POLICE COURT.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11096, 15 October 1901, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

Afe the Police Court yesterday Mes-r.> J. Hamilton. T. Gapes, and J. Forrester, J.P.s, preiidexi.

DRUNKENNESS.

Inebriety resulted in the infliction of 5e fines upon Whi. and Joseph Spiers, and of a 10s fine upon Wni. Warives , , alms Gregory. The cotrwporidinK alternative penalties of tvrenty-fcnir and fortj-eight nours , incarcei'aUon We;re feted.

ALLEGED GF A HORSB.

ETBnd*r for whbtn Mr Ireathein ippeaired, wa« tAwged with cruelly bteiting a. horse in Oashel st-reet on the 24th of Ssptetnber. T&e chief evident for the prosecution wast given by J. H. Parker, irho said that from his place of busitwss, jpposit-e ..tie catjstand. he. had heard the loiid cracking of a.-whip, and thinking that if it vras being used upon a horse the animal must be receiving cruel treatmcat, h© ran out into the street; Hβ eavr the accused, who wits a cabman, strike, his under the flank tiree or four times with great violence, but. <m retaoristratitie him, and being invited to look at. the an'i : mal, he coulcv ■Sβ© no Bartrks. Witness then took the accused's number, and referred the. cflee to n, towstable. Peter Gra\- said that he mw the whip fa.ll. but could not srvrear thafc it fell upon the horse. Constable McDonald deposed to examining the horse, and seeing no mark* upon it. Heath stated that the animal had run into th(* hack of ihe cab in front of it. He cracked the whip over it three or four times, but did not strike ifc. If he had done so, as described, there would have been wales immediately, and they would have remained fov two or thffee davn. Wm. Douglas said that, standing by thn White Hart Hotel, he saw the accused srack the whip, but would swear that he did not- touch the hotse. The Bench remarked that Mr Parker; desen r ed the thanks of the public for his iction in the case. It was a wonder that the police did not bring these prosecutions before the Court more often. in the present case, however, as the evidence was rather weaJt, the accused would be given the benefit of the doubt, and the charge would be dismissed. LOITERING AND BIPORTUNING. Lottie Wallace pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of loiterinjr and importuning, and wae sent to the tSalavafcion Army Hoirte for three months, with the intimatic-n that she would be brought up again for sentence if she did not stay in fche Home. STEALING LOLLIES. An appetite for sweets brought trouble upon a boy of about fifteen years, named William Palmer. On Saturday last, iSubrnspsefcor Black explained, Mr Peter Hill, storekeeper, Papamui, had left home with his wife to come to town, but having forgotten something he returned. He found the accused in his shjop. with a shilling's worth of lollies, whichZjle had just "put up" nnd was ready, to take awaiy. The boy had been -working in the neighbourhood, and had evidently seen Mr Hill go out. The accused pleaded "Guilty" to the charge, and had nothing further to say. His father deposed to .his good character. The' Chairmaih of the Bench said the Court was -unwilling to send-the boy to gaol, but ihe had "done enough to get him tberel A good whipping would be the best fer him, but a* tJiia-t..could not be. ordered, he'would be convicted' and fined ten shillin s ■"'■;.-■ .''". ,-, .iIS: AFPTLIATJON CASE. In- the case, of Join Norton Wilson, charged with'- beiag' about to leave the colony without ptovidine for his unborn illegitimate child, Sub-Inspector ■ Black's request for a remand until to-day was followed by a refusal, on the part c-f the Bench, to grant bail. A night at Lyttelton would not.do the accused any" harm, said tihe Justice. , *. The man thereupon explained that he had arranged to marry complainant yesterday, but, that event had not yet oocurred owing to a mistake between her father and himself. The Sub-Inspector corroborated this statement, and 1 bail was allowed in one surety of £50, or two of £25. REMANDED TO RANGIORA. . Stanley Dale, suspected of burglariously entering the premises of James Kirk on Wednesday or Thursday last, at B«iUfiora, and stealing tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, knives, >and a sbillinjr's wortJi of ooppers, together valued at £14, "was remanded for one week to Bangiora. TWO CHABGKS OF BICYCLE STEALING. Thomas Crook* wwe charged with stealing a bicycle, valued at £9, the property of Stenter. on the sth instar.t. at HWlBweU, and with stealing another bicycle, belonging to and Tntvne. on the 9lh March. He romanded till the 15th instant on both , charges. . "LOST HIS LATITUDE." To the charge of being found by night without excuse on the premises of Elizabeth Hore. in Salisbury street. Geo. BLanchard pleaded "Guilty," , but- said that it was "a peculiar charge." He had come off one of the boats, lie explained, and was looking for a friend, after having two or three drinks. Somehow, ha seemed to lose his latitude, and he believed he must have got into thto wrong house. Then there were a lot of men bundling him about, whom he asked not lo get excited. They took him to the police station. The accused was sentenced to 24 hours' imprisnnim , nt. aiid ordered to be then put on, board his boat.