POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 296, 11 December 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr E. C. Cntten, SJL), DRUHKEHJTESS. j Frederick Stein Goeeet, who had been living up to his middle name, was fined 10/. A similar fate befell Ernest Hill, ' while two Irishmen and a brace of Ger- I mane, who posed as first offenders, forfeited bail, and another man had to pay 5/ for his drink baptism. A SAIIX>R'S ESCAPADE. Albert Rudiger, who took French leave of the e.s. Karamea cm Monday a week ago, went in for caib'.e laying on the Iris. ' Having assisted in the important, cere- . mony of linking up Auckland with the . rest "of the globe by means of the new cable, he was arrested yesterday aboard the Iris for having deserted from the Karamea. He admitted the escapade, and had hs experiences enriched, by being sentenced to a month's hard labour \ in Wellington gaol, and being ordered to be put aboard the Karamea before she eailed. DECEIVED. In the early hour* of the morning on Monday, November 24, a man called Frank Evans was attracted by the win- j dow. display of the Clarendon Hotel, at j the corner of Rutland and Wakefield'• Streets. The display consisted of the ! usual exhibition of various brands of { spirits in bottles, intended to stimulate public interest in the bottle business of the hotel. As a matter of fact the display was a snare and a delusion, in that the bottles with the ornate whisky and brandy labels were either empty or filled with only some cheap and innocuous liquid—in fact, they were dummies. Of course the inner hypocrisy of this fay display was not public knowledge. A chance wayfarer in the vicinity was startled by the crash of glass, and turning round he observed Evans before the window with his hands up towards the I fraudulent bottles inside. Observing that he was observed Evans made off, but the watcher, who took a keen interest in the business, shaped his course so as ito meet Evans round the corner, and having conversed with him, headed him off towards the police station. They met a policeman on the way, and he did the rest. Evans was summoned to appear at Court on a charge of wilfully breaking the windorw, and the man who saw him stated the opinion that before Evans made off he ha-d penetrated the hollow fraud of the empty bottles. Evans did cot appear, bat his police record showed that his particular propensity wae getting drink, and he was fined 20/ and ordered "to pay costs and I damages (assessed at £3 14/), in default! a month's hard labour. HOW TO TAKE A CORNER. J. Kinnear was charged with motoring round the corner of Queen and Victoria Streets at more than a walking pace, and with not keeping as near as practicable to the left-hand side of the street. The evidence of the prosecuting, constable was to the effect that the accused, in taking the corner at a good speed, cut straight across from the left of Queen Street to the left of Victoria Street, going on the right-hand side of the tramway centre pole in Queen Street, and nearly knocking a lady over. Mr. C. J. Tanks, for accused, argued that a motor-car driver was permitted to take a diagonal course over a streets' . intersection in turning from one street to another street. . ■ The Magistrate stated that this was j hot his interpretation of 4-he by-law, and j he desired drivers- to distinctly understand that tihey must not take a diagonal couree, but mnet drive right along the street they are in until they are opposite the left-hand side of the intersecting β-treet before turning into fehat intersecting street. That would enable them ! to be on the right side of the road 1 when they turned. • On this interpretation Mr. Tunks with•drewhispleaof notpuHty, and his client " was fined 10/ and 7/ costs for not keeping to the proper aide of the road when ! turning the corner. ; DIDN'T GO TO DBUX. . For failing to attend parades, territorials were fined as follows:—Frank Richardson, S. U. Capner, W. C. Eraser, C. G. Lee, C. L. Mollard. and W. F. Oxemham. 7 10/ and 7/ costs each; J. F. Finnix, H. r F. Mills, E. J. Paterson. E. Hodges, and 3 W. Trem.ba.th, each 5/ and costs; R. P. r McQuillen, E. A. Curtis and S. J. Youlden 8 each 7/ costs.