POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 6

POLICE COURT

Monday, August 21, (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) THE OTHER JLAN. Tho yellow god of jealousy prompted Thomas Walker Page Trainor to strike another young man named Charles Geo in the face as ho came out of the skating rink on the evening of July 29. Trainor, said the sub-inspector, accused Gee of seeing his (Trainer’s) girl homo, and without further parley hit him on the side of tire face, causing his Cheek to swell. Trainor being reinforced by two others, Gee fled and informed the police. When defendant was interviewed’ ho admitted the assault and explained that Gee irritated him by sniggering at him every time he passed him in the rink. Defendant had nothing to say this morning, and Gee said ho had not been badly hurt. What he objected to, however, was the “nasty way Trainor came at him.” Defendant was lined 20s, and ordered to pay witness's expenses (10s). WANTED CHANGE OF HOME. Jeannic Turpin, who had a few days •ago been sent to the Salvation Army Home on a charge of importuning, was charged this morning with having escaped from that institution.—Sub-inspector Ecclts said that the woman had twice .escaped on Saturday. The first time the Army officers recaptured her, but the second time she got clean away, and was arrested at night in the Queen’s Gardens. It was clear, said the sub-inspector, that the woman should be behind iron bars.—Defendant said that the Salvation Army Homo was only for young girls, and she just wanted -an opportunity of going to tho Magdalen Home, Christchurch. —'Sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, His Worship adding that transfer to another institution would he a matter for the Justice Department. STREET BETTING ALLEGED. William James Corkran was charged with frequenting Princes street for tho purpose of betting.—On the application of Mr Irwin, who appeared for the defend 1 - ant, the matter was -adjourned for a week. INSUBORDINATION. Charles William Harold Nicper did not appear to answer a charge of insubordination while attending a parade of the Otago Mounted Rifles. Staff Sergeant-major Whyte said that the accused and another trainee were attempting to dear away from a lecture while the parade was on. Witness called on both to halt, which one did, but accused kept going. His conduct had been satisfactory up to then.-—The Magistrate asked if the Defence authorities could not deal with the accused themselves, and on being told that they could not, said it was absurd to bring these sort of cases before the court. He adjourned the case for a month, and it would bo struck out provided accused’s conduct was good. REMANDED. William David White pleaded not guilty to stealing (on July 22) the sura of £4, the property of John William Holland, but guilty to stealing (on August 5) the sum of £1 17s 6d. the property of the same person.—Chief-detective Bishop asked for a remand till Friday to enable further inquiries to be made concerning tho first charge.—The remand was granted, bail being fixed at £SO, on condition that accused reported daily to the police.—;Mr P. H. Pinfold 1 , who appeared for the accused 1 , asked that an order for suppression of publication of (be name bo made, on the grounds that accused was working on commission, and his business would be injured ; also he would not be able to get references.—The Magistrate refused to make an order, stating that the accused was not a juvenile, and had already pleaded guilty to one charge. Douglas Scott w.as charged with (on July 12) obtaining from Joseph Duncombo •Winters the sum of £2O, slating he was to i receive a sum of money from his brother in Christchurch through Mondy and Stephens, solicitors. —.Accused pleaded guilty, and. on the Chief Detective’s application, was remanded for sentence till Friday next. * DEFENCE ACT. For failing to deliver up on demand equipment belonging to the New Zealand Government, the following cx-members of the Otago Regiment and the Otago Mounted Rifles, now posted' to the reserve, were proceeded against by the Defence Department : —Walter Walker Johnston, who was fined 10s, and ordered to pay value of unreturned articles (245) and court costs (7s); Magnus Cormack Bain, fined 20s, and Ordered to pay 27s and 7s costs; James Burns, fined 20s, and ordered to pay £5 13s lid and 7s costs; Walter Paterson Mitchell, fined ss, and ordered to pay £1 7s, with 7s costs; John Augustine Stanaway, fined 20s, with 7s costs; Cecil Rhodes Hedges, fined 10s, with 7s costs. UNREGISTERED DOGS. John Philp, for keeping an unregistered dog, was convicted, and ordered* to pay costs (7s); and James Wootten, for a similar offence, was fined ss, with costs (7s). AFFECTED SHEEP. Alex. Moynihan, jun., pleaded guilty to exposing for sale at the Burnside sale yards !ice-ufleeted sheep, and was fined 40s, with costs (14s 6d). BROKEN BY-LAWS, Percy Walker, for riding a bicycle on the footpath, was fined ss, with costs (7s). —James Richard Smith was fined 20s, with costs (7s), for allowing his chimney to catch fire. DRUNKENNESS.

A first- offender, who did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness, was fined 20s, in default twenty-four hours.—Harry Fredrick Mathias Gregcrson, whom the sub-inspector described as a. bird of passage, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkeness, ami the magistrate, on being informed that ho had spent since Saturday night in the cells, merely entered a conviction.