LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11372, 15 May 1900, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

' pOLIOB.COURT NEWS, it Bbabant, S.M., presided at the Sfc S-pJL yesterday. <**■.. •'' P° llce ,«;«/• For this offence Chas. CampH I I Drn j t^7e Dismore, alias Williams, were ~; '. beH.T'nJa hours'in default, and Andrew >■ , fined 55,0 rharles E. Chase, 10s, or 48 hours. MISS an old-offender, was tenEf **j tol* days' hard labour, and at ac ' H ' lcnCC i «i,uest a prohibition order was ' CU id a^» st V?- "» tfSntaii Behaviour: A young woman • ' , <i Can alias Plorrie, Matheson, who '■ i ' Danie id ornamented with a lovely black I - Pleaded not guilty to a _ charge of boi $'■ pin a riotous manner in I ort-street. -i ~ ; Jirtdence showed that the lady had been ! Tw evw in a pugilistic encounter with a ■ e . nga i g » who had evaded the police. Accused ■'■ - ' p relegated to Mount Eden for a month's '"w.ikine Without a License: An Assyrian ■'■ ; ii bov named Joseph Francis, 14 years * ;: ' tie was charged with hawking at Devon- :•: -° t mthout having obtained a license to do •'• P ° &uL inspector Wilson said the boy was :-'•' ■■"■"'•■nlored by a fancy goods dealer named '■■'■' ffZah and had-gone to Devonporttc hawk • j: " '2 iii the street. In reply to a question M r:iir. the Court, the boy said he had gone to '*' 'Ti nnort on his osn account, and was not % - by his employer. His Worship said if :U ■■ S" as the case, the employer could not bo •'■■ ! " ''■'-'■ mi and he thought a strong caution would V ; :-;.:/-"""J. the case, on receipt of which the ' [J,'exclaimed emphatically, "Mo no moro „ North Shore." Breaking a Window: A respectable-look - ■ ■ ,W man named Harry Poulsin pleaded guilty • ib breaking a window in a railway carnage ''■'■■ ' in the Aucklnnd-Onehunga line. Sub-in- "' H - clor Wilson said the accused arrived at ' Auckland in the train in an intoxicated state, '•'- '■ f„d the window, which was found broken, : : was pointed out as having been broken by ■--■ '.'accused. His Worship said the offence was >- : : .serious one, but as the costs were heavy, ■■ ■'■ «nd the defendant regretted his action, ho '"[ - ;■; would only inflict a nominal penalty. AcS cused was fined Is and costs, and ordered to -J nay 6s, the cost of the window, or, in default, ; j ".' [month's imprisonment. The costs amounted ■"< ■to£3 6 s 6d, and a month was allowed within ; which to pay. ~,.,,, .„., -Factories Act: Archibald Wallace was charged, on the information of 11. Ferguson, inspector of factories, with neglecting to keep '! : : hjs workroom in a cleanly state, and free - from effluvia arising from a nuisance in his '"backyard. The inspector said he visited tho ■" i ': defendant's bakery in Parnell, and found a '"■■■ 'i stable in the corner of the yard, near tho ' /: bakehouse, without any drainage. There W as also a fowlhouse erected against the ' j bakehouse, and a pile of stable manuro in : I another corner of the yard, and some of this, ''-! mixed with fowl feed and refuse, was scat- '.■\ tered over the yard, a foul smell arising •'< therefrom. Witness cautioned the defend■A '-.:, ant an on visiting tho premises again at a '■'■- later period, found little or no improvement J had been made. On a former visit he had ''.'-j ; found an old man sleeping on the bench, : where, he presumed, the bread was mixed. ; Constable Hutchison corroborated this evi- '. fee. Defendant- said tho place had since ■■• bsenput in order, and he was about to mako ¥' i certain improvements. His Worship said, h ' under the circumstances, he would not inli :'■■' flict a heavy penalty, and imposed a fine of I ** £1, and costs 9s. M The Sanitary Crusade; A number of cases i\ were brought by the sanitary inspector (Mr. If T. C. Turner) against persons neglecting to - clean their premises. Geo. Rhodes was ' : charged with neglecting to clean his yard in 1 '- Custom-street. Mr. Parr pleaded guilty on j • defendant's behalf, and said the nuisance bad I V; been abated on receipt of a notice to do so. ! ! 'A fine of £1 and costs was imposed. Jno. B. '■:White pleaded not guilty to a similar charge, ' : in respect of premises in Wyndham-street, '■■': and was represented by Mr. Mahony. Con- : stable Butler said the nuisance arose from a ■ urinal overflowing in the yard, from which j there was a disgusting smoll. Defendant 'denied this, but His Worship considered tho '-charge proved, and inflicted a fine of £2, j and costs 9s. Henry Phillips, for neglecting | -to clean his yard ip Swanson-street, was ■■' . fined £1, and costs lis, Mr. Mahony plead- :! : ing guilty on his behalf. In tho case of "■■•' Robert Henry Wynyard, charged with neglecting to clean his yard in Albert-street, His j ■ -Worship said the evidence disclosed that the / ' yard was untidy, but the smell was caused -by chemicals only, and he did not think there .was an offence under the by-law, and the caso must be dismissed. Mr. Purcjias appeared •: for defendant. Arthur Jones was charged £ ; frith throwing rubbish on New-street, and pleaded guilty through Mr. Colbeck. A fino i ;'of ss,and costs was, imposed. Kenneth Morri--1 : ton, a carter employed by Mr. Cunningham, : Vi pleaded not guilty to casting offensive matter Von Beach Road. Mr. Turner said the de- . ■•'•:. fendant placed two cartloads of rotten ;• : .. oranges on a vacant allotment in Beach 1 5 Road. Defendant said ho was authorised to .{ '.'"■: do so by a permit from the owner of the ; | "'-.allotment. An, adjournment was granted till :) ,■ to-day,;to enable defendant to produce i ■;' further evidence. In the caso of R. 0. Mov Caffery, of having offensive matter on his ! premises in Union-street, the evidence showed that the nuisance was caused by a ;. pack of oysters, and these had been removed, after remaining on the premises a couple of days. '. The information was dismissed. | Henry Kneebone pleaded not guilty to hav- ' ing a dirty fowlyard in Symonds-street. Mr. v Baxter appeared for defendant. Constable .: Hinfon deposed to defendant keeping 16 :v fowls in a small, confined space, and that the \ effluvia from the excrement lying about was '• ■;• itrong, Defendant/lenicd that there was any smell, and called some of his neighbours to ' testify as to this being the case. In answer '. ' '■■, to His Worship, Constable Ilinton said ho ; »as not deceived by the wetness of the clay -on which ho inspected the yard. His Worship said he must come to the conclusion • that the yard was not sufficiently clean .on the day of inspection, and fined defendant £1, and costs 9s. Joseph A. Jones, who said that . he had cleaned his premises, and laid down ' .'carbolic acid and " bubonic" rat poison, was |; fined £2, and costs' the evidence showing .'.-'.that the yard was still in an insanitary state. : A similar charge against the Northern Boot ; and Shoe Company was denied, it being ; ': •tattid that Constable Harvey bad inspected ' a? yard, and had expressed his satisfac- : tion at the state of same, the only | '■: Jnisance being some leather clippings, which "ad since been removed. This caso was disMseid. Robt. Henry Keenan, sen., pleaded not guilty to having his premises in Lower kelson-street in an insanitary state. Mr. -McGregor appeared for defendant, and said the iinisaneo complained of was some manure ; ' -Outside defendant's stable, which was carted . ; fray weekly. He denied that there was any jnell from it. Defendant was convicted, and »ned £3, and costs lis. The following per- ,- JOns admitted charges of neglecting to clean j 6 ' 1, premises, and were fined as follows:— r Albert Halverson, Chapel-street, £1, and costs 9s; Rhoda Leigh, Albert-street, £1, a »d costs 9s.

