POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 37, 13 February 1926, Page 10

POLICE COURT.

1 (Before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.V ' CANDIDATE FOR ISLAND. Claude Martin (41). a one-legged man. laboured into the dock on crutches when his name was called. He was charged with drunkenness. Sergeant Calwell said that Martin was under a warrant for commitment for trespassing on a racecourse. He was addicted to drink and unable to keep himself. A brother had asked that, in his own interests, prisoner be sent to Rotoroa Island. In reply to the Bench Captain Davies. of the "Salvation Army, said that if Martin was committed the best would be done for him. I Martin was remanded for a week while ; arrangements are made for his admission '. to the Island. HIS WIFE'S PLEA. "His wife wants him to be given a chance," said Sergeant Calwell when Alexander McKendry (20) pleaded guilty , to being drunk while in charge of a horse j and cart in Quay Street on Thursday, j and also to procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. The | sergeant said that when the constable saw McKendry he was about to drive his vehicle away. He was not in a fit condition to do so* Prisoner had been behaving fairly well since his last conviction, which was for a rather serious assault on a policeman. He had friends who knew that he was prohibited, but insisted on supplying his with drink. The Bench: He will probably lose his billet through this. j The sergeant: I think he has done so. ' McKendry was fined 40/, in default seven days, on the first charge, and 10/ . on the second. I REMANDED. j "Some matters in connection with this case will come before your Worship in the Maintenance Court next Friday." j said Mr. McLiver, who pleaded not guilty , on behalf of George Nottingham (391, j charged with assaulting Christian j Andisen and with breaking a window j valued at £3, the property of George H. Bossant. Accused ' was remanded for a week. Bail was allowed in the sum of £20 cash. "The police have it," remarked Mr. McLiver. JUVENILE COURT. BURNED A SHED. "This case was brought in order to put, a stop to the giving of fake alarms." said Constable McUlone. when four juveniles, aged 15, 11, 10 and 13k stood before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., to explain why they set fire to a shed on the Mount Albert Road, the property of Charles Harold Herbert. The constable stated that the boys had admitted setting the 'shed on fire on January S. They intended doing so on Guy Fawke's night, but failed on that occasion. They caused the blaze later by getting a quantity of felt and some kerosene. They made a bad job of it the first time, but burned it to' the ground on the second attempt. Boys in the district had l>een in the habit of lighting scrub and then calling out the fire brigade, said the constable. It was necessary to stop this practice. "There are two ways of getting at them—through their fathers' pockets or through their own bodies'"—said the Bench. The boys were admonished and discharged, the parents being ordered to pay £1 each damages. "I'll leave the boys to them to deal with," remarked the magistrate, as the lads walked away. j