POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 22783, 4 May 1931, Page 12

POLICE COURT

MONDAY, May' 4. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was fined 20s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. , SIX MONTHS’ ADJOURNMENT. Two young men, brothers, were charged with fighting each other in Cumberland street. They pleaded guilty. , . • Senior-sergeant Quartennain said that at 10.45 on Saturday night the two men were found fighting each other by Detective Turgis. They ceased lighting as he approached, and went further .along the street, where they commenced lighting again. Nothing was known, against them, and they - were apparently decent young fellows. His; Worship said he did not wish to enter a conviction, and. would adjourn the case for six months, _ but warned • them that if their behaviour was not satisfactory they would be brought be fore the court and dealt with.

ARGUMENT WITH CONSTABLE. Joseph Fitzpatrick pleaded not guilty to the nso of obscene language in, Macandrew road. Constable Smythe stated that on the night of May 2 he accosted the defendant for riding a. bicycle without a light. The defendant refused to give him his name and wanted to fight him. Ho used the language complained of, and was shouting out loudly. He was slightly under the influence of liquor. The defendant complained that the constable pushed him off his bicycle into the gutter, but this Was denied by the ....constable,, In evidence the defendant said the constable bad called him a “ dirty loafing waster a thing which witness find never .been. The constable was knocking him about, and that was when witness offered to fight him. His Worship remarked that there was no .doubt that the defendant had used the language. . • Senior-sergeant Quartermain said that the defendant had. a wife who was. not strong and a big family of youthful age. : Any fine that was inflicted would react on them. ■ Taking these circumstances into consideration, the magistrate convicted the defendant and ordered _ him to come up for sentence within sis months if called upon.' AN OLD CHARGE.

Leonard Tobin and James McLaughlin Wallace were charged with fignt- ... jflg. . : . . . • Senior-sergeant Quartermain said 'that some time ago this charge had ’ been made ' against these ’ men when the case was adjourned for twelve months, conditional upon their being of good behaviour. Since then Wal- ‘ lace had been before the court for the V unlawful conversion of a car, and ivas ' placed bn probation for three years. ’ On© night last week, about midnight, ’ Wallace and two- other men about his own age, were'found in the doorway of a business place in Crawford street. - . One of them was armed-with a revolver, and was now serving a sentence of three months’ imprisonment. One -of the' others" had key's in' his posses* •' : sion,. and’ it was admitted that they had been trying to open doors. Under .the circumstances it was thought ad- • visable to _ bring the- two of them Up •’ on the original charge. was known against Tobin since the original hearing. 1 The charge against Tobin was dismissedj and Wallace was' fined 40s. , .MAINTENANCE, _ ' John Andrews, who was in arrears in a maintenance order in respect to his mother, applied for a variation of the order. In evidence he stated that ho was unemployed, but had paid the amount of the order while he was on relief works at Te 'Anau.—His Worship said it was quite evidefit that the applicant did not want to keep up his payment, but as he was out of work ■ the order would be suspended un the . meantime. George Chooque sought a variation of a maintenance order in respect to his children, and .after evidence had been given the order was suspended until a further application was made to the court, and the arrears were remitted. William Bernard Stanley Agnew, who .also had a maintenance order of 17s 6d a week against him, applied for a variation, and submitted a list of his earnings for the past three, months.— The order was suspended in the meantime. . Charles Henry Gibbs, who had allowed a maintenance order to get into, arrears, was sentenced to a ; month’s imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended provided he pays £lO on. or before May 11 and £ls on or before June 11. Allan Shand, who had failed to keep up the payments under a maintenance order, was sentenced to three months’ • imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended provided he paid £7 on or before May 18, Juno 18, July 18, and ; August 18. Patrick William Fraser was charged with being £22 Is 6d in arrears or a maintenance order to September 9. Mr D. Taylor appeared ior the complainant and Mr G. T. Bayleo for the defendant.—Mr Taylor said there had been no payments since just before ' Christmas, and Mr Baylee stated that he had appeared for the defendant previously, but now did not know where his client was. Ho had been in Auckland, to which Post Office letters had been sent;—The arrears over £25 were remitted and the order fixed at £2 a Week in the meantime. The defendant was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at Auckland, the warrant to be suspended as long as he pays £lO on or before May 18, £l2 on or before June 18, and £l2 on or before July 18, MOTOR CASE. , Frank James Thomas Bradley was charged with, having an unlicensed motor car, and also with having a car without the assigned numbers. In • connection with the same case Royds Motors Ltd. were similarly charged. . Mr C. 0. L. White appeared for Royds, and said that the facts of the esao .against the two defendants were interwoven, Royds statjng that permission was not given to Bradley to remove the car concerned from tho garage or to change the number plates. In evidence it was shown that Bradley had gone to the garage to buy a , new car, trading in his old 1 one. Each of the defendants was fined 40s and costs for permitting an unlicensed car to go out. The ' other charge was withdrawn. In an Irish court a meek little man was charged with assaulting his, wife, a hifl, powerful, woman almost twice his size. “'Are you guilty or not guilty?” asked the magistrate. “ Guilty, sir,” i was the reply. “-Then you will be fined £5 10s,” said the magistrate; “ten shillings Tor the assault and five pounds for bragging.” The brain of a full-grown man is, on an average.' about 50 ounces in weight; that of a woman about 45 ounces. Tho maximum. weight of the healthy brain is about 64- ounces, and the minimum about 31. . .