est. but that they had 'had a tirrfiing a>r<ruai«Tii I oonoemang their respective ability to appeil to the public palate through the cunning of tiheir dkh-es. The ißench decided tha-t the mitt&; could b? adequately covered by fining Benfield 10/ and costs.