POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 155, 3 July 1922, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. W. Poynton. S.M., and Mr. E. Twotill, J.P.) "I PASSED BY TOTTR WDTOOW. , While era his way home on Saturday in an inebriated condition Thomas Collins wae not able to steer a straight course along the pavement in Svmontis Street, and fell through the plate glass window of James Howie. He was charged with drunkenness and with wilfully damaging a plate glass window and goods of a total value of £18. Defendant pleaded guilty ai,d asked for time to pa- the amount. He was a working man in a steady job and had a family of five. "You ouglrt to have more ser.ee. you know," said the Magistrate. "I will give you time to pay. You will be convicted and discharged on the drunkenness charge and ordered to pay £3 do\m and £1 a month." A LOOSE LADY. Annie Hartley, alias Booth, a middleaged woman, who was discovered with gome men in a room at Welleslev House on Saturday night, was charged with being a rogue and vagabond. Several police witnesses gave Annie a bad character, stating that she was a prostitute and had not worked for somv time. S?nior Sergeant Rawle said that accused had ten previous convictions, and only last month had been convicted and ordered to come up for sentence on a similar charge. She was sentenced to three months' in Mount- Eden. On a further charge of the theft of a pair of shoes she was remanded until Friday.

PIOIW THIEF GETS SIX MONTHS A Maori by the name of Pukekawa-Paul. of Orakei. appeared in answer to a charge of being a rogue and vagatond, and that be did solicit subscriptions towards the funds of the Orakei Choir, without authority and by false pretences. Paul, with the smile that is characteristic with the nativepleaded guilty. Senior Sergeant Rawle stated that accused had collected about £4. statin? that the money would go to the choir funds. A collection book was found on him which showed that he had collected a considerable sum on another occasion He had been before the Court on twe've Previous occasions, and during the war lie was sentenced to. seven days' imprisonment for soliciting subscriptions without a permit. '"I deny that sit, you're wron"" interrupted Paul! <=' "Well, I arrested you. Do tou still *** prOsecutin * S»ior II P l Ul . i° ld tbe that he lived at Orakei and was a member of the choir there. He went to a typist in Auckland and had subscription out and by that means had collected over ±8 for the purposes of sending a choir to Ratana. He had no authority to colect the money, and was told not to coleet any more. The money w as spent in kar and drink. At present he wa* collectinar for another "cause " The Magistrate: Yes. are , ious thief. Six months. r PROBATION EXTENDED. A young man, just over the age of sixteen, whose name was ordered to he suppressed by the „! j , guilty to stealing a B mnC3»SS3 .nstrumente of a total value of f 6 S/ He UZBCEXAAIIM>VB REMAITDS manded until .T,,l v lo * • I< " mm - T ' was re " AlirtMl Reorue (Ipu,', , the same d at«, „, . char 4 * and entering the A. Dyer, at Auckland on i .' stealing property to th iy L ,In<l Bail in the sum of £ 2 S wls 7/'" violence L' th haVln ? «Sed per--10, bail a t Ilbo SlrSsSa *•