THE COURTS.-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 6

THE COURTS.-TO-DAY.

- ' -» ■. CITY POLICE COURT. (Before H. Y. Widdowson. Esq.. S.M.) Dnmketmea.—WiUkm Arnold, who pleaded guilty, was fined 10s, or fortveight hours.—Walter Begg and Joseph ffiggins were each fined 5s or twenty-four honrs.—A first offender, who did not appear, .was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours William Paris pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and. to having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition, older against hiin, and was fined 5s or twenty-four hotirs on the first charge, and 20s or one week on the second.

Drunkenness and Committing a Nuisance.—John Brown, for whom Mr Scurr appeared, pleaded guilty to a charge o£i drunkenness and committing a drunken. man's act at St. Hilda.—-He was fined 5s or twenty-four hours on the first charge, and 40s or fourteen days on the second charge. Remanded.—Henry Cotton, for whom Mr Payne appeared, charged with a serious • offence, was remanded till Friday. « Charles James Brown was charged with using obscene Language in Duke street on. Saturday.— Mr Hanlon appeared for Brown and asked for a. remand, so that he could.: procure evidence.—The case was Temanded"; until Wednesday, 10th inst., bail being al- ! lowed in one surety of £SO. Serious Breach of the Criminal Code.— Thomas OTJonnell was charged with committing a serious breach of the Criminal Code. Mr Hanlon appeared for accused.— Chief-detective Herbert asked for a remand, as ho wished to procnre a considerable amount of evidence.—The case was remanded to Monday, 15th inst, bail being fixed, accused in £SOO and two sureties of £l5O each.

Procuring Bell pleaded not guilty to a charge of procuring liquor on February 27 while a prohibition order was in existence against him.—Constable Dempsey gave evidence as to having seen accused receive a bottle of beer from a man.—Boll's defence was that he had been asked by a seaman in port to buy a bottle of beer for him. He had refused, but had agreed to ask another man to get it.—•• Fined 40s; a fortnight was allowed in which to pay. By-law Cases. Frederick Seanlan pleaded not guilty to allowing his cattle to wander in St. Kilda. Alexander Beverige was similarly charged, and as the prosecuting constable is out of town both cases were adjourned to Wednesday. Walter Clarke, who pleaded guilty to a charge of allowing a horse to wander at the Ocean Beach, was fined Is.—-Armstrong and Moore, charged with failing to light a heap of gravel left by them in Victoria street, pleaded guilty, and were fined 5s and costs. 'Maurice Langley, for leaving a vehicle unattended in Frederick street, was fined 5s and costs (7s). Albert Hellycr, who did not appear, was charged with driving an express without a license.—lnspector Donaldson said that a license had been taken out since the summons was issued, and he would not press for a heavy penalty.—A fine of 5s and costs was inflicted. —-nEugh Logie, similarly charged, was fined 5s and costs. William Pollock, charged with allowing a horse to graze on the public road, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs. William Brenchlcy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving a horse unattended for two and a-haif hours in High street, and was fined 5s and costs. Drunk and Resisting.—John Wakelin pleaded not guilty to charges of drunkenness, resisting the police, and of assault on Constable West at Kaikorai Valley, and the case was adjourned to Friday, 12th inst., bail being aHowed in one surety of £2O.

Indecent Language.—William White, charged with using indecent language, pleaded not guilty.—John SUxbley, laborer, residing in 10 Albion place. King street, said that'he resided in the same right-of-way as accused. At between half-past seven and a-quarter to eight on the evening of March 2 he was lying down on his bed, and his children were playing outside. He heard accused make use of the language complained of, and when witness went out and remonstrated with him accused called him " A dirty Chinaman." —Corroborative evidence was given by Lucy Stubley. Adelaide Stanley, and Gertrude Roebuck.—The case was adjourned till the 15th to enable the accused to call several witnesses.

Maintenance.—The adjourned case of Mnlholland v. Mulholland, a wife's application for maintenance, again came before the Court. Mr Hanlon appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Fraser for defendant.— The case -was further adjourned till April 16, to allow the parties to go together again. Alleged Obstruction of Traffic—Edward Waldren was cliarged ■with failing to comply ■with a reasonable request of the const able controlling the vehicular traffic at the railway station. Mr Hay appeared for defendant, who pleaded not guilty.—Henry Duncan, station master, 6aid that on the 27th of last month WaHren woe in charge of a. four-wheeler, and was not on iiio authorised stand for four-wheelers. The constable in charge of the traffic spoke to witness about Waldren. and witness advised Waldren to be graded by tl»e constables direction, but he refused, as he claimed that he had a right to be where lie was. Waldren was standing right in front of the hansom cabs, and would hareobstructed them. The constable ordered defendant to move, but he refitted. Witness considered the constables request was a reasonable one. The plan produced was th© one agreed upon by Inspector Donaldson (on behalf of the City Corporation.) and by the Railway Department. To Mr Hay : Witness saw a private carriage close to Waldren's. There were other vehicles there, but he could not say whether there were any hansoms. —Constable Pout 6aid that he was on duty at the station on the 27th of last montlY. Ho saw defendant with a landau on the north side of the pillar and quite close to Hie portico. There was a private carriage on the outside of Waldren's;. Witness isked defendant to move, and he refused.—Evidence was also given by Richard Donaldson, teafhe inspector for the Oily of Dunedin. —His Worship said that tliere was no doubt from the evidence given tlwt the direction given by the constable w*s wrong. It also appeared that a great many of the cab drivers were quite unaware of the position of th© stands for the various vehicles. At th© same time, every assistance should be given by the drivers to prevent any obstruction of the traffic He hoped that no advantage would be tukrn by them of the presentcase, for if any further obstruction took place it would he dealt with under another elawse of the by-laws. 'The ease wowlfij be dismissed.