POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 198, 21 August 1919, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Messrs. T. D. Hamilton and J. R. George, J.P.'s.). A CHIMNEY ON FIRE. j William A. Bunker, for permitting his chimney to catch fire, was fined 5/ and costs. DROVE ON THE FOOTPATH. Thomas Majury appeared on a charge of driving a horse and cart, with a load, of coal, on the footpath at Dedwood Terrace, and' was ordered to pay 10/. j A COLLISION. Otto Geo. Fisher and Charles Lamb, who had become mixed up in a motor | collision, appeared before the Bench on I charges of failing to approach the intersection of Franklin Road and Drake Street slowly, with good control over j their cars, and without keeping a sharp j lookout. The former was also charged, with failing to sound the horn pi his car when approaching the intersection. Wm. ! John Davidson, a post office official who had witnessed the accident, said Lamb was coming along one street at about 15 miles an hour, and Fisher along the other at about 12 miles per hour. Both were on their right side of the road. One light on Fisher's car was out, but it only went out after the collision occurred. Witness did not hear a horn sounded from either car. Charles Lamb, in evidence, said he put off his power and on his two brakes in on effort to avoid the collision. He reported the matter on account of the public safety. The repairs to his car had cost him about £20. Otto Fisher said he was driving at about eight miles an hour, while he considered Lamb to have been travelling at about 25 miles per hour. He lifted witness' car about three feet in the air. Both witness' lights were burning. They were fined £1 each and Fisher on the second charge was convicted and discharged. NO OFFENCE. John William Vincent had to answer a charge of being away from a twohorse wagon so as to be unable to exercise proper control over it, and without having a chain round the wheel, so as j to prevent its rotation. Mr. Graham, for defendant, submitted that in view of the fact that the wagon was in a private yard when it started, and not in a street, no offence was committed. The Bench upheld this view and dismissed tha charge. (Before Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M.)' DRUNKENNESS. Three first offenders were dealt with on charges of drunkenness, one being convicted and discharged, and the other two .jiivicted and fined 10/ each. THRASHED HIS MOTHER. Wililam Joseph Palmer, a young man twenty years of age, appeared on charges of being an idle and disorderly person, with insufficient means of support, and of having stolen 7/o in cash, a notebook, a watch, and a soldier's badge, of a total value of 28/6. Senior-Sergeant MeXamarn, for the police, stated that the accused had been before the court last week on three of the charges, to which he had pleaded guilty. The onl youtstanding charge was that of stealing the soldier's badge. Accused pleaded guilty. - Sergt. McXamara further explained that Palmer stole the property from a returned soldier named Cros sat Takapuna, who had befriended him. and posed as a returned soldier. He was in the habit of demanding money from his mother, and on one occasion thrashed her. The Probation Officer, Mr. Jeffries, said that he had reviewed the police report of the accused, and he could not take the responsibility of recommending him for probation. 1 naccused's own Interest and that of society, Mr. Jeffries recommended that he be placed under the Prisons Board. That he be called upon to come up for sentence within three years if he failed to comply with the instructions he would give him. The Magistrate: He has been injured. The accused, who was not eligible for probation, was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. During that time he would have to comply with the instructions of the Probation Officer in respect to his mode of living.