LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9494, 25 April 1894, Page 6

LAW AND POLICE.

POLICE COURT.— Tuesday. IBetere Mr. E. S. Bush, S.M.] Drunkenness.—Henry Hawkes, for being drunk, was fined 10s, or, in default, 48 hours' imprisonment, and one first offender was discharged with a caution. ; :, * Larceny.William John McGowan was charged with the larceny of, mackintosh, the, property of William De Benzie' Turner, valued at £2. on the 18th inst. The case was remanded till next day. ■■•:■'"> - <V Breaking and Entering.—Alex. Campbell and Henry George Edward Meyer were charged that on the 17th April, at Riverhead, they feloniously broke into the dwellinghouse of William O'Neil and stole the sum of £2 Ids, the property of the said William O'Neil. On the application of Sergeant Gamble the case was remanded until the 2nd of May. Larceny on Shipboard.— Brodklin was charged with feloniously entering the hold of the barque Lottie Moore and broaching cargo, stealing two pairs of pants and other property, valued at £9. Sergeant fjfamble applied for a remand, and the case was allowed to stand over till next day. There were similar charges preferred against John Glover and John Gallagher, and these were also remanded. Forging and Uttering. — Wm. John Paine was charged that on the 12th September, 1893, at Auckland, he feloniously and fraudulently did forge the name of P. Dufaur, to an endorsement to a promissory note for £25, and with uttering the same, knowing it to be forged. The case was adjourned to the 7th of May. Alleged Careless Driving. — William Piatt was eharged that on the 7th April, at Newmarket, he being then the driver of a brake on Manukau Road, Newmarket, did injure a horse by negligent driving, contrary to By-law No. 1, Borough of Newmarket. Sergeant Gamble prosecuted, and Mr. Mahony appeared for the defence. He was further charged with passing a vehicle going in the same direction, and that he did not pass it on the right or off side. There was a further charge of furious driving, and also that he being driver of a public vehicle for the conveyance of passengers did endanger the safety of a passenger. The case arose out of a collision between a five horsw brake driven by the defendant and a tramcar on returning from Potter's Paddock on the 7th instant, after a raee meeting. The defendant was passing the car near the Newmarket Hotel, and the evidence showed that the break struck the tram and knocked the horses off the track, injuring one of the horses, and knocking down Alfred Olney, conductor of the tramcar. Herbert Smith, driver of the tramcar, Alfred Olney, conductor, and William Henry Knock, licensee of the Royal Mail Hotel, who was a passenger on the tramcar, gave evidence in support of the charges. Frederick Court, who observed the collision, said the driver of the break had plenty of room to pass the oar without running into it. He considered both were driving furiously, racing each other. Mr. E. .D. Halstead, veterinary surgeon, gave evidence as to finding a wound on the mare's pastern, when he went to examine her at the Tramway Company's stables, on Sunday morning, the Bth instant. Constable Lamb produced the by-law of the Newmarket borough, and gave evidence as to a statement made to him by the defendant, to the effect that a cart had pulled up at the water-trough at the Newmarket Hotel, and in trying to pass the cart he ran into the tram-car. Frank Harris, who was a passenger in the break, said, so far as he saw, there was nothing to prevent the break going right on without touching the tram-car. William Henry Phillips and a number of other witnesses were examined. After hearing the evidence of the defendant and a number of witnesses, His Worship considered the charge of furious driving was proved, and imposed a fine of 40s and costs. All the other charges were dismissed. Destitute Persons Act.— Clune was charged that on the 24th September, he was adjudged to pay 5s a-week towards the support of George Clune, and was now in arrears for the sum of £9 17s. Defendant appeared, and pleaded poverty. His Worship granted an adjournment for a fortnight, to afford defendant an opportunity of paying something.