POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 56, 7 March 1921, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. \V. Poynton. S.M.) STOLEN ANT> SACRIFICED. The Northern Steam Ship Company"* '• watchman had his attention altrarted | on Saturday afternoon by an individual i .■irmainjr imtrance tn the rompanyV i scow Tuhoi' toy nmn- of I In- .-kylijfht. I! ■• went over to tln> ship and there oh-Ls-rved William Riley placing a bag in 'I i hand r-art. RilPy then 'boarded th<- ! *nw iipiiii in the unorthodox manner. , land. H-alrliing U.rouirh the -kylight. ill" i 1 watchman observed him placing a nuan- |, ,! lity of -tores in a bag. When the un--lam imri-ofl visitor arrived uhove again '. ihi- watchman rhallenjfed him and told "I liirn to replaec the article*. Riley did "] not lake advantage of the nffe-r, but de- . tiiinily dumped a miscellaneous α-ollpc- I ! lion into the harbour, where .piite a lot i \\ of it floated l-i the -urface U-t trll-t.nle \ *' evidence. When the wat'hinan n-mon- j '. ' -irated Tiiley tlireatened to dump him . al-o. bill 1 lit« ua- not a.vepted \ and the police were summoned. Mr. Hall Skeltcin pleaded for necii.»ed that only a driinkon man would have performnd sued a brar.cn tliet't in broad *i diivlisrht. The Bench rhara<-torUod the epi-ode as an utterly callous one: the ae.-ii*"d had been jjivrn the opportunity j ] of relenting bin in-tead of cloins x> had [ ,' adopted the deliant attitude. A fine of £111 iva- inllicted with rn-U tf '■'<' while ' it »'ii- also ordered that reparation be . j made for the goods. i j DRUNKENNESS. r I ,\ second olTeix-e of i.hsxene lan;niai£<? ■' wlicn under tlie influence of drink led 'to a fine of £.") being meted out to ' Mi-liaol Mr-T.nan. 1 .lohn K.iln 1 . Noble, disorderly whil© 1 drunk, was fined £1. 1 Arehihald McKee damaged to the ex- : tent nf 2.'R the foot mat of the tasi ■ which ns ronreying him to the lockup and this amount wa.» added to a •">' fine. j i Before Mr«r=. D. FlynTi and \T. J. BrinsHpn. .T.P.V.) THE CBTtTRCH LAAVW MOWER. The t:ieit of a la-.vn mnwer. valupd • £.i. the nropprty of the Knos CTinreh. . wa« profer'-od -icainrt KdwarH .lAn Willam.s f\Tr. SinprerK The eridem-e ■ iio-.ved that tip to November !a = : aei'iisM wa» of thp church. .-.■ id also of trnnls <■!; b. brrth of whi<-h ha I n rnnircr The churt'h mmpr .vas nu-<e,l. and eventually Defpetive Ooil"----•v interviewed the arcuspd. When t . >a- «u??petod tn him that he ha-d sent ' a mower to ■» .sharrwned. accused said ■ this machine nas onp ne had asse-mbled i from he had picked up. LtltT, }:•■ vever. he admitted that it was i'.ie ma< :mr w:i <-!i had from : ■Km :c rhiirch, and ?n'u\ that hp hail tak-n it home to rt»pair in June !a.*t T.i, Rev. Ings. mirrtPter of Kmix li m'.i. gave ( videm-p as to areusfd's exemplar; ■ ci'rduet in the r-n~tody of n-itn?*,' personal affairs. A tine of €5 was »m----po,ed. . I YOUNG GIRL'S WEAKNESS. l ] """TTbis I-. x soiuewhat ?arf said tte | ' j n•■! itinniT officer ailien a <t'tl of six- , teen years to rharged with tne theft - i>! an overeout. 'The girl Ims no mother, J , sne )-!.s suffered fro-m w-ani of a mother's j ; truiring. and her fattier, wrth the b«w?t of ( ! inti-minn.-. has unfortunately encotir- ' ! rjtpcl h.er in indolent huhi'ts." The ] aTused had recently been released on < ! proliation in .connection with a series of c ; thefts ;t was evplained, and in ■Fe'brnarj- , last took an overcoat from the home of r i a jiirl fri-end. As the Probation Officer n wa-s of the ->pinion that the seriousness T of her <-ondi;-ct had been impressed upon ■ t ie accused, sho was ordered to come up - ■for sentence if called upon. \i I if