POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 172, 21 July 1921, Page 4

POLICE COURT.

! (Before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M.) INGRATITUDE PUNISHED. Roland Jacques (29) was charged with the theft of underclothing, trousers and socks, valued at £.'l, the property of David Alexander Smith. The tale told by Smith, an engineer, of Gisborne. was that he met the accused in ' the bar of the Thames Hotel on the previous day. Accused asked for a _ shilling, which witness gave him. Witj ness went to the bar to get a drink, leaving his parcel on the seat. When he loked around the parcel was gone— i and so was Jacques. Thus was he - rewarded by the stranger for his gift •of a shilling. Jacques was sent to gaol for a month. || HIS 60tli APPEARANCE. , John Hayes (47) was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, in that he placed himself in Queen Street to beg alms. Hayes was seen by Constable O'Gorman soliciting alms near the i Thames Hotel the previous day, and the | constable gathered him into the fold of j the erring at the watchhouse. The accused, said Constable O'Gorman, had three coppers in his hand, and was asking for "another threepence to make sixpence." Accused said lie did not remember anything about the allegation. j Why. he had actually drawn money out lof the bank that day! "Are you sure 1 was not asking for matches?" he inquired. "Dead certain," replied Constable O'Gorman, emphatically. SeniorSergeant Rawle informed the court that this was Hayes' 60th conviction. Before the Magistrate had time to cast his eye down the long list of his delinquincies Hayes, who looked big enough and j strong enough to work, wa_ begging again—this time for "a chance." "I ■have a ticket for Sydney, and will go |on Saturday if you will let mc." he said. [ "Allow the people of another country to . be compelled .to put up with your tricks'/ ; Oh, no!" said the Magistrate." "Throe j months for you! He is a humorist, i surely." added Mr. Poynton as the aej cused left the dock to return to his old j j boardinghouse. i [ALLEGED THEFT AND ASSAULT, j | Edward Inc:iard Black, alias James Wilson, aged 40. was charged with hav-1 I ing attempted to steal from the shop of Miss A. Kearney, 193 Hobson Street, and also with having assaulted Albert Noble. It is alleged that the accused | was seen interfering with the till in I Miss Kearney's shop, and put up a I struggle in Nelson Street when it was thought to apprehend him. whereby a young man named Noble was injured by being hit in the neck. Black was remanded for a week. THEFT OF A BICYCLE. Frank Alexander —.iriuuGs. a youth | who had previously pleaded guilty to; the theft of a bicycle, was brought up for sentence, and was placed on probation for a period of two year?.