IMPOSING on the BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 147, 23 June 1894, Page 2

IMPOSING on the BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

A young man named James Howard was charged in the Magistrate's Court this morning (1) with having been drunk, (2) with having- made uso of obscene language, (3) with having assaulted A. G. Johnson, and (4) with having imposed npon tho Benevolent Institution. He admitted the first charge, but said ho did not know anything about the Booond. A. G. Johnson, Secretary to the Benevolent Trußteeß. gave evidonoe that abont noon yesterday accused went to his offioe in the Queen' B Chambers and demanded more relief. The man waß told that nothing more oonld be done for him, wherenpon he put his foot against the door, and made nse of bad language, also assaulting witness, and it waß only by foroe that he was removed. The accused arrived in Wellington the previouß night, and in order to avoid a soene, he waß given a tioket for tho City Restaurant. It was afterwards found that his proper name was Preston, and that he was possessed of money. Constable Evenden staled that when lie arrested the accused latt night there was oash to the extent of 12a Gd in his poolcets. Aconsed denied that he had assaulted Mr. Johnson. At the Bugpeßtion of his Worship (Mr. Martin) the charge of assault was withdrawn. It was stated by Mr. Johnun that the aoensed bad said that the whole of Hawkes Bay would soon be down in Wellington., His Worship Baid that if the aoonsed thought he was going to bring the whole of Hawkes Bay to impose upon the people of Wellington he was mistaken. Accused, howover, was quite right when he said that he would get oharity, but it wan not the kind of oharity he bad anticipated. He would receive a month's imprisonment for the threatening language and a similar term for the imposition, the terms to bo concurrent. For drunkenness he would be fined ss, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Bobert M'Killop pleaded Not Guilty to a charge of having imposed on the Benevolent Institution. The evidenoe showed that on the 11th of June the accused, a young man, wont to the Benevolent Trustees and gave his name as Robert Robertson, adding that he was a labourer. Relief was given him. It waß afterwards ascertained that his real name was Robert M'Killop, and that he was a printer by trade. After getting relief he went and got drunk. The Secretary of the Benevolent Institution explained to the Court that if the man. had given his real name and occupation, hi-> case would have been referred by the Typographical Society, which had undertaken to relieve destitute compositors. The accused said that he had not given his real name because he was ashamed to do so. His Worship said the aoonsed was a rogue and a vagabond. He oame here at a time whon there were many unemployed about, and when the charitable institutions were doing their beßt to oope with the difficulty. Not only did ho impose upon tho Benevolent Institution, bnt be also mado matters worse by getting drunk. Hib action in refraining from giving bis proper name was a peouliar kind of modesty. A censed wonld be sent to gaol for one month with hard labour.

A son of Mr. W. Wilson, farmer, Otaki, was kioked on the head by a horse yesterday as he was on his way to sohool. He is now in the Wellington Hospital, the injury being a serious one. A meeting to form a Catholic Yonng Men'B Club and Literary Institute will be hold in St. Patrick's Hall to-morrow after, noon. P. J. Pinny, Manners-afreet, offers some great bargains iv second-hand pianos, harmonium*, 4c. The proprietor of the Thistle Inn (oppoiite the Thorndon railway station) notifies that the house lias be#n re-furnished and renovated throughout The Greymouth portion of Messrs. Edwards, Bennett, and Co.'s wholesale stock, amounting to .£2112, has been purchased by Mr. C. Smith, the Cash Draper, Cuba-street. Mr. Smith is now holding! a monster sale of the stock, together with the balanoe'of his magnificent winter stock iv Cuba-street. Remember sale now on. Marvellous reductions, genuine bargains. —Advt. For continuation oj reading matter leejowth pane.