POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 96, 22 April 1916, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before-Messrs. X Langford and F.,C. ■ Knjgbt, JJV*.) ; . -.. ■;■ DmnnEEincEse. < • ■ Five, .first offenders, one of whom had got drank on Good Friday, forfeited 10/ bail." Another was fined 5/, end one:\.;.;• more, an old man of 75, who had been , in. the cells crinco Thursday night, was ; ■ :■• ■ convicted and discharged. Albert Hugo and'Btginald Overton, second offenders,' :'■'..' Waka Houfcura (26), a- longhaired native, took up a much-too-easy" attitude m- the dock, and regarded ■ the Bench..; 5 -; with a disdainful smile, whkb ke continued to wear after he had bean sharp]y told to stand_jnp Btriifjht Bub-Inspec- . tor Mcllveney etated that.'the accused was haying a game of billiards, in the course of .which a disputed point was re- ■ ferred to tlie marker, a man named Frank Lyndon, who decided [against him. At the close of the game Waka delibr ; . eiitely -walked over to Lyndon .and"";' struck him in the mouth, breaking-his . false .teeth. . He' had; • been ■ before the . > Court inMarch'for'a breach'ot the'peacej •'; and appeared to be of a somewhat yio- ';- lent. disposition. Waka admitted the. '■; offence, and was'fined 10/ for" the assault , and ordered to pay 15/ for the damage '■':■:■ -to iljyndbn's teeth. ' REMANDS. ; Harry Anderson. (38), a native of Fiii- ' - land, was remanded till Thtiredayneri ■ '■'■. .on charges of wilfully.breaking a paneof glass, value ;£1 15/, the property of .. Ernest Watt, and of procuring liquor.: while , Annie .McGuire, alias Craddock (36), ■r'i-i charged with vagrancy and importuning, . ..'.'.. was remanded till : .. A remand till Wednesday wae'granted:'-; in thie case" of, Edith .Mary Ine^»6n,who t i : s/? was charged with .the theft of a eilk* skirt,-valued at 13/6, the property of, •- John Robertson. .'..■.".-■.. «.. •.: '' • .John Thomas" Casey (oO), appeared in custody on the charge of persietent cruelty to his wife,-' whose face showed very extensive marks, in that he had; ■■ f failed to provide her and the children with adequate maintenance, iffe was remanded till: Wednesday,r in custody, the Sub-Inspector opposing bail; and remark-' mg that the wife would not stay in ffie V l -", same house with her husband, and that the man would be the' better for a few days' medical treatment ; in Mount Edeqi •■■■: ■•'■'::■■ '' "' "' : '<' ■' ' " :: --- • ' ■■'■""■