LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12697, 27 October 1904, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

:v ; POLICE COURT NEWS. ? tifi'C 0. Kettle, S.M., presided over yester- .: £3, sittiu? of tlie Police Court. Drunkenness: Tuesday must evidently have ' JL'a "thirsty day," as no less than thir;rVjj offenders for drunkenness were brought • forward yesterday. Nine of these, who were. ■ Lit offenders, were allowed to go on pavrtflHt° 5s each, and costs. Dennis Downey ~j Mary Friend pleaded guilty to third offu# "Well," said Mr. kettle, addressing ♦ho latter, who was attractively dressed, and who said sho was a. married woman, " How Tooni a prohibition order?" "No, I won't Mvoit " replied Mrs. Friend defiantly. "Oh, iS youf said the ujftgirtrale. " Wril, 1 ■will make one. Ho did so. and ordered her come up for .wiitone© when called upon. 1 Downey, who was fined £1 and. costs was *lso made the subject of a prohibition order. 'tames Kelly, for a second offence, was fined jOs and costs, and Henry Gallagher was mulcted in double that amount, for being drunk while in charge of a horse in Mamtkau hmia Remanded: Manuel Paul, remanded some time ago upon a charge of vagrancy, in I that he had insufficient lawful means of support, reappeared before the magistrate. Chief-Detective Marsack said that although the mail had been medically treated, still he thought it best on account of his demeanour to have him medically examined. He suggested that the magistrate should order him >"to medically examined, and if the accused was deemed to be insane he would then with. ,lr»«f the charge. Mr. Kettle accordingly made an order, and the man was remanded. , Ob the Wrong Side: The city traffic inspector. Mr. T. C. Turner, prosecuted a number of carters for driving their vehicle; along the . wrong side of the road. " I have received numerous complaints sjdxnit people driving on the wrong side of the street," said Mr. Turner, while explaining the. facts in one caK-, "and. especially in regard to Hobsonstreet." Fines were imposed as follows: — Patrick Barry. James Lang, and Edward Wilson, 5s each without costs: and Albert White, George Shakelford, James S. Kemp, Raivatore Trepani, Olaf Patterson, Howard Hollow, and" Samuel Compton, 5s each, with co?ts. Dogs: For failing to register their dogs, wafer the city by-laws. (J. Roach was fined 2s M and costs, Canton Sullivan 10s and fosts, A. 1.. Richards 5s and costs,* Thomas "Hyatt 10s and costs, and Alfred Cotter IDs :. and costs.