QUICK AND BUSY.
BRIEF POLICE COURT SESSION
ARREARS OF MAINTENANCE.
Police Court business this morning occupied the attention of Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., for exactly six minutes. In that brief period three first offending drunks were each fined 5/, in default twenty-four hours as the compelled guest of the Government, and Walter James Dyer answered a charge in respect to being £37 7/8 in arrears with a maintenance order for the support of his brother.
It was explained that Mr. Povnton had made an order against defendant for the payment of 6/ a week for the support of his brother, and 4/ off the arrears. The charge, however, had now ceased.
Defendant stated that as a casual labourer he was earning £2 a week, and frequently not that amount.
Th 6 magistrate said that they had a single man with no. one but himself to keep, 1 who could i»ot' find money for the support of his brother. Dyer was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as he pays 5/ a week off the arrears. It was estimated that he would only have to pay £20, as defendant had not been credited with the order having ceased some time ago.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270903.2.145
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 208, 3 September 1927, Page 19
Word Count
207
QUICK AND BUSY.
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 208, 3 September 1927, Page 19
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in