POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 71, 23 March 1918, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. F. Y. Frsr-zer^SM.); DRUNKENNESS. One first offender forfeited bail. ;Wa; Fitzgerald (67), for getting drunk w_«t. i prohibited, was fined 40/. A MISSING MANDOMH. Edward O'Shaughnessy (24), a fireman, )'; admitted that last month he stole a ma*, dolin, value £5 10/, the property of Anton Anderson. The circumstances were that Anderson fraternised with a nn»' her of firemen who were drinking ashore, having his mandolin and a bag containing property with him at the time- Jmt-;_p | ing the course of the "cheer-o time" ttt; :? firemen displayed curiosity about tie mandolin and bag, which were passed.; from hand to hand, and eventually, disappeared. Anderson later complained to the police, hut the ship was gone. Whey; it returned yesterday Constable GourleT made inquiries, and found that accused admitted having taken ; the mandolft:, and having got another man to sell it to; a passenger on the ship for 25/. : Ht; said he knew nothing of the. : y In view of the fact that it wa* »<* | desirable to separate accused from hi..: ship, the man was fined £5, and ordered to pay £510/, the value of the mandolin./ STOLEN TOTS. Two little girls, of eleven years ■'«•*_£' nine years, were charged with havinj;;; ; stolen two dolls, a toy-motor carl- and;; j a tea-set, the property of neighbour.; I children in a seaside suburb. The toyj.: j were missed, and were eventually '.'found ;y in possession of these two girls, who »«- mitted having taken them, ~but later j said a'little boy had given them some of |tne things, and-that one doll had been : found in a paddock. The motor-car and ■tea-set were much broken when recoT* ered. After the "girls had told the n*B*o--traie how they had come to get posse*-; I sion of the toys, the matter was 'adjourned for a week, pending a report re specting their home surroundings M* control. GOT IN THE FIRING MNB.: Four small hoys, of ages ranging fro" twelve to eight, admitted that one W ! last month they 'did damage by throwi ing stones Franklin Road. As a ty* , ! was driving his motor car down Frank"" Road a couple of stones rattled ag4inst ; the car, and one struck and broke "* wind-screen. The driver pulled »P sharply, and grabbed three of the ww boys,"who were throwing stones road. He put his captives in the b»<* of the car., but one escaped as he :*V starting the car. The other two «» taken to their parents, the cirenmj stances being detailed. The D °ySsr?jjJg said they were throwing stones at c* other, and accidentally hit the car. -in . explanation was accepted, with qjj»*** . cation., by the magistrate, who ; - ished the lads and discharged then), ing.an order against the parents *°T V • payment of .15/, representing the da»». to the wind-screen of the.car. : i.i, ;- MISCEEEANEOUS. i. I Daniel McLeod (46), a seaman L ■ admitted having deserted his . ship, -*.-y\ sentenced to fourteen days' nn P r "\, J ! "' ment. with a proviso that he shouia. . r I put.aboard the ship when.it.BnJM* . "