POLICE COURT CASES.
"In the event of bail, I ask that it be very substantial. He absconded on two previous occasions, stated TT ar j.i anf i Sergeant McHugh of John Hartland Pearson, aged 24, who appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Police Court this morning charged with attempting to defraud Jessie Muir ol the sum of £.">0 by falsely represcntin that ho had been empowered to .ell 400 shares in a company known ai> tne Margaret Rose Saloon. . , The magistrate fixed bail in sureties of £230 or one of ioUU. A disturbance on a Point Chevalier tram on December 15 led to t>wo men, Edward B. Vincent 20 (Mr Hart), and Douglas M. McLeod, 21 (Mr. Coates), being charged wlth rr , behav '"2 in a disorderly manner. There wae also a charge against Vincent of obscene language. Evidence was given by the conductor and motorman that after boarding the tram McLeod was ill. The P a "". wer< j ordered off, but McLeod refused and Vincent became abusive and wanted to fight the conductor. Counsel said that the pair had been drinking "home brew." Vincent was fined £2, and McLeod was remanded for three months to see how he behaved.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 3
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203POLICE COURT CASES. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 3
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