POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 135, 8 June 1914, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. E. C. Gotten, SjM.). DRUNKENNESS. One, first offender strenuously protested that he was not drunk yesterday, •when arrested, but sullering from a iit. He asserted that he had had no drink •wha.tever yesterday, but was subject to taking tits. The oilieer who arrested him said that at flr&t he suspected that the inaji had lead a lit, but on choser observation he came to the conclusion that the man was drunk. The accused wafi ruled ■to .have been drunk, and war; fined .">/. Six other first offenders, who had been unable to Taise the bail necessary to SJ.VC spendi mg the week-end in the cells were convicted and discharged; while seven more, -who had been on bail, were fined .">/ each, and three forfeited bail. John MoTriespy (+4), who wns arrested on Saturday, an a first offender, and let out on ba.il, but was caught drunk ojrnin on Sunday, was fined 10/. William l.lack (24) was" also fined 10/. and Joseph J. Bairett (46). for getting drunk when prohibited, was fined 40/. in default seven days', imprisonment. Henry J. Oliver*on (r>o), who could rot. recollect -.vnnovhvg two women in Customs Street when ho was <lrunk on Sattmtay night, waF fined 20.'. NOT YET REFORMED. George Kinnaird (30), admitteil thai on .May 1.) he stole a pair of gloves (value 30/) belonging to 'M. lisaa<»; on May :il a razor (value 7/0) belonging to Rwbtri Shaw: on April 1 luidercloihea (valne 10/) belonging to Arthur Tooman: and on April b"> a revolver (value 10' I belonging to <!eorge Isaacs. Chief Detective. McMahon taid that .icicusftd 'had been emplnrvd at King's Court -private hotel, a-nd he se.ized the opportunity at various thnes of stealing the artiele.s mentioned. He had evidently had' his chtince. ns oil January last year he was Bentenoed to twelve, momhti' reformative treatm-ent. for breaking and entering and theft. AcviiHcd pleaded for a ch"ance. saying that hie mother was ill. a-nd he was heonly support. AcciififHl Fcntenmd <)o six months' hard laiour. SATISFACTORY. The mntter of a charge againcjf. .lamra N. Bacter. of failing to account for certain commission, in which 'Mr. McGregor (for complainant) asked ib-at the charjre bo withdrawn, wae Tnentroned by liifi Worship, who eaid tba-t he had received a 'police report- on the cireumrtanc , ?. which satisfied! him that he mc justified in agreeing to a withdraival. The application for -withdrawal was consequently granted. MTSCEIXANEOUS. Patrick Gunn (IS), charged that, •being armed with a loaded revolver, he assaulted Eliza E. Cook at IvohinmTaima on (May "21. with inte.rtt t-o ■ob her. wae remanded for n. week. Accused Trtß a.lloTve.d baiJ in two sureties of £150 each, on condition that he reported twice daily to the police.

■Ebcncezer flladetone Rolib (24). on a charge of having deserted his wife at Waihi. was remanded h> appear at W&ihi this day week, bail being allowed in two 6uretics of iX>O each or one of £.100.

Herbert W. Bull (:;:;). was remanded till to-morrow on twelve charges of obtaining money from clergymen br fal.ve prrtenvTt?.

llcrmann Tteimers and Edgar Spiers, for driving motor-cans at Rcniuera at a speed greater than IS rrtikw an hour, were fined 10/ and costs each.