POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 13 November 1925, Page 7

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., and Mr. L. J. Pegler, J.P.) REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. "This is the man who was before your Worship only yesterday, when he was given , another chance," said Sergeant Cahvell about William Fowlie (40), who was charged with having been found drunk on Grafton Bridge, and also with, having broken his prohibition , order. Sergeant Calwell said that this was accused's third ofTence for drunkenness. He was a widower with four young children. Accused was remanded for sentence until to-morrow morning. In the meantime the police will make arrangements to have the children looked after. INDECENCY. - Harry Doran (31), was convicted and discharged for being drunk yesterday, while for committing a grossly indecent act he was ordered to pay a fine of £3, or seven days' imprisonment. TRIED TO TAKE HIS LIFE. A young man, whose name the magistrate ordered to be suppressed, pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide on October 21. Sergeant Cahvell told the magistrate "iftt accused was found by relatives i a state of collapse, suffering from is poisoning. The attempt at suicide ;emed to be the result of a drinking out and his state of health. The accused was ordered to come up >r sentence within 12 months. JUST AS A WARNING. "These cases are being brought Tr r re i a -warning: to others engaged in the icond-hand business." stated Chief Deictive Oummings when Rosetta Grant ell, a licensed second-hand dealer, was larged with failing to enter jn her oolcs certain second-hand goods bovght, nd also with purchasing second-hand nods from a -person apparently under Xβ age of 16 years. The chief detective said that the police ad made inquiries about aome < stolen ropertv ami discovered that defendant ad not entered a sale in her books, [nwever, defendant knew the boy who pld the goods and was able to tell the olice just who he was. Defendant Iways carried on her business in a satifactory way, while she had always been nund honest in her dealings. However, lie neglected to enter up the sule, and lie present charges were brought more b a warning to other second-hand ealers than anything else. The magistrate convicted, and ordered efendant to pay costs on each of the wo charges. A BAD HABIT OF LYING. "I am quito satisfied that yon stole his money, while I anval?o satisfied that ■ou have got! into a bad habit of lying. l'oii should tell the truth, otherwise you rill be getting yourself into trouble in he future," said Mr. Poynton to Xornan Alexander Dunn (IS), who pleaded iot guilty to a charge of stealing the v.m of O3 belonging'to John Cole. Mr. Ward appeared for accused. Detective White said that after makng inquiries he saw accused, who marie i statement. Accused had been workng with Cole at the Remuera tennis 'onrts. .Colo left a roll of notes in his rousers pocket which were hanging up n'a shed. Dunn admitted that he took £13 in notes from a pocket of Cole's ironscrs, tearing n. bole in the pocket md leaving one 10/ note. This, lig exnlnined, he" did to lead Cole to believe Hint the rest of the money had fallen 3i:t. Accused said he had spent all the mor.oy. On the bottom of the statement, which he signed f> ft bomS true, Dunn added that he desired to go straight uvl rer>av the money taken. Mr. Ward: -Dirt voti have a lot of trouble in setting tl'o statement?-— No, f did not, I toMnreusH that I wanted him io tell the truth. Ho thnn ffnvc mc the Ktatcmont, read it nv*r, Uttifl it was ■fjti-ic true, and signed it. Mr. Ward Fnid that .the defence was that accused did not tafcfi the. money. It was true, that he had bpeti in trouble before. His father would state thut areuporl had not had any money to spend recently. Acfii'sod then trnvc evidence and -hife-i that DoteHivp White toM him Hint 'f he ndinHlfl the 'offejtw ho would only linvo to fpnay tlic money niul that would be the cud of it. Chief Detective CummiiifT?: You read the statement over before you signed it. and wrote something on the bottom of the statement? —Yes. Well, is not that the truth?—No, T thought that no mors would be heard of the matter. i Tlitt.chief detective stated that accused j had been in thn Wnraroa Trniiiirfjr Farm, ! while he had also been eon-.\etpd of theft. } Mr. Povnton. after making the remarks j quoted at the top of this paraurnoh. | said that accused's youth would be taken ! into consideratoin. He would be placed on probation for three years, and would have to repay the £13. The magistrate refused to suppress accused's name.