POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 2 November 1925, Page 9

POLICE COURT.

(Before Jlr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.) FOR MEDICAL OBSERVATION. Herbert Pinchott (32), who was charged with assaulting Leslie H. Bach was remanded for one week for medical observation, on the application of Senior Sergeant Edwards. BEGGED ALMS. It was unfortunate for Joseph Tiller (48) that he approached Constable Taylor, who was in mufti in Hobson Street, on Saturday afternoon, to ask him for money. Instead of money, Tiller was shown the lock-up. He pleaded not guilty this morning when charged with being an idle and disorderly person, who begged alms. Mr. Hunt: Did you bej?—Yes, sir. Constable Taylor stated that accused approached him, and requested one penny to make up threepence for a drink. Tiller also approached another constable in plain clothes and made a similar request. It was stated by the senior sergeant that Tiller was last before the Court in 1924. However, he had not been charged with vagrancy before. Accused said he worked on a scow. Mr. Hunt: What did you cadge for?— I was a bit drunk at the time, and I had no money. Jlr. Hunt: Well, you should not cadge. You are fined £2, or seven days. BROTHERS WHO FOUGHT. James Charles Daley (27) and Joseph Daley (25) were each charged with fighting in-Albert Street on Saturday. Only one of the ;,brothers put in' an appearance. The police stated that both had their coats off, and indulged in a good fight. Jlr. Hunt: They should not fight in the street. Fined £1 each. BROKE HIS ORDER. "This man prohibited himself, and this is his first breach of his order," said Senior Sergeant Edwards about Walter Henry Harvey (42), who did not appear to answer charges of drunkenness, and also with procuring liquor while prohibited. On the first charge he was fined 10/, and on the second £1. INDECENCY. For committing a grossly indecent act in Victoria Street on Saturday, William De Barr (66), a first offender, was fined £2, or seven days. WARRANT FOR ARREST ISSUED. When the name of Cecil Mark Brown (37) was called, the accused did not appear to answer a charge of assaulting Robert Stewart Wylie, as well as another of resisting Constable Tucker while in the execution of his duty. Senior Sergeant Edwards: Accused should be here, your worship. He has been here before on other occasions. Ur. Hunt: Is the assault of a serious nature? Senior Sergeant Edwards: No, sir, but it took three constables to arrest accused, who had to be handcuffed after he had resisted . violently. Jlr. Hunt: He should be here. If we go on.with the case in his absence it will be making it like a by-law case. I [ will issue a warrant for his arrest. The case will be adjourned until he appears before mc. HUSBAND WHO TRESPASSED. Trespassing on his wife's premises during the currency of a separation order, and refusing to leave when warned, was the cause of Albert Edward Lyford's appearance before Jlr. Hunt. Lyford (42)' was also charged with resisting Constable Watkins while in the execution of his duty. Senior Sergeant Edwards, in relating the facts of the case, said that accused had been separated from his wife for the past five weeks. On Saturday he went to his wife's house and annoyed her. Even when Constable Watkins appeared on the scene and warned Lyford the accused would not go. When told that be would be arrested if he did not quit, Lyford told the constable that he would "give him a go." Accused was then arrested and taken to the Newton lock-up. It wa_, not a serious case of resisting. Mrs. Lyford, who gave evidence, stated that her husband persisted in frequenther house night after night and annoying her. She did not invite him to her place. Accused, at this stage, asked the magistrate to grant an adjournment of the case, as he was sure that, if he could s_et the opportunity of speaking to his wife, a reconciliation could be\ effected. He admitted that he had been drinking before, and that he had consented to the separation order. Jlr. Hunt advised him that if he wanted to obtain his wife's good graces he s'lonld take out a prohibition order. Lyford: I have already done that, sir. Jlr. Hunt: But the constable says that you had some liquor in you on Saturday. You had been drinking " Lvford: Oh. no, sir, I only had one glass of beer, which a man in my room gave mc. Jlr. Hunt: Well, you broke your order j by doing that. j