POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 5

POLICE COURT.

(Before Air. J. W. Poynton,' S.M.)] ;jj ( Jni STAGGERING ALONG. ?';: Alfred Shepherd (~u). whom the policy said was staggering along Grey Street on Saturday night, and making a> nuisance of himself, was fined £2. or three days' imprisonment on a charge of being disorderly while drunk. INDECENCY. A fine of £3 or seven days was imposed on John Smart (2.'! i for committing a grossly indecent act iv thq street. ONEHUNGA WAS TOO SLOW.

When charged with being , an idle and disorderly person, with insufficient lawful of support. Margaret Creech (32) pleaded not guilty. -Constable Butler said that for the past two or three months accused had been hanging about the city hotels and etreets in company with persons of ill repute. She •had been warned about a month ago, and again on Saturday, by witness. However, just after the last warning he found her in bad company again. She only had sixpence on hep when arrested. Her ' husband resided at Onehunga, but this suburb, witness said, was too quite for her. and she would not stay at time. Her husband had complained to the police about her, and he now refused to have anything more to do with her. "Well, he chases mc about when I ccune to town anyway. He never gives mc a penny to buy groceries with. All he give« mc is 1/8 for my fare to town and back.' said accused. Mr, Ppynton: Probably he cannot trust you. Constable Buchanan then stated that he had seen accused in company with drunken men in the city. When the men were spoken to by witness they replied thai Mrs. Creech's husband would not take care of her, but that they would.

'.In order to ascertain whether accused's husband would take her back again the magistrate adjourned the case until June 2S. A WASTE OF BEER. A young man, whose name was ordered to bo suppressed, made his first appearance in court on a charge of wilfully breaking # pane of glass, valued at £S 4/(i. tlie property of the Bank of Australasia. Mr. Fraer appeared for accused, who pleaded guilty. Sub*inspeetor Lewin stated that about 8,25 p,m. on Saturday accused entered a Queen Street establishment, and when ejected he took a bottle of beer from his pocket and threw it through the window. He then boarded a tramcar, but tli'4 not manage to escape, for he \yas caught by Sergeant Felton. Counsel said that accused remembered little of the affair. However, soon after he \vas ( released on bail he went to the persons whom he had annoyed and apologised to them. As he would have to pay for the damage done, Mr. Fraer suggested that accused might be dealt with leniently. The magistrate convicted accused and ordered him to corao up for sentence i within 12 months, also to abstain from Uquor during this period. CHARGES DISMISSED.

Early on Saturday reorning a constable saw James Docherty (40) and William Wright (32) acting suspiciously, and he took them into custody, with the result that this morning the first-named, for whom Mr. Singer appeared, was charged with being a rogue awl vagabond, having been found by night in possession of a cold chisel, a housebreaking instrument. Wright was deemed to be an incorrigable rogue, having been previously convicted. The constable stated in evidence that Wright was examining the padlock of a street convenience, while Dochert;y was on the other side of the road. Witness heard Wright say to the other man. "It's locked." Both men were later arrested, when the cold chisel was found in Docherty's pocket. Wright told the magistrate that he wae merely examining the padlock as he wanted to use the convenience. AJr, Singev stated that Doeherty was stone deaf. He had been brought out from England by a large firm of contractors to do special work. He was a mason. On Friday night he had had some liquor, and had picked up with Wright. The presence of the chisel in his pocket wa& easily explained, for he had purchased it at a second-hand sltop on the Friday evening. It was a tool which he used at his trade, and nothing else. After the second-hand dealer had identified Doeherty as tho man who had bought the chisel from him. and evidence had been given by Docherty's land lad v, the magistrate dismissed the charge. The charge ag-ainst Wright, who said that he had only come out of gaol on the Friday morning, was also dismissed. A WEEK'S REMARD. On several charges of obtaining money and clothing by ir.uans of valueless cheques, Arthur Clarke (2S). fur Wiiuni Mr. J. J. Sullivan appeared. \\:is i;ernandcd until June 28. On couusers application, hail of fl'O'J was allowed.