POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 178, 28 July 1913, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M.) DRTJNKENHESS. Hiram Nixon and Robert Jno. Sinclair, -who had t>een in since Friday for getting drunk when prohibited, were fined 40/ each (with usual alternative), and Charles Wilkie, in -similar case, was fined 10/. One first offender forfeited bail, and four others were fined 5/ each. Wm. Stirling was fined 10/; and Frank Farre.lPs third offence resulted in his being fined 10/ and prohibited. John Faigan, whose offence was aggravated by "bad language, was lined £2. BESIEGED THE BAR. John Darroch (37) was '"pretty full" when he arrived at the Royal Hotel a little hefore closing time on Saturday night, and became annoyed when he was refused drink and ordered out. He retired, but rushed the door as the proprietor and the porter were closing up, using -both language and fists. SVhile the porter kept him iv play, the proprietor called a policeman.

Charged with 'being drunk, using obscene language, and assaulting the hotel proprietor, Darroeh admitted being drunk, but said he could not recollect the other matters, though he s.taied he was satisfied the other men struck him first. The magistrate remarked Miat the man'o list seemed to indicate that when he got liquor he didn't know- what he was doing, and fined him £5. in default a month's imprisonment. MISSED THE BOAT. Patrick Doddy (51), charged with being drunk and with breaking his prohibition oTder, indicated that he had his doubts about the matter, and said he could not remember being drunk. The lapse of memory was explained by the arresting constable, who said he got the man lying in the gutter in Customs Street," with a couple of pounds in his pocket. Doddy explained that he had taken his lugsmge* ahoard the boat for ('isborne, and, on account of the boat's sailingtime being delayed, he came ashore to we a. few friend!-. There was another boat sailing to-morrow. He was remanded till to-morrow morning ior medical treatment. A BUMP BACK. Harry Sander* (30) and Joseph Kelly (241, who cauwii considerable annoyance in Queen street on Saturday afternoon by deliberately bumping into pedestrians as they " went along tbe street, were charged with being disorderly while drunk, and admitted it. "They nearly caused a riot in the street," stated " Inspector McGrath, and the accused bail to pay 20/ apiece for their little joke, which probably came as an unexpected bump back. WANTED TO SEE HIS WITE. "He rushed amongst the three women on the street, saying to his wife: 'You're the one I'm looking for.' and they bad to beat him oil with their umbrellas." Thus Constable Smith described the conduct in Wellesley Street on Saturday night of Arthur Irvine l'inkerton, who was charged with being disorderly while drunk. The constable added that Mrs. Pinkerton, who was separated from her husband, seemed to be afraid of him, and had gone to another constable on the .street, claiming rfrotectiou. PinkerUm said thi/t he had no intention of bothering ' his wife, but he wanted to tell her of a statement mado by the matron of the Home about Hie oluldren when he had been to see them that day. The wife, however, would give him no opportunity to deliver the message, always rushing away a<s if afraid of him. His Worship tokl IMnkerton that if he had waited till he was sober before giving his message, there might have been no trouble, lie was lined '20/. UNLICENSED DEALING. James Russell admitted that on occasions this month ho had carried on business as a second-hand dealer without having a license. Chief-Detective McMa.hon said that Russell had applied for a dealer's license and been refused it, ond the ground that he was not sufficiently alert to keep proper books and records. . Despite the refusal, however, he had carried on the busine«;, and had goods that had been stolen. Even though he had given the police assistance when he discovered that the goods were stolen articles, the fact that such goods could be passed with unlicensed dealers constituted a danger. Remarking that it was necessary that second-hand dealers should be kept under proper supervision, his Worship imposed a fine of £3 and costs, with a default of 14 days' imprisonment. AN UNTTStJAI CASE. A boy of 12 years, who had run away from home early in the. mouth with a companion, and liad stolen some jewellery and other goods from houses at Manurewa. came before his Worship in the JuvenHc Court. It was explained that the boy's companion had already ■been sent to the industrial school. This lad's history wvis peculiar in- that he had been perfectly well-behaved until a few months ago, when he had been knocked down by a tram in the street and sustained a concussion of the brain. After recovering from the illness he had become uncontrollable, and it was thought that -he had suffered some brain injury, which, was responsible for his escapades. The Magistrate committed the boy to the Weraroa Training Farm, and intimated that he would recommend that the rad be sent on to Otekaike, where there was a. Government institute, which provided for the medical observation necessary in cases like the present one. MUSCELLAKEOUS. Helen Eraser, for soliciting, was fined £20, in default seven days' imprisonment. Joseph Rawson, for motoring at more than a walking pace round the Khyber Pass corner, at the top of Symonds Street, was lined 10/ and costs. John Green, for driving an insufficiently lighted cart in Grey Street before sun-, rise, had to pay 7/ costs, the circumstances being extenuating. For breaking his prohibition order, John Wynne was fined 40/. For fighting in Albert Street, Lauritz Anderson and Wm. Meßae were fined 20/ apiece. Ernest A. W. Thompson (19), on a charge of stealing a wa*-ch and guard (value £9) from Thos. G. Wilson, on July 4, was remanded for a week on bail.