POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 31 August 1917, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

( Before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M.) * BNEUtY PAKOTOAJfS. D Mary Sheedy (35) and Lilian Jukes *; (45), two inmates of Pakatoa Island, ad- c mitted that on Wednesday last they broke 2S panes of glass at the Island \ home; and Mary Sheedy denied that she had been guilty of unruly conduct at the institute. Evidence was given that Mary Sheedy had been com- j. mitted to the Island for two years, and she declared that her committal wae un- . just, and that she •would make things so hot that the authorities would be glad j to be rid of her. She made trouble and was sent to prison. About a week ago 3he was returned to the Island, and she . began to use bad language. Then ehe broke windows. Mary Sheedy declared that the Army j officers were against her because 6he wae j a Catholic, and that she was fed on dry f bread. She had to sleep, she eaid, in a dog's kennel of a place, and when ehe left the door open to get air, all the eats j about the place came and elept on the j foot of her bed. t In reply to the Sub-Inspector, Sheedy s said she didn't break the windows so t that she would have a chance to come to £ court. 1 Lilian Jukes pleaded that a chance be s given Mary Sheedy to go to the Magdala , Home. ■, Mar}- Sheedy was sentenced to three ( months' hard labour, and Lilian Jukee was sentenced to a month's hard labour. ( TREATMENT OF HORSES. « A. J. Imrie was charged that he ill- : treated a horse by not providing it with sufficient food. The evidence wae to the effect that a horee running in a paddock ' at Mt. Albert died through lack of eufficient food. There was barely any food i ill the paddock, and the horse, a mare | J over 20 years of age, had her foal run- . iiing with her, and became so weak that she could not hunt for food, and eventually died. Defendant stated that the ( mare and foal were put in the paddock , to graze, being charged 3/G a week. He|. heard nothing more of the mare till he . got a note on August 13 from the owner < of the paddock to the effect that the . horse was very bad and required j hand-feeding. He -.vent to the paddock, , but could not get the mare till he paid the fees. He paid them on August 17, and when he went for the mare she wae • dead. ', Mr. Singer, for defendant, submitted that the onus was really on the owner of the paddock, who had charge of the mare. , llis Worship said that defendant delayed unnecessarily in getting the horse shifted when he did actually know of its condition, but the case was not so bad as appeared on the face of things. Defendant would be fined 20/ and 35/ costs. Bert OUiver was charged that he illtreated a horee by not providing it with sufficient food. Evidence was given to the effect that a racehorse. Blue and Black, had been given in charge of defendant by the owner, A. "SL Paton, and was raced down South and sent back to Papakura by train. The owner stated that -when the horse was taken out of the train it was "dog poor."' painfully thin, and not strong enough to be ridden home* a.*"distance o£ seven miles, by a jockey. ■■Tuspecior Alder said that wjlen;aie2?a>r .thi£.borse later it^b : 6ke<i*"mea r n--ttriii*-lean." > H!Both witnesses considered that only under-feed-ing could have caused the condition in which the horse was. Defendant declared that the horse had been properly and sufficiently fed and cared for. but that the animal was of Gluten breeding, a strain of horses notorious for fretting and falling away in condition under the excitement of a train journey, or just before a race. Defendant suggested that a dispute between himself and the owner of the horse about settlement of accounts had something to do with the owner's complaint. Defendant was convicted and ordered to pay the costs. £4 12/6. .Before Mr. E. Page. 3.51.1 ROBBED PIGEON LOFTS. Thomas L. Wood (25) and Horace 11. Allen (IS) admitted that on Saturday week they stole half a tlozen pigeons belonging "to .T. A. Bock; and Wood further admitted that a week previously I he stole a couple of pigeons, the property of Robert Burrell. They had taken advantage of the absence of the owners of the pigeons to go and steal the birds from lofw in Newton. Wood was stated to be a married man with a family, and Allen a youth without anything previous against him. Both accused were, on the Probation Officers recommendation, admitted to probation for a year, on terms requiring them not to be abroad late at night. ALLEGED THEFT FROM EMPLOYER. Thomas W. Ivingsland (20). a draper's assistant, was charged that on Thursday of lnet week hi* stole two pairs of pyjamas, a box of collars, a shirt and two pairs of braces, value 27/.'). the property of John Court. Ltd.: and that on the preceding Monday he stole a box of collars, value 10/, the property of the same firm. Evidence was given by Paul A. ' Stanhope that on the Monday he bought a number of articles, including a box of collars at 5/, ' from accused, paying 2G/6 for the Jot, ' and the following Thursday he was with Val. Newman when the latter bought a ' number of articles from accused, the I ' purchase including braces. On the second occasion a £1 note was paid for some articles, and the note was shifted off the counter by Kingsland and put under j a book because the money was blown j along the counter by the draught. Other . evidence was to the effect that accused ~ did not enter the £1 sale in his book until about two hours later, after one j of the lads at the counter had given him the tip that trouble was brewing. Then accused gave in a docket for £1 and the money, explaining that having put the '• £1 note aside out of the draught he had • forgotten it till the lad spoke to him. The docket he made out. however, did not contain any reference to braces '," which had been cold to the customer. The docket made out of the sales on the c Monday did not include a box of collars, '" for which the customer said he had paid' j>!. but of which the floor walker said '• the price wae 9/ per dozen. P The case is proceeding.