ONEHUNGA POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 127, 1 June 1925, Page 8

ONEHUNGA POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. W. 11. McKean, S.M.} DRUNK WHILE PROHIBITED. Daniel Mark Rome did not appear to answer a charge of being drunk while prohibited on May 10, and also on May 22. The magistrate said he would seriously consider sending defendant to the island for 12 months if he came before the Court again. He was convicted and find 10/ for being drunk, and 20/ for each broach of his prohibition order, with 7/ costs in one case, making a total j of £2' 17/. I Edward C. Sadler, with several previous convictions, was fined 20/ for drunkenness, or 48 hours' imprisonment. Also £3, or 7 days' for committing an indecent act at Onehunga on Saturday evening last. The terms of imprisonment to be cumulative. BY-LAW BREACHES. Arthur Tate and Ernest Ellett contributed 10 eVh, with 7/ costs, to the] Borough Council revenue for leaving their motor cars unattended in Queen Street, Onehunga, for more than half an hour. MOTOR VEHICLES ACT. Thomas Alfred Newton drove a motor bus through Onehunga on Sunday, May 10, without having a driver"s license. He collided with a motor cycle at the junction of Selwyn and Trafalgar Streets, at about 6 p.m., and knocked the rider off, with the result that the latter had to be taken to the hospital. Defendant also failed to report the accident to the police. He pleaded that he did not report the affair as he was not aware that the law required him to do co. Mr. McKean accepted this plea in mitigation of the second offence. He said the Act had recently come into force, and it was well that the public should know of it. As this was the first prosecution under it in Onehunga, Newton was convicted and ordered to pay 7/ costs. For driving his bus without a license, he was fine 10/ nnd 7/ costs. PUBLIC WORKS ACT. Harry Hungerford rode his bicycle on the footpath in Onehunga on May 16 last, and Edward Franklin committed a similar offence on May 20. Each of them left 17/ with the clerk of the Court as a memento of the event. Geoffrey D. Fogerty had occasion to pass along Upper Queen Street, Onehunga, one day, and found it impassable as it is being reformed. Therefore he rode his motor cycle on the footpath for a few yards. He saw no one about and thought it would he quite safe, hut a policeman appeared in sight and took his name and address. The trip cost him 20/ and 7/ RUM AND CLOVES. The very wet weather last Friday penetrated a motor driver named B. Kile, and made him feel cold, so hn wesnt into an hotel and warmed himself with a glass of rum and cloves. When he returned to the car his legs gave way under Jiim, and a friendly cotistable helped him out of his difficulty by providing him with a warm place for the night. This morning he had a narrow escape of being sent, to Mount Eden for a spell, after having admitted heing drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle. He pleaded that he was not in the habit of taking liquor, and that the rum had gone to his head. He offered to take a prohibition order out against himself. Constable Poll had known defendant for six months, and had never seen him under the influence before, although he had seen him almost daily. This appeared to weigh with the magistrate, who hesitated about sending him to gaol without the option of a fine. At last he decided to make it £10. IMPOUNDING ACT. Harry Collins and Christopher Peck were fined 30/ and 10/ respectively for allowing their cattle to wander at large on the street in Mount, Roskill. Mr. W. Coop, ranger, prosecuted.