POLICE COURT.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11108, 29 October 1901, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

INEBRIETY. At the Police Court yesterday Messrs Scott, Skog, and. Lawrence, J.P.s, convicted and" discharged three first offenders for inefirietv. John Diffin and George Poole'were'each fined 10s and costs, m { default 48 hours' imprisonment, for the { same offeftoe; and James BelL. wt*s mulcted j in the amount of ss, with the alternative of 24 hours , incarceration. < ' . \ VAGKANCY. . I Mary Ann Brightborae, who pleaded J guilty to a. charge of vagfancy, was con- ; victed, and ordered to come up for sen- ! t«ice if, Vithin tbree she ehould { j leave the Sanation Army Home, where i she had elected' to go., THKD '•£ OF A WATCH. I Frederick Richards was charged with stealing a silver watch, . . valued j at £5, from - one Spencer liommis. j The case was proved against him, and he was sent, to prison for two months. ANOTHER YOUTHFUL OFFENCES. | A lad named Albert Green, .&ged 14, fpr | wliom Mr Doiinelly. appeared, pleaded/, guilty to a charge of stealing a cheque! For '£7 Bs,, and postal notes amounting to £1 4* Bd, tbe prbpertT of J. Ballantvne and Co. The amounts w«re taken, Mr Donnelly explained, from letters which the accused, who worked for the firm in .question,, piiffired from- their letter-box at the Post OfiMfe- The cheque wa» a crossed one, whidi the lad .had ibeen unable to cash, so that nothing lost on that, and tibe boy's father would. refund the otlier' sum. The accused's previous character bad been gooi, and. Mr I DqxutcUy asked that he should not be ; sent to gaol, but oonvicted and discharged with an admonition. : The Chairman of the Bench lectured the boy on the seriousness of his offence, and ordered him to come up for eenteace - if called upon within the next six months. CHARGES OF BICYCLE STEALING. Ei-nest William Ernie;' alias Ernie "Whitcombe, was charged with stealing three bicyclee, owned respect iyely by Robert Holden, Frederick William and Ghas. Tavlor. He was feiaanded until this morning, bail being allowed in his own recognisance of £50, and two sureties of £50. _^