LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11954, 1 May 1902, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

'. " \ ' POLICE COURT NEWS. * HUTCHISON, S.M., presided at the T yesterday, and the hoe pro- - Wfii M«» conducted by Sub-Insjeetor : .<h^l; a „ n eS s- For this offence .first- • ■ D Tr< wereconvicted and discharged, and BSffcffi was «ned 10s, or m default W*™ j iiviorisonnient. , , . < 8 ?° U n. SSmiage : Kenneth Boyd admitObscene **"* * ( , ring obscene language te d being street. Accused was convicted *S3SSEJgeor the drunkenness, and W.%. or in default seven days hard 1 Mtf ;*»» the language A prohibition order - ;llfc0 '« *5 Slinrt the accused by. consent. « W - 1 1"rlj- Robert Collier, alias Wilson, '' D -'f fftheft of a Pair of hoot,, valued Bff£?6d-the proper!} of Thomas Sadgrove. -"i-•nfltectivo draco said he was not pre--O%A to offer any evidence, end the accused ■'Hfe wfufam Cochrane, alius Williams, • IS* mail, remanded for sentence from Siffi S having pleaded guilty to the • M. "ft of Dijrcon baskets and to escaping from |S?U custody, and'who was dealt with at it Suorcmc "Court on Monday on another IS was again placed in the dock, and reffiV sentence of three months' imprisonfit on each of five charges of theft, and Sareed on the charge of escaping from !«'odv sentences to he concurrent. v . Br-laws: William Hooker was fined 5a 6i causing an obstruction on the footpath IS Symonds-street. by allowing goods to rer'sin thereon. Frederick Smith was fined £*kdd costs 12s. ler allowing his horse to wander in Farnell. ami an elderly mail named John Henry Watson was fined 5s for hawking 'n the borough ot Devonport without a li- '■'-. Discharged: Richard Green, alias Albert Gwen, pleaded not guilty to ,i charge of as(ting John Sullivan at Henderson. Sub Inspector Mitchell said the prosecution wis « private one, and that the prosecutor was not i" attendance. He believed that there were two brothers concerned in the assault. »nd there was some difficulty in finding the other one. He asked that a remand be gfinftd and accused liberated on his own recognisance. His Worship discharged die cusedfollowing case was tried before Mr H. \V. Brabant. S.M.: — • An Undesirable Character: John O'Connor, the young mau who was convicted on Tuesday of using indecent language in Wel-lesley-x'treet, assaulting Lansdel Atkins, and dkOißging a hansom cab, was brought up for r •ntenoe. Sub-Inspector Mitchell told the Court that the police report was unfavourable in this case. Accused had been well known to the police for the past three or four yeurs, and had been convicted of theft. Ho frequented racecourses, and was known to ' the.police M a pickpocket. Detective Kennedy was called and corroborated this. He aid Accused had been working lately, but If it night associated with a gang ot criminals. »ho roamed about the city assaulting and | annoying people. Mr. Brabant said that •" ; '■ accused's character was a very bad one, and fcg could not see his way to grant the option •o; »fine, as asked. A sentence of one ; month's hard labom on each of the charges of assault and obscene language was im- ? posed, sentences to run consecutively, and for dunnging ths cab he was fined s=; and ordered to pay the cost, 10s or in default undergo an additional 14 days' imprison- , i ment.