POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 10

POLICE COURT.

i Before Mr. W. R. McKean. S.M. WASTING HIS MONET. I j Michael Kelly (Go) was charged with ' being found drunk in Hobson Street on Saturday, and further with procuring liquor (two charges i and entering; licensed premises while prohibited. I Sergeant Caldwell said that Kelly,; j who had a long list of previous convie- I j tions for drunkenness, had the mm of ! £4000 in tiie liank some time ago. but i [that only £100 now remained. He! j thought that a spell on the island would i do Kelly good. Accused was remanded for a week. MAORI IN TROUBLE. That he had been found drunk in' Patterson Street on Saturday, and also that he was an idle and disorderly' person, without sufficient means of sup-' port, was the charge preferred against; Peter Paewai, a Maori, aged 31. Accused ' pleaded guilty. J Captain Davie*, of the Salvation; Army, stated that he would try to find work for accused. Paewai was fined 10/ for drunkenness,' and convicted and ordered to come up for ! sentence within fix months on the other j charge. I REMANDS. I A remand until Friday was granted in the cate in which William Cotterill! Downes (37) «ai charged with being found without lawful excuse on the. premises of Irvine Chambers on Satur- j day. John Francis Holcombe (261. who] appeared for sentence on three charges! j of obtaining a total of £30 by means of I valueless cheques, was remanded for i another week, in order that accused, might make further effort to obtain : money from a friend in America. j 'I think you would do well to inform J your father of your present position," commented the Magistrate. PREFERRED THE STREETS. "This is rather an unfortunate case, your Worship, as accused seems to be mentally affected and prefers to hang about the streets,'' said Captain Davies. of the Salvation Army, in reference to John Knudson (73), who was charged with being an idle and disorderly person without lawful means of support. j Knudson, who pleaded not guilty, caused a smile in court by endeavouring j to chat to the constables, taking little interest in the proceedings. Accused was sentenced to three j months' imprisonment. NOTHING TO SAY. Asked whether he had anything to say, Kobert Alexander Andrew (20>, who was charged that at Ke Kopuru on Februiry 10 he did commit the theft of I £2 G/l from the shop of Henry Thompson, shook his head. Sergeant Calwell said that accused had been medically examined and wr« found not to be mentally defective in the real sense. His parents could exercise no control over him. Andrew was committed to Mt. Eden for three months. WENT IN TO SLEEP. "I went in for a sleep." said Hugh McCullough (32) when charged with being found without lawful excuse on enclosed premises at >>"o. 4, City Road, on Saturday r.ight. Acused said that he had slept for about two hours, and when he awoke be heard someone cry out | He went over towards a window "of the house artd then turned round and walked | towards the gate. When a light was switched on on the verandah he lav| down. He was n single man and had { only finished a job on Friday. ' - I never get into trouble unless 1 have drink," j finished McCullough. ! Accused was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. A SERIOUS CHARGE. Albert Henry Parrish 134) for whom Mr. Finlay appeared, was charged with indecently assaulting a girl aged five years at Birkenhead on February 12. Accused pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.