POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 118, 18 May 1920, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M.) \ WOULD NOT GO AWAY. William Witheridge Comer (67), who kept on loitering about the ton-n after he had been discharged from gaol with a train pass to enable him to get back to his home town, Thames, was brought up as a vagrant. It was stated that Comer hung round the town when let I out of jraol and sras arrested. He was Iput in cliarge of the Salvation Arm? [authorities for the purpose of being put Jon the. train to Thames.'but cleared out I from the home and was caught loitering la-bout the city. The police were of I opinion that the old man was not quiio I normal, and when in the oells he tore I the oapo uff a constable who had Rone ■in to take the man's boots off beeati?e he was kicking on the door. Accused was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, that a watch might he kept on his mental condition. LEFT ON THE CIUCTJS TRAH.. A youth who was left in the wake of a travelling circus was Harry Turner (21), charged with being an idle and disorderly person wixhout means of support. Hi"s history was that he had been employed with Emery's circus and had been paid off in Auckland six weeks a£o. He had since then done no work, had spent his money, and eventually took to sleeping out. When found by the police he was in an insanitary physical condition. He was remanded for a week to enable his parents at Waipawa to be communicated, with.