POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 129, 1 June 1923, Page 6

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M.) A GRINNING MILKMAN. The nervmiß grin that overspread iydney Lockwood'e face last week when he j was in the dock on two occasions was ' still there this morning when he pleaded ; guilty to the theft of four sums of money, totalling £1 10/-. Senior Sergeant ' Rawle stated that the young man had ' , been employed by a Wellington milk ! vendor, and the money stolen was appropriated by accused from cash payments made by customers. When asked if he had anything to say, accused only grin- I ned. Looking very hard at the irresponsible smirk on L-ockwood's face, his Worship sentenced him to one month in the House of Correction. I FIVE BOTTLES OF BEER. In the case of Charles Crisp, who pleaded not guilty to having been j drunk while in charge of a taxi-car, it j was admitted that he had enjoyed five bottles of beer before he got into his , ear which, it was stated, subsequently ' collided with a car from Government House. Constables deposed that accused was drunk when arrested. A doctor who examined accused said (in effect), that accused was intoxicated. ''I would not have liked him to drive mc j in that condition," said the medico. A passenger who had been in the car with accused depused that the driver was sober. The case was adjourned till | j next week, in order that Mr. Leary for j the defence might call witnesses unable ' to attend to-day. LENIENCY EXHAUSTED. "I'll give no more chances, and I'll not deal leniently with anybody who commits a breach of probation." They get a chance, and then they take advantage." The magistrate delivered himself thus when Edward George Hayes (35) was charged with failing to comply with the terms of his probation. Mr. W. J. Camphell (Probation Officer) stated that the offence in respect of which accused was placed on probation in 1015 at Napier was a contemptible one. He had taken a working man down for £80. The judge . had ordered Hayes to make restitution, ' tmt not a penny piece had been paid ■back. Mr. Blakey, for accused, submitted that Hayes had experienced a spell of bad luck after marrying a , woman with whom he had lived for some years. "Oh, don't blame the woman! That's old Adam's tale," said Mr. Povnton, S.M. Accused would do three I months in the old grey building. j Hia wife obtained a maintenance order for £2 a week. There didn't seem to be much love lost between them. She observed that ho had been arrested In Sydney one Christmas Eve for breaking up the home, when he left everything in splinters. LANDLORD "VICTIMISED." • Two charges of receiving sums of £2 • I without attaching a 2d stamp to the receipts were preferred against an j elderly landlord, who was represented by ; Mr. Ward. Counsel, pleaded guilty, and '• asked the Court not to deal too severely with defendant, who was well on in years ! and depended for his livelihood upon the ! j rents of two houses, the tenants of each paying 35/ per week. In order to accom- ' ! modate one of the tenants, who was i financially embarrassed, defendant had ■ allowed him to pay 30/ one week and £2 ; the next, on two occasions. Far from showing any gratitude for being met in ! that way, "the tenant turned vindictive ' I and took the rent book along to the i I police to show that it had not been ; ! stamped when £2 was paid. It really j ! amounted to the fact that a landlord j ) was victimised by his tenant. His Wot- j ! ship didn't quite see the drift of this j argument, and the old landlord was j fined £4 for his forgetfulness. I LAYING 'TOTE ,, ODDS. ! i Edward Byers was fined £10 on each : iof two charges of laying '"tote" odds. ! i The bets were made with police con- ! stables in plain clothes. Mr. Leary set . Up a defence of mistaken identity, which ; failed to impress the Court.