POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 155, 1 July 1913, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Thomas Calvert said be h:«in't counted, but be would take the Court's word for it that thus was his fifth offence in nix months, but he was not so acquiescent regarding the proposal to prohibit him. It would destroy hw chance of making a living, he nadd. and he explained that he was a street musician, in partnership witli an 1-mglish concertina. Tbe Court decided, however, to try the experiment, and Calvert was prohibited. A first offender forfeited bail, ana May Tanner, who had taken port wine I medicinally, and beer "with a dash" for the thirst, and had, in consequence of the mixture, made herself conspicuous, j was fined 40/ (or seven days) for being' drunk and breaking her prohibition' ■ order. j

A CHANCE, j Harlegin G. Huxtable (18), who had} been remanded for a week, awaiting I sentence on two charges of stealing small sums of money from John Court. Ltd.. was convicted and ordered to pay | the expenses. 28/6, and was put on pro bation on his father entering into a surety of £2.3 that his son would be of ;rood behaviour for the ensuing sit months.

EDUCATING THE DEALER. 1 The responsibilities of second-hand dealers to the puhlh- in respect to preventing. a« fir a.< possible, their elmps : from becoming t" h e repositories of , stolen goods, was iniprcse \ on Lawrence Mefl.t, den. a second-hand deiler. by a. charge tint he had failed to niaki entries in his record hook of purchases, ,1k required by the Act. Chief Detective Mc.Mahon said that • Mcßaisden vvaa not a scholarly person. ,and be wss consistently lax in his manner of keeping the record book. For instance, he was supposed to enter the name, address and occupation of every ' per-on who -old him goods, and one of jhi.s entries; purporting- to (ill that provii sion read. "Bought front some man.'* Tbe object of the prosecution was to stimulate :hr- dealer to repair h : s neg-le-ted education. MeP.aisden said he was a bid scholar, but he would he careful in future, and would pay a small boy a few shillings to fill in bi« raligraphie deficiencies. Til" Matr'.-trat'e remarked that it divl n.-.t need much education to nek a vendor hi- name, occupation and address, and warned Mrl'aisden that, if he did not .comply with the Act in future, he would 10-e his license. Mvßateden wa.alr.i fined 20/' and 7/ eosis for par>l lapses.

SMALL BOYS AND SMOKES. 1,-ia Palmer, charged that she sold: tobacco to a small buy under 16 yeari of age. said th.it two hove, one older than the other, came into the rhop; proffered a shilling, and asked for two packets of Red Jacket. She gave the tobacco to the larger boy. They said the tobacco was for a man working on the r-'d. The boy-, aged 11 years and 14 years 1 re-pei tively. s.iid that the yiunger one paid the money, got the tobacco, and gave one p.ick"t lo h : r> elder brother. They did not say anything about a man. 'and to question- were asked. Miss P.-.lmer wis lined 20/. and 13/ cost.-. I MISCELLANEOUS. Ueginaid Hayward. on charges of vagrancy and of theft from the fishing boat Niagara, was remanded for a week. Lionel W. P.. Cullcn. charged with indecent assault, was remanded till tosnnrivw. when be will be further remanded to eithei Manga-.vai or Mnungat uroto.