POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 236, 3 October 1916, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr F. V.' Frazer, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. One first offender forfeited bail; and one, an old age pensioner, was convicted and discharged; and wasi fined 15/. Win. Montague >ash (83), for get ting drunk when prohibited, was fined 20/, in default 72 hours'. SUBJECTS OT THE CZAR. Michael Grotte (29), a Russian, charged that yesterday he stole a purse value 31, the property of Michael Heffern, did not "savvy" English w-en asked to plead, although previously he had made himself well enough understood in casual conversation with ni= captors. , .. . Senior-Sergeant Rutledge stated that as there were other charges against accused to be inquired into, the question of interpreting need cause no immediate trouble, -for the police desired a remand for a weekAce»sed was remanded accordingly. Another Russian, a seaman named John Woronkyn (27), charged that on the s.s. lonic on September 20, between Capetown and Auckland, he assaulted Albert Kunph and E. Powell with a razor, ateo indicated that he didn't understand English, and he was remanded until to-morrow to, enable the police to hunt up a person who could piece together the parts of speech that got permanently separated at the Tower of Babel. : HER WOMANLY WAT. Nellie Emmeline Christian, alias 3fcDonald (33), admitted that on July 29 I she stole 15/, the property of Rachael M. Stewart. I Chief-Detective McMahon stated that I accused was staying with an old lady at Devonport, and the oil lady was visited by her niece, Mrs. Stewart, from the country. After 'Mrs. Stewart returned to the country she received a letter from accused, who stated that the old lady, Mrs. Stewart's aunt, had a new costume, but 'lacked a hat and glove 3to go with the costume, and' it would be a pity not to make her woman's heart happy in the possession of a hat and gloves to match the new dress. In consequence, Mrs. Stewart sent to accused a postal note for 15/, with which to purchase the hat and gloves for her aunt. After receiving the money accused left the old lady's placo, and took lodgings elsewhere, without either purchasing the hat and gloves or passing the money on to the old lady. When asked later why she did not return the money, accused said she was burning rubbish in the removal, and inadvertently burned Mrs. Stewart's address, and could not 'send the money back. As she could have got the address irom the old lady, that excuse seemed rather lame- Accused had been previously -before the Court. The accused 6aid that she didn't inquire of the old lady about the address because there had 'been some ill-feeling when she left the place, and it didn't occur to her to give the- money to the old lady herself. His Worship, remarking that accused ■had been before convicted for false pretences and' for theft, sentenced her to six weeks' hard labour. MISCELLANEOUS. Lawrence Shanahan, for default respecting an order relating to the maintenance of a child, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended for a week to permit of thepayment qf the arrears of 30/., Wnu A. Sims--(29), charged-\vith the ":theft; -of "joinery: .belonging. .' H~ Stark, was further remanded; on bail, for a week. ", J