POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 22 January 1926, Page 7

POLICE COURT.

(Before Mr. J. \V. Poynton, R.M.) ' BREACH OP HIS ORDER. Kenneth William Munro (47). was convicted and discharged on a charge of drunkenness, and was fined £2 and costs for the first breach of his prohibition order. OBSTRUCTED A c6nSTABLE. Obscene language nnd obstructing Constable Ilynds while in execution of his duty were the charges brought against Herbert King (42). He pleaded guilt}' to both. It was explained by Sergeant Cnlwpll tli.it accused interfered with the constable when the latter was arresting a drunken man. When Constable HyncU remonstrated with King he made use of I the obscene language. Kothinjr previlOllsly was known against accused. i On tl.'v first King wns fined I£H or 7 day?, and un the second, £2 or 3 days. REMANDED TO MORRINSVILLE. In the r-aso of Adam l*yn Cruiokshank Bruce, a young mnn charged with mii decently nssaultinjr ;i pirl of I4J "t I Piako. 'ii remand n> Morrinsville on January :2ii wna grafted. OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR. Joseph Diamond, charged with behaving in an offensive manner in Quay ! Street. .Mr. Kinger. who appeared for accused, questioned whether the charge could be brought, as the oilier day Diamond had been charged with asmuitling a boy, ■when tin; magistrate dismissed the case. Tlie facts were the name, but there were separate alleged offences. The magistrate had been satisfied that there had been no assault, otherwise the charge would not have been dismissed. .Mr. Poynton said that a man could be charged with assault and be dismissed, yet be convicted of offensive behaviour. After some argument a plea of guilty was entered, aijd Diamond was fined £3 and costs. DRUNK IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Alfred B. A. Nixon did not appear to answer the charge of being drank in a railway carriage between Auckland and Wellington. In a letter which lie sent to the magistrate he said that he met an old friend,, with the result that he got intoxicated. The little meeting cost Nixon a fine of £2 and costs. BREACH OF HEALTH ACT. I A breach of t.ie Health Act was [alleged against .7 W. Odell. of Bayswater. Mr. V. X. Hubble, who prosecuted on behalf of the Health Department, said that defendant's child had been isolated for six weeks, having contracted scarlet fever. At the expiry of four weeks the child was sent to Howick. The case had been brought in the interests of the public health. De- , fendant, who told the magistrate that ■ the breach -was quite unintentional, wai fined £2 and costs, , _ a..~_»