POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 125, 29 May 1925, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., and Messr= E J. Pegler and A. J. Stratford, J.P.'s.) ONE MONTH FOR VAGRANCY. Mary Dorrity (49), wlio appeared in a , shaky condition, pleaded guilty to a; j charge of being an idle and disorderly ; person, who consorted with reputed J thieves and prostitutes. c Senior-Sergeant Edward, stated that , durin- the last four or six weeks accused ■ , had been observed by Constables Hillton I , nnd Walton consorting with persons cit j ill-repute. Accused's list of previous I , convictions «, fairly large. She had . been staying with a man who. it was , alleged, had been living on her illegal . Cains. '< 1 Mr. Poynton: The fact that accused , ] has not been before the Court for a few | ; years will be taken into consideration. , One month's imprisonment! BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER. For twice breaking liis prohibition order, Thomas William Finnemoro was ordered to come up for sentence within twelve months, and warned to abstain from intoxicating liquor. HAWKING WITHOUT LICENSES. , Two men. Victor James Scott and ; I Charles Watts, neither of whom ' • appeared, were charged with hawking j ; goods in Mount Albert borough, not I being licensed to do so. ' Detective Meiklejohn slated that as a i result of complaints received from resi- > dents, he made investigations. The two!: defendants, attired as naval officers, had sold tweeds and serges on the representation that they were members of the crew of n warship, and that the goods i were obtained by them free of duty. Mr. Poynton:"it's an old. old fraud. Each was lined £10, in default one month's imprisonment. LOAD LINE SUBMERGED. The master of the scow Ksmc, Frank Hammond, prosecuted by the Department of Marine (Mr. Hubble) on a I charge of plying in extended river limits having the lead line on the scow submerged, was tined £1 and co.sts. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. A Chinese market gardener named Wong Young, on a charge of ill-treating a horse, was fined £3 and costs. The prosecution was brought by Mr. Nobel Webster, inspector of the S.P.C.A. AN UNSTAMPED RECEIPT. A charge of having signed a receipt liable tn duly without the same being ! stamped was admitted by Henry Bom!. I for whom Mr. Kealy appeared. In plea,l ■ j ing guilty. Mr. Kealy explained that the ! whole tiling was an oversight. ]t was ; not likely, he said, that defendant j would hand an unstamped receipt io a Government office if there was any intention to defraud. Counsel suggested the imposition of a small penalty. The Bench inflicted a fine of 10/ and' costs. i IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. A tailor. Albert Edward Lyford, who ' did not appear, was charged with using ■ insulting language to a railway guard, travelling in a first class carriage with a second class ticket, and with using ! offensive language to the annoyance of other passengers. On April 11. stated the guard, in giving evidence, defendant travelled on the afternoon train which was on its wav to Helensville from Auckland. Lyford refused to pay the difference between the second and first class fares, while he 1 further refused to transfer to a second • class carriage and to give witness his .name and address. Lyford called witness "a dirty cow." j Other witnesses gave corroborative e\ i- •| donee, adding that Lyford was well under the influence of drink. He was fined £2 and costs on 1 he first and third charges, aud convicted and discharged on the second charge. j UNLAWFULLY ON PREMISES. An advertising agent, for whom Mr. R | E. V. Matthews appeared, and whose name was ordered to be suppressed, was lined £2 and costs for being found at night without lawful excuse in a board- , inghouse iv Wellesley .Street. AN EMPLOYER FINED. A. .1. Bell, photoqra-ihic printer ' Wyndham Street (Mr." Beckerleg) was charged by the Inspector of Factories with failing to keep a wages aud overtime book in the prescribed form, and also with employing in his factory a boy ' under the age of 115 years without having lirst obtained a certificate of fitness. A plea of guilty was entered on both charges. The inspector, Mr. l>. C. 1 I Weenink, stated that the defendant ' i poFsessed v wages and overtime book, j j but the actual hours ~f employment j i were not entered. One entry was 1 I made at the top of each page, lY.it the. 1 J hours of employment thereafter wen , ' left to the imagination. \ warning ' letter had been sent ill respect nS an ■ exactly similar offence, committed a ; year ago and the Department looked J upon its continuance in spite of that ' i useless if the actual hours of e.nnloy. ment were not inserted. Mr. BeckL-rleg. who appeared for the I defendant, said that the'defendant had j not understood the requirements of the I Department. The employees were well [ paid and received every consideration. j The magistrate state,! that the offence j was a serious one nnd was rendered j more so because the defendant hail I failed tn properly keep the book after i ! he had received a warning from the Do i partment. A fine of £<> was inllicted. lln respect of the failure to obtain a 1 i certificate of fitness the defendant was , I lined £1.