LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8812, 27 February 1892, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

R.M. COURT.— [Before Mr. H. Eyre-Kenny, R.M.] Judgment Summonses — The following . cases were dealt with :—A. and G. Brook J v. T. B. Shepherd : Claim £25 3s. Defendant did nob appear, and was ordered to pay immediately tho balance due, which, J with costs, amounted to £21 3s, or in dafault, twenty-one days' imprisonment; the ' order to be suspended so long as defendant ' continued to pay instalments of £5 per month. James Rae v. J. A. Maitland : Claim £14. Defendant was put into tho > box and examined as to his means, and His Worship declined to make an order. POLICE COURT.— Friday. [Before Messrs. S. Y. Collins and W. McCullough, J.P's.] Drunkenness. — One woman, a first offenders, was fined 5s and costs, or in default, twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Matthew Dean was fined 10s and costs, with the option of forty-eight hours hard labour. A Troublesome Old Man.Samuel Taylor, on remand, was charged with having, on the 23nl February, assaulted Thomas Hurrell by striking him on the face with his clenched fist; also, with having, on the 21st February, used provoking languaee towards Henry Waite, saying "I have been trained by Mace. I have oome for your daughter to go out for a walk with me." Complainant asked that defendant be bound over to keep the peaco. In respect to the first case, Thomas Hurrell deposed that ho was employed at the United Service Hotel. On the day in question defendant took the decanter from the private bar and proceeded to pour the water into an old tin. Witness went round to stop him, whereupon the defendant threw the water over him. Witness then put him out, but as he did so defendant struck him on the face. Claude H. Forgie and Thomas Cole also gave evidence. Mr. Matthews, who appeared for the defendant, urged that the assault was of a very trivial nature. The defendant was fined 5s and costs, or, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment. The second charge was then proceeded with. Henry Waito deposed that defendant was a continual annoyance to him and his family. His wife was in terror of him. Witness wished to have defendant. bound over to keep the peaco. Emily Waite deposed tho defendant chased her almost every time she went out. Defendant was bound over to keep the peaco for three months—hitnsolf in £20, and one surety of £20. Alleged Indecent Assault.—Joseph Thomas Squire was charged with having, on the 24th February, at Auckland, indecently assaulted Annie Squiro. Inspector Broham asked that the case might bo adjourned for one week. Mr. Devore appeared for tho defendant, and asked that bail might bo allowed. Ho said that, although the charge seemed very formidable in the form in which it was laid, it was not really so formidable or serious as it appeared to be. Bail was allowed—defendant in £50, and two sureties of £25 each. Allkukii Robbery with Violence. — Francis Small was charged with having, on the 20th December last, feloniously and violently assaulted William Foster, and with having stolen from his person the sum of £11 in money. On the application of Inspector Broham, tho caso was adjourned until Monday next. Disorderly Conduct. —Alfred Woollams, Jamee Mcllhone, and Alfred Rhodes, on remand, were charged with having, on the (it.h February, been guilty of insulting behaviour, by kicking at doors, ringing bells, and violently forcing open the door of the Imperial Hotel after the same hud been closed, whereby a breach of tho peace whs occasioned. Mr. T. Cotter appeared for tho complainant and Mr. E. Cooper for the defendants. Thomas C. Urquhart, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, deposed that on the evening of Saturday last, after eleven o'clock, he heard the bell ring ; he also heard the door being banged. After ringing up the police he came down with two sticks, giving ono to the porter and keeping one himself. Ho told the porter to open the door, and the two of them drove the defendants away. After the door hail been again shut the conduct was repeated. By Mr. Cooper : He was not sure which of the defendants he struck with the stick, but he struck one of them. Mcllhone called for the police wh«n witness pushed him into the gutter. The defendants did not appear to be drunk. Frederic Baker, night porter, deposed that when the defendants came to the door they said that they wero dead. Then he heard one say li Mine's a brandy," ami another " Mine's a long beer." He replied that they could not have any drinks, as it was after hours. The defendants re plied that they must have drink, and then burst open the door. When the police arrived Woollams and Mcllhone said they wanted a bed. Ho recognised Woollams' voice, but did not recognise Mcllhone's, although ho believed that Mcllhone had a peculiar voice, being a good " burracker" on the football field. Joseph Lloyd deposed that he was a boarder at the Imperial Hotel. On the evening in question lie heard a great disturbance outside tho door. He thought the door would be burst, in. Constable Maconochie deposed that he was brought to the Imperial Hotel by cries of "police." About twenty people had gathered round iho door. He saw Mcllhono and Woollams. Both of them wero eobor. and told him that they had asked for a bed and wero refused. Mcllhono told him the police were wanted. Urquhart, however, said they came for liquor. Mcllhone lived in Nelson-street, and Woollams in Symond - straot. George Moler, caretaker at the Post Office, deposed that he was aroused by a thumping at the door of the Imperial Hotel, followed by a filing. He heard the name of Woollams called out, and also cries of " Police." Harry Lee deposed that ho heard Mcllhone demand drinks, and saw him kick the door. Me heard Woollams toll Mcllhono not to kick the door, but to call for the police. With regard to witness' evidence Mcllhono had said to him, " ike it as easy as you can for me, and I will do you a good turn again." Mr. Cooper contended that Rhodes had nob been identified as taking any part in the proceedings. Alfred Woollams deposed tiiat he was invited to go and have a drink at the Imperial by Rhodes, bub independently of that he intended to go there forabed. They rang the bell four times, when, after the last ring, the door suddenly opened and Urquhart and another rushed out and struck them several times with sticks. There might have been some kicking at the door after the assault. W itnoss called for tho police, and he believed that his companions called for the police also. Had not witness warded off tho blows with his umbrella he would have been seriously hurt. He was quite certain than it was Urquhart that struck him. When in Auckland he almost invariably slept at homo. Mcllhone gave evidence similar to that given by the previous witness. Rhodes deposed that he was slightly acquainted with Mcllhone, by whom he was introduced to Woollams. He left the Imperial and went home immediately after Urquhart came out. Samuel Given also gave evidence. In connection with the above caso Urquhart was charged with having assaulted Alfred Woollams. The evidence was tho same for both oases. The Bench decided that in the assault caso Urquhart was justified in what he did, and dismissed tho case. The Bench considered the other charge proved. Mcllhone was fined £3 and costs, and Woollams and Rhodes were each finod 40s and costs. At a meeting of the East Tamaki School Committee, all the members being present, Mr. Alfred R. Harris in the chair, it was resolved to vote, at tho election of three members of the Board of Education, for Miss Edger, Sir Maurice O'Rorke, and Mr. S. Luke. Mr. J. L. Kelly was proposed, but the motion lapsed for want of a seconder. The Otahuhu School Committee have voted for Miss Edger, Sir Maurice O'Rorke, and Mr. S. Luke to have seats on the Board of Education. The Wark worth School Committee, at the last meeting, nominated Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Miss Edger, and Mr. Samuel Luke as members of the Board to represent their school district. We learn that W. F. Allen and F. A. Mason, two of the candidates who passed , the recent Junior Civil Service examination, i were pupils at St. John's College School, 1 Tamaki. Cadbury's Cocoa. —" A Cocoa, of the highest degree of Purity and Nutritive value. ' — l Health. 1 ! The Medical Annual advises practitioners ! i to remember that when recommending Cocoa . | es a food and beverage for invalids, the nauu , I Caubory on any packet of Cocoa is a guaranj tee of purity.