POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 302, 18 December 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr E. O. Cottea, SM.)

WilHam Tierney, who appeared for the third time since hie comparatively recent dischaxg-e from liotoroa Island, was sent to gaol for 14 days. Richard Wil- ] liams, also an ex-.Rotoroan, said that he 3 would consent to the issue of a prohibi- < tion order —next time. If they caught him again, he would take out the order against himself, he said sportingly. Though the magistrate -wae quite satisfied that it was unsafe for the man to be ebout -without the suggested protection from drink, he had not the statu-t-orr power to enforce fhe-onder, and he fined the dissentient 20/. Ireopold Muir consented to the issue of a prefcibftion order, and was ordered to pay -whenever he could afford it the £1 which he had cost the State for tfce -week's medical treatment. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAXHBT SEAMEN. ' James Ferguson, aged 21, and Francis Banks, aged 23, were charged that yesterday they assaulted Agnes Moken with intent to commit a crime; -while Ferguson was further charged, that he assaulted William Moken, by kicking him. The circumstances stated by SubTnepector Hendrey, were that yesterday afternoon two men, thought to be from the Vancouver steamer M-akirra, ca-liett a* a boardinghouse in Grey Street. They spoke -to a girl in one of the rooms, and she, under the belief that they desired lodging accommodation, wentand sent her motiher to the room. When Mm Moken got to the room, efae found on* of tihe men in bed, and on lier protesting against this she was afteged to have been seized by the .men, end treated in the manner indicated by toe charge against the accused. The woman's son came to her aesdetaw*, and Fergueon was seized and held, though «he other nan broke away ajid got dear. Later Banks called at the Police Station, -with others, to ccc Ferguson, and he was arreirted as being the second man. Those, Mr Kendre-y eaid, were- raegMy the facts eofaras he wae at present able to cay, but some of Wβ witnesses were not available, and he asked for a remand till Friday. Mr R. N. Moody, wko .represented Banks, stated ,that *her* "*■** evidently some 7TrJstaki» made in the matter, as .Wβ client sd-rised him that (he -was asleep aboard the Makura at the time the offence was alleged to have been committed. The remand till Friday -was granted. A FO'C'SLE THEFT. Walter Richard Page, aged 26, was charged that on December 3, he stole £7 3/ in money from ■ttie s.e. Navua, and a coat and -vest, tt»e property of James Anderson. A member of the crew stated that on ■the date in question he irae in the fo'e'ele when Anderson came in, the worse for. liquor, and reajerksd trha-t he was going to "do" the ship, but .that before he left he would have some "hoot." He thereupon sot ■Mβ -things together, went to Anderson's trousers, and took smrrethrng from them, and departed. Three others, who .were in the fo-c-ele at 'the I'.tt!p, jrive similar evidence. Anderson, who was arrested yesterday morning by Detective Gooiriey when oornpla-int was .made, on the s-hip's return, of the theft, pleaded guilty, and ■was committed to "the Supreme Court for-sentence. • THE STATE ANT> A MOTHER. Mary J. Hollis was charged that she had harboured and concealed her two hoys, Stanley and Joseph, imna-tes of St. Mary's Industrial School. Evidence was given that some little .time back Mrs Hollia applied at the Industrial School to havp' the J ads licensed to her, as she was gofng away to Sydney, and would like to have her children with her. As she was of unquestionably good character and a proper person to have control of the children, the latter were released on licence to their mother. Later. it cam-p to the ears of the authorities Ura-t Mrs Hollis had not g.one to Syd n<?y, but was .living at Auckland, and inquiries instituted by the police, bnt the mother refused to state the whereabouts of the lade. ~SXr Sir.g«r, for Mrs HoIUe. stated that the woman 'had intended going to Sydney, but had been delayed by difficulties relating to the sale of her property, ■which difficjJ'tice -would be settled within two or three days. Beyond that the boya .had been, ehe said, maltreated by nther iboye in the Industrial School, and for that reason she had been anxious that they should not be returned there. [ and had fenced w.h-en questioned as to [ -where the boys were. A etHl further ■reason was that 6-inc-e their conditional I release, the lade and the mother had | become members of the Church of England, and Mr* Hollis was afraid that that wrrald weigh against their good treatment in St. Mary's. Sub-Inspestor Hendrey remarked that the trouble had been chiefly caused by Mrs HoM-:a not being perfectly candid in tfos matter, and not onJy fa-lin" , to inform the police of the things that Mr Sinjrer iad stated, but really defyin-o-them. ° The magistrate said that tie release ■had been conditional on the mother taking the boya to Sydney -with Jier, and she had not fulfilled the conditione, but ■he would adjourn the case till Friday morning- to see vrbat arrajigement could mean't-nme be made. JITSCELLANEOUS. Thomas Wm. Cooper, on a charge of ■having failed to provide hie -wife, at Tai■hape, -with adequate ■maintenance, was Temanded till Friday. William Berger, for having heen in a ' .billiard-room on a recent Sunday was I fined 10/, and 7/ coete. I