POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 127, 29 May 1913, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Robert John Sinclair, who had been revelling in the expiry of hi? prohibition order, had the order summarily renewed. A statutory first offender was fined 10/. and Lucy Herd, whose excess had resulted in a week's hospital treatment, was convicted and discharged. The licensee of the Star Hotel complained that George Henry Cain, when subject to a ]ately\ deceased prohibition order, made himself a nuisance by persisting in going into the hotel, and stated that Cain infringed, his order by being on the licensed premises on a particular day. The magistrate treated that specific breach of the late lamented order in a practical manner by forthwith resuscitating the order. AN UNPROFITABLE FARE. Edward J. McQtriHan, who did not appear, was charged that on April 27th, being a licensed motor-car driver, he charged a fare more than he was legally, entitled to charge. J. B. Lindsay, the City Traffic Inspector, stated that a visitor from Wangamii was at the Town Hall on the date in question, and, desiring to hurry to the Kerry Buildings, to keep an appointment, engaged a motor-car at the stand just below the Grey .Statue. He told ths driver to take him to the Ferry Buildings. On arrival there he asked what the fare would be. and the driver said: lialf-a-c-rown. The fare remarked: "You have a neck!" but paid the fare. He, however, took the precaution to note down the number of the car before hurrying away to keep his appointment, and next day he lodged a complaint at the Town Hall.

The visitor corroborated this statement, remarking that he probably would not have bothered with the matter 5f he. had known that it would hare entailed waiting to give, evidence at a prosecution.

The Traffic Inspector produced a radius map showing that the distance from the motor stand to the new Post Office was a neat mile; and the by-laws showing that the distance fare was 1/ a mile, and. that if no prior agreement were made as to whether the fare should be computed on the time or the distance scale, it should be taken as being on distance. The magistrate remarked that the Ferry Buildings, 'being a very little over the mile from thre point of starting, the •utmost that could be charged under the by-laws was 2/, and McQuillan would t>e convicted, and ordered to pay the costs, 14/. AFTER CAMP TIME. The casual ca.nps held by the Defence Department 'being over for the present year, the Magistrate's Court yesterday j was the rendezvous of a very large number of the more or less-casual young men. who had neglected to attend for camp training. About 20 of them had some colour of reason for non-attendance, and were let off by payment of 7/ costs each, (i. Battie, J. *E. Cox, C. A. Crummin, J. Duncan. R. F. Hayee. and T. L. Smith, who had not attended any camp, were I fined £o each; C. L. Aldridge, £3: and H. j V. (irib'bie. L. J. Woods, H. Williams, W. !I Watson. 11. Smithson. P. -J. Tristram, J. D. Rollitt. J. F. Phillips, A. J. Osj born, A. J. Hovle, F. Ha-vnes. L. Howjlett. R. Hill. T. L. Hill. L. G. Gritfble, VT. <i. Bright, L. E. Cariey, £2 apiece. For not attending for medical inspection. K. J. Fitzwilliam, J. Hart, and E. IJ. Miller were fined 10/ and costs; and j VV. Barker and J. Ryan had to pay costs. I For not attending drill, C. F. Bond and I .T. Hart were fined each 20/ and costs; G. H. -Jocelyn, 10/; and C. V. TVilson. 5/ and costs. O. Collier, for having obstructed parade at the Penrose rifle range by refusing to carry out orders, was convicted, and ordered to pay costs. 3SIS CBIXAKEOUS. A native whose name was down as NVira ilakaore. and who also answered, to the name of George MorreH. wa« remanded till to-morrow on a charge that at (lisborne lie stole a horse, value £#, the property of Hare Taipaha. William Harris, an old soldier, aged 7 % years, on a charge of wilful exposure of his person in St. Paul Street, was re- ; raanded till Monday. Donald a sailor who ha! deserted the British ship Tyrone in .January and had since been working at Dargaville, was sentenced to three weeks' hard labour.