POLICE COURT-

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 9

POLICE COURT-

(Before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.) BROKE HIS ORDER. For his fourth offence for drunkenness, Thomas Fleming (31) was fined £2, in default seven days, while he was i fined £1, or three days, for procuring liquor while prohibited. FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. In the case of William Stewart (50), charged with being found in a state of helpless drunkenness in Queen Street yesterday, he was remanded for one week for medical treatment. HIS FREEDOM AGAIN. Kenneth James Dell (36), who gained some notoriety a few weeks ago by his strange conduct in parading in Queen Street in female attire, appeared at Court again this morning, when he was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond in that he endeavoured to impose on the Auckland Hospital Board by falsely representing that he was ill, with a view to gaming admission to the institution. Last week Dell intimated that he preferred to be tried before a jury of the Supreme Court, but this morning he elected to be dealt with summarily. First he pleaded not guilty, but later altered his plea to one of guilty. Mr. Hunt: Well, he has had seven days in prison; how is he now? Mr. Matthews: who appeared for Dell, said that accused had a long medical history, and he doubted whether he would ever be much better than he was at present. A lady, who was in Court, was prepared to look after Dell if he was given a chance. Mr. Hunt: What do you think of it, Mr. Edwards; shall I give him another chance? Senior Sergeant Edwards said that all the police wished was that Dell would keep off the streets and not give either the police or hospital authorities further trouble. Mr. Hunt convicted Dell and ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon within twelve months, and at the same time advised him to keep out of trouble. FURTHER REMANDED. When Michael Edward Boyle (31) appeared on a charge of indecent assault on a female, and was remanded until October 22, Mr. J. J. Sullivan, who represented accused, asked for bail. Chief Detective Cummings reminded Mr. Hunt that on the last occasion when Boyle was before the Court, he had refused bail, as accused had run away. Mr. Sullivan replied that accused had a complete answer to that. He asked that reasonable bail should be allowed. The magistrate granted counsel's request and fixed bail at £200. DESERTED THE HORORATA. "This man is an exceptionally hard worker, and the shipping company do not wish him to be, punished," said Chief Detective Cummings about John Golden (28), who pleaded guilty to a charge of having deserted the s.s. Hororata at Auckland on May 8 last. Golden was order by the magistrate to pay £2 If, costs incurred oy his arrest. "OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER." A woman of 45, Lydia Burnett, who appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Police Court this morning, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 10/, the property of Ruby Evelyn Lake. '"This woman went dov, :i to St. Helier's Bay yesterday to entertain some wealthy friends to afternoon tea," said Chief Detective Cumming3. While in the tearooms accused went into a room and after ransacking a drawer in a duchess she extracted the sum of 10/ from a purse. The drawer wa3 later found open, and accused was chased and held until the arrival of Detective E. Barling. She then attempted to put the blame on a boy. Accused said she was a woman of means. The stolen money was the property of a working girl. Accused had never been before the Court before." Accused: I am not a woman of means, I'm just comfortably off. Mr. Hunt: You are fined £5, or one month. Accused: Can I have my name suppressed ? Mr. Hunt: Xo, you are old enough to know better.