POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 17544, 27 December 1920, Page 4

POLICE COURT

Monday, December 27. (Before Mr F. G. Gumming, J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. Two first offenders were fined 20s each, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment; and Samuel Patrick Cruse and Hugh Reid 10s each, with the alternative of twentyfour hours. Another first offender was fined 40s, in default seven days, for being drunk while in charge of a motor car. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) Duncan MTvenzie was charged with drunkenness, with resisting Constable Harris, and ■with using obscene language in Moray place.—The Constable said that accused was mad drunk when arrested on Christmas Eve. He resisted violently, and used the language complained of.—Accused was fined 10s or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment on the first charge, 20s or seven days on the second, and 40s or fourteen days on the third. A FOOLISH ACT, James Parker was called on to answer two charges namely, (1) drunkenness while in charge of a motor car; and (2) unlawfully converting a motor car (the property of John Brown) to his own use. He pleaded guilty.—The Sub-inspector said that at 6 o’clock on Friday night last Mr Brown left his car near the corner of St. Andrew street. When he returned a few minutes later he found it missing. In the meantime accused had driven it along George street, and when turning down the Octagon he knocked down a woman, the wheel going over her leg. Tire car came to a stop near tire Oban Hotel. Accused then jumped out and proceeded along George street, where h© was arrested by Constable Watkins. —Accused said that he had had too much drink. He had been working at Waipori for the past six months.—He was fined 40s or ten days’ imprisonment on the first charge, and £5 or one month on the second. REMANDED.

Edward Stevens (Mr Irwin) and Alexander Ferguson were charged with using threatening behaviour on the railway station platform, whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned.—The accused were remanded until to-morrow week* and were allowed bail in the sum of £5 each. ASSAULT. * George Oliver was charged with assaulting Harry Smith, and also with using obscene _ language.—The complainant, a boarding-house keeper, said that he challenged accused for entering his place without knocking. Accused said that he had called to see a lady friend. With that he used obscene language, and struck witness on tho head, knocking him down. Witness got up, and was knocked down again. Accused had had drink.—His Worship fined accused £5, in default a month’s imprisonment, on each charge; half the fine on the first charge to p;o to the complainant. Accused,was also”ordered to pay witnesses’ expenses (12s).