POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 191, 13 August 1919, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Hon. G. J. r.arland and E. Gerard, J.l'.'s.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was ordered to forfeit bail, and two others were convicted and discharged. TOOK THE DARE.

Florin Geros, a man in uniform, hailing from New Caledonia, when charged with being drunk, refusing to pay his fare on a tramcar, and to leave the platform of the car when requested to do so, said he remembered nothing about it. He pleaded a similar lapse of memory when further charged with assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty. Constable Mcikle. John, in evidence, said accused when requested to leave the car replied: "You put mc off." The constable did. Accused was fined 10/ and eoste, and "aa given till Saturday in which to pay. "PRETTY FULL."

" I dunno nothing; I never been in gaol before," said a half-caste negro named John Sullivan, when charged with being drung, assaulting a woman, and using obscene language. A spectator who happened to be passing, in evidence this morning, said he heard the woman calling out

"Police!" When he got there he found two soldiers telling accused to leave the woman alone. She was sobbing hysterically. Another witness said accused was "pretty full." Accused, when asked if he had anything to say, protested that he knew nothing, and that he had too much r,ense to interfere with a woman. The Bench decided against him. and he was ordered to gaol for a month. THE FIRM'S MONEY.

George Keed, who was charged with appropriating to his own use suma of money amounting to £5 7/. the pro pertv of Ilelliibv, Ltd., entered a plea of guilty. Chief Detective McMahon, who prosecuted, said accused was employed by Hellaby's to deliver meat, and was also authorised to collect some money. He had been given several amounts which he had failed to account for. Inquiries were made, nnd when taxed with the matter said he had paid the money to the cashier. This wns found to be incorrect, and proceedings were taken. Sub-Inspector Woblmann said accused had evidently been conducting himself well of late, though in the year 1911 he had shown too preat a liking for poultry, and had been fined £5 on a charge of helping himself to some fowls thnt did not belong to him. Accused was lined JCIO, the amount not accounted for to be restored, and the money to be paid within a month. BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER. William Cocker, on a charge of having committed two breaches of his prohibi tion order, was sent to Rotoroa Island for twelve months. BREACHES OF BY-LAWS. A number of by-law cases came before the Court. William Peck, for permitting three horses to stray on Cornwall Road, was fined £\ and costs. John Gilbert Wilts had lo pay 5/ and costs for driving a motor car without lights, having lost his accumulator. Herbert George Xobin, Cyril Clarke, and John lnnis, who had been driving carts with only one light for a firm of bakers, were each fined 5/ and costs, the Bench remarking that if this firm sent out carts in future with only one light more would be heard of it. Jack Beedell had to pay ">/ and costs for driving a motor car by tho dim light of a bicycle lamp. James Wilson, who drove a baker's cart with only one light, also had to pay 5/. Bertram Charles Emery, Jnmes Cowan, George Barker and George Oleson each had to pay 5/ on similar charges. Edward Decry, who had also ventured abroad at dusk with only one light, but was shortly going into the hospital, was convicted and discharged.

MINT/S SOME HAIR. Annie Graham came before the Court on a charge of assaulting Kathleen Pinny. Sub-Inspector Wohlmann said the girl Pinny when found had a bad bruise on her forehead, and was also minus a quantity of hair, which apparently bad been pulled out by accused. Pinny was living with accused, who with her husband had gone to Napier for a trip and left the former in charge of the house. When they returned accused thought the house had not been conducted as it should, and words followed, which led to the trouble. Mr. Sullivan, who appeared for acrused. said they had a defence, but thought it better to enter a plea of guilty. Accused and Kathleen Pinny had been close friends, and were still, now that the trouble was over. The girl unfortunately had struck the first blow, but the parties now regretted the whole occurrence, and the fact that the matter had come before the Court, it. was stated that the girl had not been ablo to return to her work for sonic time, because of the shock, and had lost £G in consequence. Accused was ordered to pay this amount, the Bench taking a lonient view of the charge of assault.