POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 22249, 29 January 1936, Page 9

POLICE COURT

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) FURTHER CHARGES PENDING. Robert Henry Broekio, alias Harry .Roberts, alias Cross, pleaded not guilty to a charge that on August (1 last, he obtained, with intent to defraud, the sum of £3 3s from Hugh Morrison by falsely representing that ho had authority'to publish the photographs of the All Black football teams of 1905, 1924, and 1935, and a souvenir booklet, containing an advertisement by Morrison. When Chief-detective Young applied for a week’s remand, accused asked for bail. Mr Young said that at least six other charges would be preferred against the accused. The Police had been looking for him for some time, and he was only recently arrested in Christchurch and brought under escort to Dunedin. The remand was granted, bail being fixed in self £SO and one surety of £SO, accused to report daily to the police. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CHARGE. “ Somebody is putting it up against mo, but I cannot do anything else but plead guilty,” said a middle-aged man when charged with attempting to commit suicide. A plea of not guilty was entered. Sergeant Forsyth said that about 7.45 pun. yesterday accused, who was separated from his family, we Jit ,to his wife’s residence and was allowed inside to see the children. When the wife refused to consent to a reconciliation, accused rushed out to the kitchen, and l threatened to cut his throat with a table knife. His wife, who was terrified, took the knife from him and left the house with the children. When in Carroll street, the man took out a pen-knife, made a wound in hi? throat, and threatened to commit suicide. The man, who was subject to fits, had threatened to commit murder, and his wife was terrified of him. Accused, publication of whose name was suppressed, was remanded for seven days for medical observation. SHOP HOURS NOT OBSERVED. Alexander Smith Falconer, Vivian Simon Jacobs, G. Moody and Co., and Walter Corbett pleaded guilty to failing to close their tobacconist shops at the proper hour. Mr El J. Rawlinson appeared for Corbett, and Mr I, B. Stevenson for the other defendants. Mr G. H. Lightfoot. officer in charge of the Labour Department, said that on Friday, December 20, the four defendants kept their shops open after 9.15 p.m., the closing hour for that week. Moody and Jacobs kept open till 11, Corbett till 10.15. and Falconer till 10.30. The defendants were usually very good in observing the closing hours, and the offences wero_ due to carelessness in not ascertaining the hours for the week. An assurance that thei'e would he no repetition of the breaches was given by counsel. “ No doubt it was a matter of inadvertence, but the defendants had the advantage of keepiii" open while other shops were closed.” said the Magistrate in fining each defendant 20s and costs.