LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11110, 8 July 1899, Page 5

LAW AND POLICE.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.-Fbidat. j (Before Mr. H. W. Brabant, S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. i Orders were made on judgment summonses j " l the following cases:—Walter Dawson - (Mr. Burton) v. John Stockley! claim £2 9a ( od, ordered to pay within six weeks; J. Uanfield (Mr. Burton) v. Henry Spurling, claim £7 10a 4d, ordered to pay £6 0s 4d within four weeks; Geo. McCaul (Mr. Stewart) v. T. Atkinson, claim £12 15s 6d, ordered to pay within 14 days, with costs ' £2 12s; Wm. Hooker (Mr. Burton) v. E. j Woodhouse, claim £4 18s 6d, ordered to pay within one month. I POLICE COURT NEWS. ! His Worship Mr. T. Hutchison, S.M., sat on the Bench at the Police Court yesterday, and dealt with the following cases: — CHARGE AGAINST a tram conductor. A youth, named Charles Crowhurst, was charged with stealing 6s lljdj the property 1 of the Auckland Tramways Company. The evidence of several witnesses was taken, from which it appeared the accused was engaged as a special conductor for one of the trams running to Potter's Paddock on Saturday last. He was to have received 2s 6d for the afternoon. On concluding his work, however, he did not hand over his bag, as instructed, to the foreman (Mr. Potter), but left it in the office, where it was subsequently found by Mr. Potter, who, on checking the cash and tickets, found a shortage_ of 63 lljd. The accused had not been paid for his work, as he had never called at the Queen-street office to receive his money. His Worship said it was clear that the accused was guilty of a breach of duty in not seeing that his bag was delivered personally to the foreman, but a breach of duty was not proof of theft. The acoused would be discharged. OBSOENE LANGUAGE. David McGurk was convicted of using obscene language in Queen-street, and also of being drunk in a publio place. On the first chargo he was sentenced to seven days' hard labour, and on the latter convicted and discharged. ONE TOO HANI, Samuel A. Nelmes was charged, under the Infants and Infant Life Protection Aot, that being the holder of a license which entitled hint to maintain three infants in his house at Mount Roskill, ho did keep more infants than allowed by the license. Mr. Parr appeared on behalf of the defendant. SubInspector Wilson said the defendant had been keeping four children in his house. His Worship, after hearing the evidence, recorded a conviction and imposed a fine of AOs, with costs 7s, and cancelled the defendant's lioense. as required under the Act.

the SCHOOL attendance act. The following parents were fined for failing to send their children to school the number of times per week as laid down by the Act:— Price, 12s; Wm. White, 10s; Robert Notton, 8s; Thos. R. Cantell, 10s; John Clarke, Bs. Mr.'J. S. Small (truant officer) prosecuted in each case. DRUNKENNESS. John McDermott, for this offence, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' hard labour. Three first-offending inebriates were cautioned and discharged. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Robert Condron was convioted of behaving in a disorderly manner while drunk, and of wilfully damaging property at the police station belonging to the New Zealand Government. A fine of 10s, with an alternative of 48 hours' gaol, was imposed on eaoh charge.