POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 249, 20 October 1924, Page 8

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. \V. Poynton, S.M.. and Messrs. W. J. Hammill and Llew. J. Pegler, J.P's.) ASSAULT ON BOYS. An attendant from the Auckland Men- , ta.l Hospital, Artal Thm-bald Moller, was brought up on two charges of assaulting boys In a picture theatre on | "Saturday. •Senior Sergeant -llawle prosecuted. , Accused waa not represented by counsel. The manager of the theatre stated that as a result of a complaint received ; from a lady lie went ins-ide the theatre nnd sat behind accused. Witness then , described accused's aetlons. Both boys deposed that accused sat alongside them, and had offered them elioeulatcrt which they threw on the llnor. "When accused placed his hand on them they pushed it away. Accused did not interfere with their elolhinsr. The IwitnoMV* described tbe nature of the assault, and added ilmt they were compelled to move over to the other side of the theatre. Constable Smith Mid (hat when he , arrested oceu«ed, he said that he knew nuthiiig of the malter. '.Moller was not drunk when he was taken into custody. AVlien asked if ho desired to wy anyllriii*:. ucciiM-d replied that on liblurdsiy j he had lioen diinkiiw. nnd had gone into . the theatre, lie did not remember any j more until his arrest. I Senior Sergeant KawVe said that the ; assault was a gios- one. and suggested j that charges of indecent assault should | be preferred against, the accused. Jlr. Poynton said in view of-the fact j that accused had previously had a good j character he would be sentenced to 14 J days' imprisonment on each charge, the I sentences to be concurrent. REMANDED. At.it o'clock yesterday morning. Daniel Kennedy (23) approached a constable in the street and stated that he was a. seaman who bail missed bis ship, the i Trevithick. All his belongings and, wages were on the vessel, and he had, no money and nowhere to go. As a result be was taken into custody, and

was this morniiu; charged with being an idle and disorderly person, with no means of support. On the application of Senior Sergeant Rawle, accused "as remanded until October 27>. PROBATION EXTENDED. George Rrassil (2S) came up for scntonci] on three charges of failing to account to 11. P. Ilinton for three typewriters, each valued at £23, thereby committing theft. Mr. Robb, who appeared for accused, asked that probation might be extended. Accused had -<"30 in his possession, und would pay this in as restitution. Rrassil was admitted to three yours' probation, and wns ordered to make up the balance of the restitution. FORGED HER UNCLE'S NAME. A girl of 17, IN'oruli Owens, was charged, on fifteen informations, with forging the name of John Donnelly to withdrawal receipts on the Newton branch of the Auckland Savings Bunk. The total amount obtained was JC4U 17/11. John Donnelly stated that accused, who was his niece, had access to his room. On Wednesday last he found that his bank pass book was missing, and, on going to the bank, he found that £46 17/11 hud boon withdrawn. He had not given anyone authority to withdraw the money. The signatures on the receipts were forgeries. Detective Sergeant Issell deposed that, when arrested, accused admitted taking the bank book and forging her uncle's name. She bail pretended to her mother that she was still in employment, whereas she was out of woi'.t, and always paid her mother every week. She had spent most of her time in picture theatres. Accused, who pleaded guilty, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail, £30, was allowed. BREAKING AND ENTERING. Two men, George Robert Muncey (23) and Walter Rnlnicrston Johnston (II), were each charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of M. Segedtn and Company in Vincent Street" nnd stealing live boxes of chocolates, postage stumps, and an overcoat, of a total value of ill 8/. After evidence had been heard Muncey pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence at the Supreme Court, while Johnston, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial. WOMAN'S SENTENCE REDUCED. The ease where Arthur Elliott and his wife, Jane Riddell Elliott, wcr-j | each sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment for imposing on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board by falsely obtaining goods and money j valued at over £101, was recalled at the • Court this morning, when application I for a rehearing was made by Adjutant Gordon. * j The Adjutant stated that at the, prev.lous hearing the facts about Mrs. i Elliott's home life were misreprc-! sented. She wns a good mother, and j her children were crying out for her. | In the interests of "the cliildren, she 1 asked the magistrate if he would reduce I the sentence to one of a month, or else j admit Mrs. Elliott to probation. She | was a chrorve sufferer from asthma. I The ends of justice, would be met if she I was released at the end of a month. } After hearing other evidenae, Mr. I Poynton agreed to reduce Mrs. Elliott's I sentence to one month, but allowed tho I husband's sentence to stand.