POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 21945, 4 February 1935, Page 12

POLICE COURT

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Two first offenders were fined 10s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. SEQUEL TO HOTEL RAID!?. Mabel Quirk, Thomas Hanley, Jack Hinchcliff, Robert Crawford, William George Lindsay, James Robertson Morris were all charged with, using hotel premises as common gaming houses, Martin Quirk with permitting his premises to be used for such a purpose, and John Joseph Lowery with carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Detective-sergeant Doyle asked for a ' remand until Thursday ■,which, he said, was a suitable day. The charges were adjourned sine die, th* Magistrate intimating that the date could be fixed later. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Francis Edward Pratt (18) pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language at Portobello Senior-sergeant Packer said that this was a rather distressing case, and he would hand the police file to the magistrate to enable His Worship to appreciate the full facts. The trouble originated at Portobello, where for some time past larrikins from the city had created a great deal of trouble with their drinking, fighting, and bad language at dances, in this particular case very bad language was used. Pratt was admitted to probation for six months. He,was forbidden to attend dances. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A man forty-two years of age admitted a charge .of. attempted suicide. The Senior Sergeant stated that the defendant had been drinking heavily for some time, and on Saturday afternoon was rather the worse for liquor. He was depressed, and took some rat poison. Some disagreement had occurred in the house where he stayed.. He iiad to be given an emetic, but did not suffer any ill-elects afterwards. For. the defendant, Mr 0. 6. Stevens said that he was a returned soldier with a war record of over four years’ service, and had never been in any trouble before. He was keeping company with a lady in the house, and this incident occurred after he had had a disagreement with her. Counsel said that it was done more as an attempt to frighten her and win her sympathy than auvthing else. The parties were now going to bo married. Teh defendant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months. The Magistrate warned him to keep away from liquor, and suggested that lie should take out a prohibition order. The name was suppressed.