POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 205, 28 August 1918, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. 1". K. Hunt. S.M.I DRUNKENNESS. Two statutory first offenders were fined .". apiece. FOOTBALL MATCH EXCITEMENT Hoy Harris (_■_.. » l„, bad been captured after a chaet- .luring the progress of a football match on the Domain on Saturday, admitted the theft of an overeat, a jiair of boots, an ambulance haversack and contents, two parcels containing boots and clothing, a brief bag containing clothing, and another pair of boots and stockings. Altogether, the property of four football players— Wheat croft. Harker. Havocs, and Keesing— and of the referee Mr. Tyson was included in the thefts. I'lainelotlies-constable Gour'ey stated that just after the scion J spell of the match had started one of the ambulance men. on missing a haversack, and seeing accused run suspiciously from the dress-ing-room of tbe pavilion, raised the cry "Stop thief:"' Witness eltased Harris over two or three fences, and caught him. Then Harris was wearing an overcoat which was identified as the pro perty of one of the football players, while iv one of tiie pockets of the coat was a new bout belonging to another player, while the other boot was dropped iv the chase. He also bad on him a key which was found to be the key to a small room oIT the main dress-ing-room in tile pavilion. The door of the small room was found locked, and when it was unlocked the clothing of the referee, the ambulance haversack, and clothing of one of the other players was found bidden in lockers in ihe room, having been removed from the larger room. Next day a brief bag containing another player's clothing was found hidden in the ceiling of the main dressingroom. When accused was interrogated he said he had been training as a runner on tiie Domain, and had so got the key of the small room. He explained that 'he whs training a football player, end went to the pavilion to find the man. He had then been drinking. Mr. Hackett entered a plea that this was a first offence, aud that Harris had broken down in health in camp and was therefore sensitive to liquor. His Worship slated that such thefts as this were contemptible, and had to be put down. Accused was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.

A MAORI BORROWING. Te Rua Karaka (_ol. a native young woman, admitted that at Mangere in dune she stole a handbag and hat, value 20,'. belonging to Mrs. llcnare Rev.ha. Accused was remanded until Monday for sentence. MlSC___A__o_S. Matthew Vincent Rabich (:*_), on a affiliation charge, was remanded till Friday. Frederick Joseph Smith (2S). on a charge of (heft of a switchboard, tbe property of A. and T. Hurt. Ltd.. was remanded for a week, bail being fixed at one surety of _10(l. Walter I'cp.rce. for permitting a horse to wander at large, had to pay -1/ costs, and John Richard Smith for a breach. hat! to pay ft/ costs. Wm. Brighting. for peddling tinware at I'evonport without, a hawker's license had to pay 11/ costs, ('has. Evan and Albert Dumper, for threatening behaviour on Queen's Parade at Devonport. were fined 10/ nnd 5/6 costs apiece. For various traffic by.'aw breaches defendants were fined as follows: Robert Reed. 5/ and 11/ costs; Xorman Paulson, 5/ and 9/ costs: Edwin Allison. ."./ and !)/ costs: .T. ]•*. Dickson. 5/ and 9/ costs: George Hodgson, .V and »/ costs: Chas. Strand. 15/ and 27/ costs: F. W. Peddle. 9/ costs; Dr. Cawkwell. 9/ costs; John S. Irvin, 9/ costs; John Rich, 9/ costs.