CITY POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 17764, 12 September 1921, Page 6

CITY POLICE COURT

(Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) Monday, Sf.i'tembkti 12. THEFT. James Edwin Farr, a youth, was charged with stealing £1 16s KM in money, a. razor valued at 15s, and a shaving brush valued at 4s 6d, the property of Thomas Edwin Field, Accused pleaded guilty. The Chief Detective, in asking for a remand till Friday, said that accused whs supposed to have come from Mataura. He obtained a situation on -Saturday morning under an assumed name, and after working two hours ho committed the theft and cleared out. Accused was remanded accordingly, tko Rev. Mr Axdscn to take charge of him in’ the meantime. DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was fined 17s fid, in default fortv-eight hours’ imprisonment, William John Maben £3 or seven days, and Catherine Lindsay Kerr £2 or seven daj3 ‘ BY-LAWS BROKEN. Henry Cuthbevtson was fined £2, with costs (7a), for riding a motor cycle a speed dangerous to the public at St. Kilda.—For driving a motor car at an excessive speed in Cargill road Wlmclcr Patterson was fined 20s, with costs (7s); and for a similar offence in respect to a motor delivery van in St. Andrew street William Lindsay was fined £4, with costs (31s). - • / • ,• For quitting a tramcar while in motion James Black was fined 10s. with costs (31s). FAILING TO DRILL. For failure to attend parades fines wore imposed as follows:—Hector Ross Moore, £4, with costs (7s); James Rums, £3, with costs (7s) Thomas E. Lawson, £4, with costs (7s); John James Laffey. £2, with costs (7s); John William Henry Knudson. £2, with costs (7s); Ernest Hector Fergusson, 10s, with costs (7s); Leonard Bertram Walsh, £3, with costs (7s); Percy Chas. Todd was convicted and ordered to pay costs (7s). MAINTENANCE. Caroline Robinson was charged with disobeying a maintenance order. The defendant. for whom Mr Hanlon appeared, applied for the cancellation of the order. The charge was dismissed, the arrears (£4B 10s) remitted, and the order cancelled. Thomas Yule was charged with failing to provide his wife, with adequate means of support. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given by the wife and a son that ho was given to drink and failed to support his wife.—Defendant denied that he drank to excess or failed to provide his wife with adequate maintenance.—His Worship granted a separation order on the ground of defendant’s drinking habits, and fixed maintenance at 30s a week, with solicitor’s fee (£2 2s).