POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 7

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. F. V. Fra/.er, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Two Tirst offenders, o-ne of whom had just, returned from :i sojourn a 1 Koto ron. nnd had started ..IT again on (lie side truck, were lined .".- each, .lohn Kugeiie Mrtlce l-'.l) was lined go 1 or a - set ond offence. . oiiivrning whirh he did „.„ appear. 11.-my 11.1 M.l* .Till. w1,.,-,----see,,iid oll'eii-e within the la-l half year constituted the Illilth oIT.-nrr of ' his record, was lined lo . in default ts I hour-' imprisonment. "I hope you won't be 100 hard on mc, I as I liaveii't much motley left to pnv a | line." pl-.-.d-d Fn.nk Uiill'rid i.V.i. who | had been .aught doing it t'n— iiin.-t| l.ii.-lv. IL- \r"or,-hip reminded Walfri I that' he should have .-.,11-id-r-.l Dial | uopri-i before lo- -pent i-o mil h in drink,! but added thai the CI that 1 '1- man j had left was p sliflli■ient to m--t rti«- I position, and lim-d Wiiifrbl JO H nd pr., i I iiibited him. I lleorge Hewlett, who had mad- 11 f bad language w li.-n .-lightly under th.-j influence ~;' li.pior. was li I ■!"/; and , Thnlli.w Flanagan (is,, who had -hap.-dj up to tight II .oiiple of other llletl 111 Hobson street when lie wa- .1r 1 • I«-1" lln-j influence of drink, wa, lined lv. . NOT THE DRINK STAGGER. A man who had been stricken with parallel-, and had a ehronir stagger in ! bis walk, strenuously .-libmitted that : Ihe policeman who had arrest..,] him in i yueen street for .Irunk-nn —s had made a mistake, a- be had bad oiih one drink | of bee,- during the day. The 1 ,n,tiibl" slated thai it was I chielly the n.iin'r slagg.-r 111 the i-tret, I 111 the dang." 0,1- vicinity of an approach. ' ! ing Irani, thai had . ni-ed ihc .iriest, land the sine'l oi drink had -.if*:i<-.| him : I that that was lite ,-nli-r of the faulty i I walk, iiu.ugli 1:1- mall talked -en-iiily j I enough. 1 Independent evi.leiire wa- that the mail'- walk wa- soinet iiu.f w-T.-e t hall iut oilier-, for ii ii"..tu- not conn.-' ti-I Willi drink, and tiie charge w.i, dis. , I TOO-FREQUENT TEMPTATION. I .lohn riiisholtn i.T.i admitted having ! «to|.-ll a pair of boot,, valued at Bl ''.. from the front of ('has. I.yiv-li'- •■"■! shop in New North Load v.*. t.-rdiiy. I an.l stated thin drink w.i.- the primary .mi.-c oi the theft, ' .-iil-e lie had never previou-lv stolen mv thing, or ! ti .it trouble .'.f any .-"i'-.' 11" asked to be prohibited. " i Pete, tn- Sergeant Mollis stated that ' Chishoim had taken the boot.- from the front of !:,.■ -hop. put tiir.ii under h,, them to a .-."..nd-iiatid dealer in ',' ici-n •street for .'I li. and vv... ..: t.-r'.-.l -hortly alterward-. I Kemarking that the Court had 10 deal with :in average of about one such ca-c , a week, and that boot shop proprietors put a lug temptation m the way of people who vveie hard up, '..i- Worship (stated that he had little -ympatiiy with ith- per- 01 w:n, 1,,,t, boot, under Hirll i 1 circumstances Tli.it. however. li.l not J excise the tii.".. ."lu-hoim via- .011 I j vi. led. prohibited, and old. r.-.l to come tip for ,-enieii c when culled ..tl, at..l I 1 I refund th- .|.m!.t the :! .'■ paid .on. In ', j th- matter of the r.-f mI. th- llrv F ' .IrtTr.-y- protr...-..) ns-i-tan . to ."•),»< holm, who ..[ tii- m-.tlietlt hid 110 m-atis wl, liever. and v.,- ~ mat-t.-l m.in. CHEMIST AND COCAINE. .lohn ( iiarle. 