POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 17 November 1922, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mt. J. E. Wilson, S.M.) VAGABONDAGE — VAGBAJTCT. WTlliam George Gallot (58), when charged with being a rogue and vagabond, found sleeping by night in the y Victoria Park, said he bad worked in one place for ten years, but ti jabs were hard to get just now. He „ thought he could go back and live with © his wife's people. Sub-Inspector lili a said his people would have nothing to J do with him, and as the accused had been previously warned about sleeping g . out, he was sentenced to a month c un- w prisonment. James Pollock (07), found sleeping „ out on the reclamation at Freeman* w Hay, pleaded guilty to vagabondage. As c he "had previously been cent to gaol as j an incorrigible rogue, and had spent c most of the last ten years in prison for r various offences, he was sent back to j Mount Eden for three months. fi Edward Nolan (73) also pleaded I guilty to vagabondage. "He seems in- t capable of doing any work," observed the Magistrate, regarding the old man. t "The most merciful thing would be to C oend him to gaol, where he can be 1 Hooked after." Nolan was sentenced to r three months' imprisonment. i John Ross (27), who said he had > 1 money coining to him for working I 1 » the wharves, was remanded for inquiries, on a charge of being an idle j and disorderly person. Thomas Hums (541, similarly charged, f said he bad been working at Te Kuiti ( and camp down with a good cheque, , :with which he went "on a jazz." He j was convicted and discharged, and ad- j vised to get back to Te ,Kuiti as fast ( as possible. . John Jones (3.3), a seafarer, charg-'d , with being an idle and disorderly person, , said he could stay with friends, and he ] was convicted and discharged. He was ] one of 6ix men found sleeping last night , on the Freeman's Bay reclamation. , j John George Boyd (40) was said to 1 Ibe a loafer on sailors in work and was j sentenced to a month's imprisonment , on a charge of vagrancy. , I Patrick Higgins (37), charged with , vagrancy, sakl be bad been working on , the cable ship Iris until she was laid up. He had spent his money, but could get work again. He was convicted and discharged. j Joseph George Rees, of whom it was ! stated that he had been a bookmaker | but was now a reputable citizen, hav-1 | ing given up the business banned by ' law, w:is fined £5 for having trespassed on the Auckland Trotting Club's racecourse. AN ALIEN SAILOR, Hans Anderson, a seowmaster, for whom Mr. Moody appeared, pleaded :< guilty t 0 having employed an alien seaman on his ship without the necessary permit. Mr. Moody said the war regulations dealing with this had been repealed, and then introduced again in ' the War Regulations Continuance Act. Defendant did not know that these re ' eulntions had been restored and he took the seaman in question to the shipping office and engaged him. No permit was asked for, and defendant thought that everything was in order. 9 "Shipmasters have the onus on them of seeing permits are in order when engaging alien seamen," said the Magistrate, who inflicted a merely nominal 7 i penalty of £1, with costs. "CALLED HIM TILTHT NAME." William Jackson Oliver gave it as hi 3 excuse for knocking a man down in Customs Street that he had called him 1 a filthy name. Tt was stated that the man assailed was locked up for drunkenness after the assault and had to be '<■ attended by I>r. Tewsley. Oliver was fined £1 and ordered to pay 10/6 medical expenses. j , OBSTRUCTING TRAM TRATOTC. A fine of £-1, with 30/ costs, was imposed on Robert Bruce Jenkins for having obstructed tram traffic. It was stated that the defendant (who did not appear) drove a motor lorry in front of a Grey Tvynn tram car for about a mile and'would not get off the line, despite continuous gonging. •CONCERNING A REVOLVER. William Henry Hardinge, ' who under cross-examination by SeniorDetective Cumming, admitted convictions for theft and breaking and enc - tering, was fined £1, with »/ costs, for having been found in possession of an } unregistered revolver, the Magistrate " remarking that revolvers were not for men of his character. jj, SUNDAY BEER. r >! William I.yndhurst was convicted and I', fined ii, with costs, for having been II found unlawfully on licensed premises J- on a Sunday. It was stated that cre--1." fendant was' seen by two cons-tables to «'■ enter the Hobson Hotel at 11 o'clock [4 on a recent Sunday morning and emerge J with several bottles of beer in a bag. s ' j George McEwin was charged with r I having served liquor on a Sunday. Mr. ' i McVeagh appeared for the defendant, • 8 who pleaded not guilty. s. . Evidence was given by Const.ib.le "\ , Doreo that on the morning of Sunday. r<: j October 15, he saw Eyndhurst, the man .0 who was convicted in the former - charge come out of the Hobson Hotel S. carrying a bag. When questioned, lie said there was nothing in the bag, but Y_ witness discovered that it contained eight bottles of beer. Lyndhurst also had two bottles of beer in his pocket. _ He took Lyndhurst back to the hotel and asked McEwin if he had seen him 0 on the pr-misc-s that morning and Mc I Rvflin replied that he had seen him r _ lin the passage leading to the urinal ' and ordered him off the premises. 5.7 i Ceorsre McEwin, son of Ellen McEwin 7 licensee of the Hobson Hotel, swore cmvf_ rhatically that he did not servo Lynd--49 hurst with any beer. He saw the man = , in the passage and ordered him off the j place. I The Magistrate announced that lie 1 would give decision later. = j THAMES BOROUGH FINANCE ;> F I THAMES, this day. I At the Rorough Council meeting las! I night the Mayor presented a statement ] covering the financial operations of tlu ! past half-year. In view of the I.oca I Boc'.ies Finance Act, the Mayor said i 1 was necessary to proceed with grrit care jHe compared the estimated and actua i expenditure, also the estimated anc actual revenue, and said the counci on would, on the estimates, h.vve a fnir mar gin to work on for the balance of thi , year. i *—* — ~» - ' Undoubtedly the most exquisiti j samples of the Irish linen art eve I shown in Australasia are featured ii t the special exhibit of napery now bein< conducted at Milne and Choyce's. In 562 spej**-** is cordially welcomed. —(Ad.)