POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1915, Page 7

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr F. V- Fraser, S.M) DRUNKEN NEHB. .Six first offenders were fined 5/ apiece, and two forfeited bail; whilo one, a female gum-digger who had come to town for a couple of days, was convicted and discharged on condition that she started right away for home. Frank Meyers (06) was fined 10/. DOG AND A GIRL. William Chapman was charged that he was the owner of a dog that attacked a little girl, Ivy Draper, in York Street. The girl's father stated that he was attracted by the girl's screams, and saw that the dog had the girl down, and was worrying her. He drove the dog off, and found that the girl had her legs scratched and her pinafore torn, but she was not seriously hurt. When be complained "at the house whence tlie dog came, Mrs. Chapman stated that the dog -had just been let off the chain.

I Chapman, who did not appear, wrote stating that he had got rid of the dog. and was prepared to pay all costs.

Mrs. Draper said the torn pinafore had cost 2/11, and his Worship, remarking that the dog appeared to have been indulging rather in rough play- than seriously attackiug the girl, and that, anyway, it had now been done away with, ordered Chapman to pay 21/ court and witnesses' expenses, and 2/11 damages. AT LOGGERH2ADS. Edwin G. Whitehead, a youth, admitted that at Devonport on January 16 he had struck a lad named Albert Thomas with n whip, but his counsel (Mr. Denniston) stated that there were extenuating features in the case. Whitehead bad incurred the displeasure of other people at Devonport, counsel said, by carting at Devonport at a reasonable rat<\ nnd the other carters had given him a nickname which he resented. Thomas was one of the most persistent of his tormentors, and Whitehead could not resist the opportunity, when it arose, of flicking him with his whip, lie didn't use his lists, because Thomas hail a name for using a knife.

Senior-»Sergt. Rutledge stated that his instructions were that Whitehead was inclined to bully other lads, and that the friction between him and Thomas was caused by the latter having had jhim put out of a picture show for throwing things about. The cut with the whip was a -rather 6evere one, and |in any case, Thomas was much the smaller Jad.

Thomas was called up, and gave an explanation of the mention of knife, and his Worship cautioned him that if he could not settle his quarrels without showing steel he should get a policeman to act for him when he was Whitehead would be ordered to pay the costs, 5/. MISCELLANEOUS. Bruce Douglas (30), charged tliat at Whitianga he failed to comply with an order of maintenance respecting an illegitimate child, was remanded till next Wednesday.

George Walker and R. Zukerman, whose horses ihad got out of the paddock during the holidays and on the street, -both had to pay expenses approximating 20/ each for poundage, and they were convicted and discharged for permitting the animals to wander.

For cycling on a footpath at Northcote, Walter O'Connor and Horace Collins were fined 5/ and 7/ costs each; and a similar fine was imposed on Robt. Stewart for driving after sunset without lights, at Northeote, and on Turner and Sntcliftc for suffering three horses to wander nt Northeote.

Arthur Newdick, for driving a motor after sunset without having the taillight -lit, was fined 5/ and 7/ costs. H. J. Marrett, whose motor-lorry, after sunset, had no tail-light showing, presented a bill for fixing -up the lamp, and complained that he could not get a lamp that would stand the bumping of the roads. He was advised to try a hurricane lamp, and, was convicted and discharged.