POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Messrs. M. .. Bennett and C. F. Bolton. -1.P.'5.l AFTER A GOOD TIME. "I want to get ba.-k tn the bush. and. 1 will go right away if you give mv a | ' chance." pleaded .lohn < a.ey |4_i. who ' had got drunk and .aught on '.hrv-e - consecutive days. lie had 111 and a ■ bank-book four days ago; now he Iras f Dothing. and has lost his bank-book. "He • apparently camv to town for a good 1 time." stated Senior Kntledge. 1 -I have business t.. do. and it w .11 1 make it very awkward to make in--1 quiri-es about 'a certain thing.'" pro- ' tested < W-y when the Bench com- : mented that a prohibition order would ' be good for him. but he was fined 20/. 'in default 14 days' imprisonment, and ■ was presimted with a prohibition order o take back with him .to the bm-h. HARD EARO-TR IN FRAMES. 1 Edward Cox (301. put forward the * plea thai, he was drunk as an ex-use 1 for stealing ten small photo frames 1 from the from of .la-o-h Bert-eiF. shop " in Queen Street last nigh.. A by passer 1 noticed Cox take away Lhe frames and ' informed Constable ih-aly. who wen; in ' search of the man. and found him in a 1 bar. having a drink, and with the photo ! I rallies under his arm. lie had cvi- ' dently been drinking, but was not drunk. 1 -.cnior-'Sergeant Rutledge said that ' a«_»<.- had been twice previously .011----1 victe.l of theft and __*■_ for vagrancy. 1 Accused was .eiMonced -.. three months' hard labour. . SIX SHILLINGS AND A SHOUT. ' William Godfrey Nolan i-ttli and 1 .10-cph 1. Tobin i_l» 1 were charged that ' on April _nl they stole four cases ot 1 fruit, value 15/4. the property ot Kate ' Nicholas. Nolan pleaded "guilty." 1 Detective Si-ott said that on the date * in question. Mrs. Nicholas, who had a ' fruit shop in Onehunga. had bought the ' four cases of fruit at the market, when " she wa- approached by Nolan who asked * if she wanted the fruit carted to One hunaa. and indicated Tohiu as a carter. " They got the receipt and gave it In the ' auctioneer, getting the fruit, which they ] took away and sold to a hawker, loom .was in company with Nolan when the . fruit was stolen. , Evidence to this effect was given, a , fruit hawker i-tating that Nolan sold the fruit to him for six dulling., with a "shout" thrown in. at the same time , stating that tiie fruit wa- "all right." . meaning it had ti d been stolen. 1 1 Both men were convicted, and sentence! to a month's hard labour each, > the Ben h remarking thai Nolan had a - particularly l>ad record, and that hif mate appeared to be following in his r footstep.. Mr. .1. K. I.undon appeared later, and 1 put in a plea for clefiiency for Tobin. 1 on the ground that he had been drawn '■unthinkingly int.. the transaction, had la wife and had not a liad record like I Nolan. Counsel suggested that accused t should have an option of a fine. The Bench decided to give Tobin that . chance by fixing a line of !__. and IS/ - costs, with the default of a month's ' hard labour. MISCELLASEOUS. 1 Vet en Eric.kson. aged 71 year-, who , had l>ecn found sleeping out. was convicted, and discharged, on a vagrancy i Home. Ccorge Fields, who had lefl a .-art in Summer (Street. Ponsonby. backed 1 against the kerbstone with the ..hafts in • the air .in.l the back of the cart causing an obstruction on tho footpath, was fined 111 . and 7' .->,..._.. For drivintr a motor-car without iights in College Hill nt night. Fritz Craham .laekson was fined ■". '. and 7 costs. "1 don't think a )>t of you ovrlisti! know how fast you do jro. This practice must, be put down with a linn hand." .-tatod the prcsi.lei.t of the Bench, on inflicting a fine of lie, and 7/ costs, on Norman Kellaway. for going round the corner of Ponsonby and ler- ' vois Roads on a motor-cycle at more ■ than a walking pace. For wearing an unprotected hatpin in her hat when walking in Queen Street, ■ Grace Cobb wa- convicted, and ordered • to pay 7/ custs. Failing to register their dojjs in the Waitemata County Council. .1. McFetridge. '■ E. Monteith and W. Charter were fined ■ _/ti and co.*ts each: and Mr*. Ringers. Benjamin Hart, and Fincham had costs.