Charge of Using Obscene Language: A Ba « named James McFetridgo, who appeared in Court on crutches, was chareed *"h using obscene language in a public P'We, within the bearing of passers by. AcCU3(; d pleaded not guilty, and was renreNed by Mr. Palmer. From tho evidence it 'PPeared that the language was u=ed on - P n J 18 last, on an occasion when the ac- ? Used assaulted a woman, for which offence oe had been bound over to keep tho peace, 'w?-" 'esses deposed to accused using mj language within the hearing of the neighbours. Mr. Calmer submitted for tho ?, el J nc «.that it was for the police to prove '",«the lane in which the language was used j*. s a public place, and as a further "1 8n ", that the language, stated by tho witnesses to have been used by tho accused S??.Wd from that in the information. His tin " P Sai(l no woulc ' consic,cr tlm o,, i ec ' ted 8 ? l ° the lone not being a public place, , a give his decision this morning.

,ij'DARGAVILLE POLICE COURT. ».f, { ' he « avil,f ' Police Court, on May 9, £? Brown, and Rebecca Brown, his wife, W ged with having use( l insulting mm to Thomas Wells, and the latter • 'Ynargcd with having addressed insultKfflF^r 89 to Mrs ' Brown ' on tno Avoca t},. (i, llr - McLeod appeared for -Wells in BiiH ocases - The evidence was unfit for ™ ication. After » protracted bearing, tho the ff ogainst Wells wns dismissed, whilo Coil.T nß werG convicted and fined 5s and .;. ilB >ch, tho whole amounting to £5 3s.