THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 14638, 7 August 1911, Page 5

THE COURTS-TO-DAY.

CITY POLICE COURT. (Before J. R. Bartholomew, Esq., S.M.) Drunkenness. —Two men who did not appear were each fined 10a, In default 48 houW imprisonment; two others who faced the Magistrate were penalised in haif that emu. Obscene Language.—One of the above four. Peter Coyle, was further fined £3, in default two weeks' imprisonment, for using obscene language at the Triangle, within the hearing of children, yesterday afternoon. Out for a Drink and a Smoke.—Sarah Sayweli, who was committed to the Salvation Army rescue home on the Ist inst., pleaded guilty to a charge of escaping from that institution cm Saturday. The officer representing the Army eaid that defendant suffered from a great craving for liquor and tobacco, otherwise she wae" harmless.— Convicted and ordered to come up for sentence \/hen called upon. Leaving a Cart.—William Hill was fined sfi. with 7s costs, for leaving his cart unchained in High street on the Ist inst. An Opium Den.—Ah Gong pleaded guilty to a charge of smoking opium on the 6th inst-., and to a further charge of being found in possession of a form of opium suitable for smoking.—Chief-detec-tive Herbert said that accused was arretted yesterday evening by Detective Thomson and Constable Hall at his house in a right of way off Stafford street. He was in"the act of smoking opium, and ho had the usual opium-smoking paraphernalia, also enough opium for two or three smokes, and a quantity of the scraped ash from pipes known as seconds. Two other Chinamen were there. The place was known to the police as an opium den, but they could not say that accused traded in the drug. He was 64 years old. There were no 'costs, except the interpreter's fee, which could not, he (Mr Herbert) thought, be charged.—The Magistrate: Yes, it can; the interpreter is necessary. On the charge of smoking accused is fined £2, and 10s 6d costs; on'the second charge, T will take, into consideration the fact that the amount of opium found is small, and that there is nohing to show that he was really trading, and the tine will be £5. Affiliation. —Mr J. Wilkinson produced one witness in support of an application for an order declaring Wm. Dines, now a seaman on H.M.S. Challenger, to ba the father of Ann baby. The parties lived at Clinton in 1908. —His Worship heard the girl's evidence, and then said he would adjourn the case so that an effort might be made to serve a summons j o-n Dines, as his chip had arrived in New Zealand waters.—Mr Wilkinson said he would try 4"> find out at once whether the man was still on the Challenger, and His Worship oidered the case to stand down till 2 p.m. today. On resuming this aftcrr.oon no m»-vs was reported, nnd the further k>;ni:rg was adjourned till tomorrow.