POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 264, 6 November 1919, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

! (Before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M.) ' •j "PUT ME OK AN ISLAND." I "If you gave mc the Island it might do jme good," stated Edward Allcock (sl),- ---! who, though prohibited, had been found , , drunk at the railway station last'night. r He stated that drink had been Ms down-'- ---: fall, which was confirmed by his list, 1 ~ ; which showed that he had a number of ' previous convictions for drunkenness, and . I had been once before on the Island. He" was ordered to be committed to Rotoroa-' Island for twelve months. One first ; offender forfeited bail, and one was con-1 i victed and discharged. JUST SNEAKED THINGS. # James Neil McFadden (28) admitted ' the theft of a rug (value 10/) belonging.; ito Emma Martin, and five shillings, the property of J. T. Wolfender. The aej cused, an hotel porter, had stolen the rug from his boardinghouse, and pawned it for 6/, while he had also taken 5/ from the pockets of a feilow-boarder. He had * previous conviction for theft. ,j Accused was sentenced to fourteen , [j days' hard labour, and ordered to make j restitution to the extent of 11/. A TBOUBLESOM£ SEAMAN. -i . T. Parry, a seaman on the barque : Lindstol, admitted that on Wednesday • Jast week he assaulted the master of the 11 ship. The ship's captain stated that ■ Parry had been a source of trouble at periods when the ship was in port in the course of the voyage owing to his drink- \ ing habits. He had said he was sick^ • when he got to Auckland, but the doctor said there was nothing wrong with him, and he was ordered to tarn to. Here- ' fused, but went ashore, and started drinking He returned to the ship and wanted money, which witness declined to giye Mm. Then Parry struck witness, who . " thereupon "fitted" him, breaking Uβ ' hand in the process. Since then Parry had continued to drink, and to assault i the -watchman when he came back on j ; the ship. ; ; Parry was sentenced to fourteen daye ; imprisonment, with a proviso that he be put aboard the ship whew it sailed. , AS ONE LADY TO ANOTHER. Allegations of the use of insulting language one to the other were made by Mrs Catherine Cook against Mrs Annie kelson and by Mrs. Nelson against Mrs. Cook. The circumstances were that Mrs. »ci- . son and her husband were living aP^' i and the latter, an elderly man about BU . years of age, together with a son of Iβ years, boarded at the home of Mrs. Coot, i whose husband, a master mariner, waj frequently from home. Mrs. Cook stateo that for "a long time past she had been . annoyed and molested by Mrs. *e150«,.. who used to stare at Mrs. Cook and also '. store into Mrs. Cook's place. The witness . stated tha-t she had received anonymous letters reflecting on her character, aao ' Mr. Nelson had received similar letters from his wife, the writing showing ■ points of similarity. Eventually on October 18 Mrs. Kelson met witness vi the street and called her a "husbandhunter." Mrs. Nelson denied writing the anonymous letters and using the epithet alleged, and stated that her letters ■ to her husband were prompted because ■ she saw both Mrs. Cook and her husband following her on the street. She «"* ■ that when Mrs. Cook met her on tW t street she called witness an "old vilUun. - His Worship stated he had no douOT that Mrs. Nelson, afflicted by the fact ol being separated from her husband, fcaa ■been acting not quite normally ? nd J* a : been annoying Mrs. Cook. The infom-j , Ition against Mrs. Cook as to the use of . , ! insulting language would ** BB,ie fs : 'with 42/ costs against Mrs. >elson, and ' the latter would be ordered to enter into 'j a. bond of £5 to keep the peace for r- ■ months towards complainant. I MISCEIJ-ANEOTJS. I Ewart C. Power, for motoring in Quay ■ Street without having a certificate oi competency, was fined 5/ and costfc