POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 71, 23 March 1916, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

m '.■ ' ■ (Before -Messrs. C. H. Purneas and +. H. M. Smeeton, J.P.'a.) £ BBTJHKEirarESS. Z "RjcnaTd Carlyle (69) made ibis appearoace in a khaki .uniform bearing the ribbons of several medals. It was stated that the old man was in a very serious condition from the effects of drink. His v appearance bearing this out, Carlyle was remanded for a week for medical treatment. Two first offenders forfeited 10/ *> bail. A A SERIOUS CHARGE. ** . . Wallic Young, an old man, was charged that at Birkenhead 'he com- _ mitted an unnatural offence. He was remanded for a week, the chief detective stating that other charges were pending. * A BOGUS RANGES. A charge that he obtained a sum of j 5/ from Albert Sehinkel by fake pre- a tences, in that -he represented himself as y a ranger foT the Epsom Road Board, was laid against a young man named Claude Randolph Marmont, who ' entered a plea of guilty. Sub- '■ Inspector Mcliveney stated that Sehinkel, who was riding a cycle on the c footpath, was bailed up by Marmont t who said that he was the Epsom Road 1 Board's ranger, and told Sehinkel that as he would probably be fined 5/, every- ( thing would be in order if he paid over j 5/ there and then. Marmont had no authority whatever from the road board, and it appeared that he had been systematically impersonating the ranger. I The. Bench imposed a fine of £5 with i-costs. DISTURBED HEW X.THIT. , The allegation that she ran amok at New Lynn while drunk, and broke , three panes of glass, valued at 10/, was { made against a married woman named Annie Condell (Mr. A. J. Moody). A couple of residents stated that they saw Mrs. Condell running wildly about the streets, chasing cows and using bad language. Finally she seized a sliprail, and put it through the window of a house, announcing that she was going to knock the building down. The same evening a constable from Avondalc found her in her house under the influence of drink. Mr. Moody explained that the defendant was a very excitable womau, and had been driven by numerous family cares to take too much liquor. He asked that she bo dealt : with leniently. Defendant, on the < charge of drunkenness, was prohibited, ' this being her third offence since , August, and on the second charge was ' ordered to pay 10/ for the damage, and ' £2 costs. BY-UWS.. Arthur Stewart, for driving a motor car in Customs Street, with onry one oil headlight burning, was fined £1, and 7/ costs, Uic Bench stating that this class of offence was becoming too common. Alfred Barthstt, for riding a <"ycle on the footpath at Birkenhead, had to pay 10/, and 7/ costs, while Ralph Rkcates. for cycling without a light in the same suburb, was fined 5/ and costs. James Neipcr, who had allowed a couple of ; horscs to stray on a mad at One-tree Hill, aid William Henry Smith, whose pony had got out of a reserve at Epsom, were ordered to pay the costs, £1 13/ and £1 8/ respectively. Ycc Hop and William Sing, CJrineso gaTdcners at Avondalc, were, fined }Q/, and 7/ costs, for working on Sunday" in view of the public road. (Before Mr. F. V. Frazcr, SM.). MOTOR AND PEDESTRIAN Two charges under the city by-laws, one of driving a motor car ot a speed dangerous to the public, and the other of , driving past a stationary tramcar at more than eight miles an hour, were made against Cyril Mahony, solicitor, , who conducted his own* defence. The police evidence was to the effect that tut defendant was going up Symondß Street, about 7 p.m., and was near the Grafton Bridge approach when a man named Bassctt ran across tho road between two tramcars, one of which was stationary, and was knocked over hy defendant's car. Afterwards defendant . slowed up a little, but did not stop or get out to see how far the man was ' hurt. Hb speed was estimated at 12 . miles an honr. The defendant stated that he passed ..slowly through a crowd [ of people on the roadway, and without \ warning Bassett broke across the road at a run. and tripping over the near front wheel, fell on to the kerb. The car was certainly not going at 12 miHs an hour, hut the. man made such* a sudden , rush that the brakes could not stop it in time. The Magistrate said that Bassctt seemed a? much to blame as defend- ' anl, but hp was satisfied that the earl was going at more than eight miles an I ' hour. A conviction on that charge ' would be entered, and the other charge ' would be dismissed. Defendant was \ ordered to pay £3 3f cost.