NAPIER POLICE COURT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 18, 5 January 1920, Page 6

NAPIER POLICE COURT.

LENGTHY NEW YEAR LIST. Fifteen cases were set down for Iwring at the Napier Polke Court this morning, several of the accused appearing on more than one charge. Mr. R. W. Dyer, S.M., presided. Michael Delaney, alias Dunn and Murphy, pleaded guilty to drunkenmean and breach of prohibition order cm Boxing Day. Mr. Lusk appeared tar accused and asked for leniency, us the man had since been in gaol. j Senior Sergeant Eales stated that t the man had been previously convicted ' since his prohibition and had been or- I dered to come up for sentence w hen' called upon, on the charge wntch was' one of being a rogue and a vagabond. His Worship said tha man had a bar! record and seemed to be playing fast end loose with the court. He convicted and discharged accused on his latest offences and promised him a term of imprisonment worth considering if he appeared again. John Foster pleaded guilty to being drunk for the second time within six months on December 26th and not nuilty to assaulting an inmate of the Park island Home on the same date. Mr. Hay Chapman, of the Ohl People's Home, gave evidence, and after this and other evidence accused was convicted, on both charges. His Worship stated the man had a shocking record. A fine of £1 in default 48 hours’ imprisonment was imposed on the charge of drunkenness, and on the charge of assault he was ordered to undergo imprisonment for one month. ALLEGED THEFT. Norman Bennett, abas George Wat- 1 ■on, pleaded not guilty to stealing i2 pairs of sox, valued at £1 13J-, the property of McGruer’s. The police evidence was to the effect that a plain clothes constable watched accused for a quarter of an hour in I front of the shop, saw him take the! soot and subsequently arrested him. [ ( The sox were identified. Accused was . under the influence of liquor. |< Accused, in evidence, stated be was * in the hotel and was not feeling well . and came out of the hotel into the > yard where he was arrested. Tic j denied going to the shop or taking the , sox. ; t To Senior Sergeant Eales: He had > been fined £5 in Wellington last year.' J Accused was convicted ami sentenced , to imprisonment with hard labour for t one month. z j ] NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS. J David Davis, Arthur Taylor, Wil- ' ham G. A. McKinstry pleaded guilty j to breaking a window at Fort Anuriri i oa January Ist, and Benjamin Eddy > pleaded not guilty, and on a second ' similar charge McKinstry and Eddy , pleaded not guilty and the other two 1 guilty. I; The four pleaded not guilty to/ damaging a weighing machine and com-| pieteiy wrecking it. | Senmr-Sergeant Eales stated the! lads bad been in town on New Year’s' Eve, and had later been arrested at the Port. He would ask for an adjournment for two weeks on the weighing machine charge. The application was granted. I Police evidence was given that Mr Keating's window was broken, and the, four lads, running away, bad passed the police constable, shortly after I which Cohen's window had been, broken. Four meq were in pursuit,' and the constable took control of the. position and arrested the four boys. I After the accused had been heard, Ctmatable Wilton stated that Taylor and Davis were inclined to be lawless. | but he did not know anything against; the other two. Eddy seemed a rather, decent boy. I Senior-Sergeant Eales stated that I there was, as a rule, a lot of damage! done on New Year’s Ere, and it was! diMcuit to connect anyone with it. I His Worship stated that the thing) was fooSsh, lid could not be alleged. I The anting and abetting clause made all of the party equally guilty. The charges against Eddy and Davis were altered to “aiding and abetting.” Witnesses* expenses amounted to £l/10/6, and damages amounted to £2/5/-, and the lads were ordered to! pay these amounts, and, in addition, each was fined £2. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Patrick Kelly pleaded guilty to being j drunk, refusing to quit licensed pre-1 auaea, and using obscene language, all on New Year’s Day. | Senior-Sergeant Eales stated that, the man had taken charge of the Clarendon Hotel bar for over an hour, the police not arriving owing to a mistake in the telephone call. Accused stated that he belonged to Canada, and had been in New Zealand tour months. His Worship stated that he would convict accused and order him to come up for sentence when called upon, in view of the facq that he had been in goal for five days.