THE COURS—TO-DAY

Evening Star, Issue 16710, 17 April 1918, Page 5

THE COURS—TO-DAY

CITY POLICE COURT. (Before H. A. Young. Esq.. SAL) Taking Flowers from a Park.—Thomas Henry Wills was charged with stealing flowers, valued at Is, the property of the City Council.—Sub-inspector Mathicson said the constable saw defendant cuter .Bathgate Park at midnight, and come out with flowers. Ho admitted - the offence frankly, stating he was inking tho flowers home to his mother. Nothing was known against him.—lie was fined 20s, in default four days’ imprisonment. Worn to a Shadow.—John Pnrsell. a hawker, was charged with cruelly illtreating a horse. Ho pleaded not guilty. —Sergeant .M’Kenzie said he arvesetd accused this morning for working the horse in poor condition. The horso was in fair condition when worked first two months ago. Accused had two bottles of Leer in the cart, of the contents of which ho partook three limes on the way down to the station from Howe street.' —Constable Harvey said the horse had fallen away to a shadow. It was a very old horse, and, although cut in tho streets from 5 in the morning, was rarely to be seen getting a feed in the streets.' Its mouth was gone, and it was now fast feeding.—Court Orderly Sivyer said the horse did not get regular food.—Accused said he had been, purchasing four bags of feed a week.—lo the Sub-inspector; He had been before the Court last year on a similar charge.—He was convicted, and fined 20s, in default two dava ’imprisonment, and an order was made for the destruction of the annual. Broach of Prohibition.—Grace Jane Milford was charged with procuring liquor during the currenoy of a prohi ration order. —siui>;nspcot(,r Mithiesoh said the woman bad been drinking heavily, and was at that moment half drunk. —Accused : No ; it_ is jhams at appearing. (She giggled, to gi\e point to the assertion.) —The Magistrate ordered the case io stand over’ for a few minutes, during winch the defer.da.nfc was taken out of the court, arrested for drtmkennese. and brougnt up on this additional charge.—Constable Harvey said the woman was drunk.™ Accused said it was ; a lie.—She was remanded for seven days. Hugh Robertson, described as a drunken “ waster.” was- Aiavged with procutma liquor ior this woman, and was fined £lO and costs (7s) : also, a prohibition order was taken out against him. Maintenanco.—By consent, an order of 15s a, week against Alfred Id ward Norman for the support nt his brother, dim. Henry Norman.'was reduced to Ss. he having married since.—An application by Alfred Lvov. s for the cancellation nr variation of an order for the support of his mother was renised.