NAPIER POLICE COURT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 172, 7 July 1919, Page 6

NAPIER POLICE COURT.

MONDAY, JULY 7th

(Before Mr. R. W. Dyer, .S.M.) Drunkenness —One offender was convicted and discharged. Alleged Assault.—Domini Concotta was charged that on July sth, at Port Ahuriri, he did assault Ballone Gavino by attempting to strike him with an iron. On the application of Mr. Dolan tfor defendant) he was remanded for one week, bail being allowed at £25 in accused’s own recognisance and one surety of £5O. ALLEGED THEFT Alan Beasley (Mr. Rogers) pleaded not guilty to a charge ot stealing, on June 13tli. a bicycle, valued at £5, the property of Thomas Anderson. Senior-Sergeant Eales said on the date in question the owner left the bicycle in a passageway near his house, but it disappeared and he subsequently saw accused riding it in town, it having lM»en newly painted. When questioned about he said his brother had given it to him and had also painted it. Evidence to this effect was given l>y T. Anderson, Constable Murray aud A. J. Howard (Avoca House), who saw him painting the bicycle. The defendant, in evidence, said ho was an inmate of a Receiving Home, but was licensed out to a Mr. Burns, Taradale. When he was working at Taradale he met a chum named Jack Smith and he gave him the bicycle which was rusty and chipped. He told accused ho was going to Wellington, but he did not know v.here he was now. He had known this man for a fortnight and always called him brother. Mrs. Burns gave evidence to the .effect that during the last six month* ,in her employment, accused had been

■very good, but prior to that was a litlte ■ . troublesome. A man on the adjoining } 'farm was continuously inducing him to leave until he did run away. They were prepared to take him back. Senior-Sergeant Eales said the Education Department advist d that he must be returned to the Waeroa training farm. Hir Worship considered accused’s J story all moonshine—there was no I

doubt he stole the bic; t ie. He was , convicted and ordered to come up for , sentence when called upon. I | SEQUEL TO MOTOR 'ACCIDENT. ! 1 Kithard Vaugnan uas cliarged that on June 2nd, at .Sapier, i.e u»d cans, ' •i.tuai bixliri cat... 10 une Jomi box I under suc.i cii cuiusuint es mat if tne tiuiiii hail tiled iie uuu.d na.e been ,<n.i.gv'i wieli maii-.a<.gi».ei. ; -Ur. Lusil. instria ted bj Messrs. | .'•aii.siiurv, Logan and Williams ap-Ipea.-etl tor deieiidant, while Mr. Do.an i..at. lied proifenings lor tne parents ot ime injured ent.d. ! S-nior-.reigea.il Eales said that on U.e nato ill qUtniUU uCvUsed Vlas tlilva motor tar, the propeTl.v ol me ii.ii. I'urmers. iie was testing the cat ieia.edi..ie<> i.cforo delivery alter 1 aim <ame >ll utnii i.as.ii.gs, and along ! tie. Manne Parade. l»n-n in-a. tue I new lortnalion endeut e v.ouid siiow Abut ho was ira.eilmg irom iU to uo ' mue.s an hour, ho Hail to pass a tiraj and in order-to do so suerveu to th--ngnt on the loose metal. Two children t.ero on the road i.eiund me drat and they ran to either side. The lad lox 'ran touards tiie iieacb, was caught, up 1 by the motor car nine feet from the •footpath and sent tor a distance of 33 feet in front of the car. Tho car travelled a distance of 50 or 60 vards before it could lie stopped. Herliert .Sidney T. Tiers, draughtsman, produced a plan prepared by him of the locality tn question. (Proceeding.)