1 ily n.',. w'uo hn I heen on re ma til on 11 .in-- of .aving 1 attempted to .--.iiinut niu-i.i<- hy taking 11.11 ov.-rdo-e of rocaitir, eauie up with a report from lb. god surgeon to the j elTe, t that it vvo.ikl be g"">l I -r ••■' 1-- 1 I jto be sent to K0t0,,,.,, where lie wo tld ' be auay from the temptation of !r::ik, and drag- for 11 i'lig t<-rm. Mr. Allan M Iy. for a.-e,i,e.l. st.it, I that he thought the lr--,.n fi .111 the ptlblicitv ol tin- matter ati.l the man's .-xperieti -en itt bo-p-.tal and gaol .vouid be a sulb-ieiit deterrent t,, . n .'•!- the man t.. overcome his w.-aknrs- i\jr drtnk and ilrugs. I Ur I'e.irce. vvito happened to iie m Curt, was ii-ke.l to examine tii- a. citsed. and his evidence wa, to the etle, I \ that Connolly bad probably enough will power t,. pull himself through, provided he wer- not empi.jvcd in a . -In -mist's I shop. Mr. Mo ..Iy ,tit-d that n1 1 1 ngetn-iits had i n made for ( minully to be under th- .ye of n relative, and to tiud-i take iv.ok not connected with the chemist -hop Connolly was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called on. and warned that the slighte-t indication of his returning to either drink or drug habit won!.l r.t-ult in hi- oelng commit ted to Ibdoroa Island.

DEAL IN DEAD MARINES. ' William d .s-i'i. Price .-d, and .lohii ' Ill.en ii... admitted having -to.cti empty bottle.-, in .Uses, from toe Nori:, i-t ii Mrain.-'.itp Company'c, vviurf. '1 h. ii.lmi.v ion in Price's , a.-c involve I live separate thefts ol ~.-,.- ol empty I, .(tie.-, valued at Oi 0 I'l, Willie the:- was only one .harge against Hrcen. Detective Sergeant Mollis stated thai both men were empi-.yed hy the drat Northern Itr.-weiy I ..nipany. and had to deliver roods at the wharf, and P. take back to tin- brewery t,'turne t empty bottles that were sent back in cases from the country. On live ne. ciiMioits I'ri.v, instead of taking the bottles to the brewery, took them to a dealer in llnl«sou Street and sold them. On one of th<*.e occasions lircen was with him. ami a-i.-'cd him. Ilre.-n was given an excellent ctha'acter by his em ployern, and it was considered that he had been led away on the one occasion by Price, in vvh-mt the employers did not place s'ie]i reliance. Mr. Ilaekett. for a,-eu.se,l. staled that neither of them had been iv trouble pre viour.lv. and had good reputations. I'ri -■> was a married man. Counsel added that he bar! been t<d.| that only th.- .m.----•tiiai. had no label* on them had been sold, as there was a practice of the Harbour Hoar.i and Steamship Company claiming iinlmbclied oases. I'onseqiicntlv Price had an idea that he bad as rood a right to them as the corporation.* men tioned. His Worship stated that the explanation about the labels did nol appeal to him. lie considered that Itreen bal been led int.. one lapse, an.l that Price was (he guiding spirit in the alTair. lire, -n .would be convicted and ordered P. .•ome up for sentence when called on. and to pay I'd 2. half the pi ire ot the bottles in which he had been eon.-cruel. Price would be lined £.1 and ordered to pay ,£•"> IT'S for the bottles stolen, in default a fortnight's imprisonment, payment to be made by instalments of I.V a week. MISCELLANEOUS. •lohn Hocran ir,<s.. charged Dial ot, April She had stolen part of a set ot harness vafued at Cl 2, tne property of Wm. Hack, and also that he received the, goods knowing them to have been stolen, was remanded till Tuesday.