POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 19023, 19 August 1925, Page 5

POLICE COURT

■IVEDXBSIUT. jUIOrST lit (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.)’ INDECENT ASSAULT AND THEFT CHARGES, Sidney Richard Wilson, twenty years of ape. appeared to answer a charge of indecent, assault, on a female at Upper Junction and another charge of stealing £l9, the property of complainant’s husband. Mr C. J. L. White appeared for accused.

The female concerned gave evideue*. She, said she sniggled with accused, who had grabbed hold ol her, until she was tendered unconscious by her head striking the concrete of the floor. Later she went into the house, and in a bedroom she lound a drawer hurst open, in which her husband kept his money. She went away and brought bark a neighbor. CcmplainanCs husband, a dairy farmer, gave evidence. He said that when lie returned he found that if 19 was ’ missing. Accused did not come back during the day. That night witness went to tho stable to let the horses out, and found the door locked on the inside. Suspecting that M ilsou was inside, he locked th^ w door on the outside, and went round through tho byre, and found accused in tho barn. By that time ho had sent for the police. Accused admitted having taken £l7. Constable Chapman said that on searching accused ho found on him £l- - 7pi. Ho ( was under the influence of liquor when ho was untested. Detective Sneddon read a statement made by accused. He admitted having struggled with the female complainant and that he had taken £l7. Asked whore tho money wont to, ho said ha had been drinking round the hotels. Ho iuf.ended_ to get away to Timaru on Hie morning of August 13. Accused pleaded guilty to both '■ charges and was committed to the Su- j promo Court for sentence. _ , In reply to a request by Mr White, i His Worship said he could not enter- j lain any proposal of bail. j FORGERY ALLEGED. i A young man named Harry William ’ Grant (Jreenyer was charged that, at Balclutha, lie made a false document—to wit, a letter purporting to be .signed by J. Parks—with intent that it should be acted upon as' genuine, thereby committing forgery. Chief-detective Lewis said that the circumstances were not so serious an was usually tho case. A girl whom the accused had got into trouble had written to him, and he had prebonded that tho postmaster had opened tho letter and replied to the effect that accused had left for England with his wife and family. Greenyer was due to appear at Oamarn in connection with the affiliation proceedings, and it was proposed to endeavor to have that matter transferred toJOunedin, so that both cases could do taken together here. Accused was remanded till Monday next, bail being fixed at £IOO, with one surety of £IOO, a condition being that ho report daily to the police. MOTORIST FINED. John Frederick Rosen brook admitted having driven a car without having obtained a license, and with driving an unregistered car.—Sonionsergoant Quartet-main said that defendant, bought a car and drove it for three months with tho selling firm’s trado number still attached. He had no license.—Fined 20s (costs 7s) on each | charge. BREACH OF ORDER. John M’Kitteriok pleaded guilty _ to ( charges of drunkenness and procuring! liquor during the currency of a prop hibition order.—Defendant was fined i 10s, in default twenty-four hours’ im-1 prisonment, on each charge.