POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(liefore Mr. K. C. Cutten, S.M.). DRTrPrKEWNESS. Dm- lirs; offender, xvhoso head had to bo medically attended to iv conßeqiiencc of an injury sustained by a fall on the pavement, bad to pay half a guinea for i repair-. Three olhor " firsts " were fined • -V en I'll, and two were convicted and diseJiargcl. K'li/.a Monaghan f43> was pro. hibiied and discharged. OTaves Kglin I -VJI admitted having been ilrunk on -.iturlav. but protested against being considered an idle am! .lisorderlv person. He got hero two nioir.h- ago.'be -aid. with '"fourteen .|ni.l." and had been drinking and then fallen ill. his cash having dwindled t" threepence, lie was lined .-' . in default 24 hours' imprisoumenl 1',,,- "a-ltinL' drunk, and the vag- | i.inev charge was disini--. 1. TO A SHOP FOR SAFETY. I George llcnrv n'llrir-n ihf.) admitted having stolen ,n oilskin coal, value 20/. from a -he! at the wharf, but explained that wiien he was loading straw at the shed ho saw ,!,,- co.il lying alongside the -daw. an.l threw it on the wagon, thinking i. wa- ihe driver's. When the driver later -aid the or it was not his. accused ,!il not know what to do with it. and -o left it a; a -hop fo r safety. " Vo-: a second-hand shop, where he -"1.1 it." commented Chief Dele, live McMalum, who added that O'Brien was constantly loitering about the wharves, and fiei|iiently drinking. Ife had a pretty Ivad TOeord iv the wav of potty Iheffcs fo r the purpose of obtaining money for drink. O'Brien was sentenced io two month-' hard labour. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. I A frail nl 1 man named Win. Wei'.-. I a:." 1 7a. admitted having attempted to j.oininii .suicide on -lune 2\ by cutting j his throat, and was remanded for a week, iin order to see if arrangements eoul.l j i.c made for hi- admission to the Costlev Home. MISCELLANEOUS. l-"..r not sending their children regularly to school. Mary Hunt, N. I'apeoli. Win. Vaughnn. and A. Wethcrall were fined s and 7 costs each; Mrs. Iv. Smith, Thomas Smith, and Thos. Turrall. 11./ and 7 costs each: and R. Wiffcn. 14. and 7 ,-n-is