LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12853, 29 April 1905, Page 7

LAW AND POLICE.

MAGISTRATE' 60URT. Mr. S. K. McCarthy, priding over yesterday's sitting of the Magikte's Court, gave judgment lor plaintiffs h the following eases : —Bailey and BolKl v. .J. A. Hawkins. £31 16s 6d, forthw, in. default two weeks' imprisonment; jLeod Brothers v. Harry Preston, £4- ss, fthwith, in default 11 days; Dick and Cowl v. A. Granfield, £1 lis, forthwith, inrfault seven days; Joseph Thomas v. E. ). Page, £17 19s 6d, forthwith, or six wiles' imprisonment; Annie M. Robinson vp. M. Page, £5 10s, or 14- days; WilltamAlonaghau v. James Laitli, £6 7s 6d. by inssnents, 2* 6d * week ; \V. Vaufc v John NiqJlsoii, £3 Is, or seven days. J

( .. POLICE 017 RT NEWS. Yesterday's sittit of the Police Court was held - before. Mr. U\V. Dyer, S.M. Drunkenness: mo previous offender was fined 10s and cor. A Woman in trouble : Christina Stewart pleaded guilty ten third offence of drunkenness, and not gijfy *° using obscene augunge in Newtoisltoad 011 Thursday, constable Kong said t saw accused standing m a doorway with j young num. in Newton Road, shortly afM eleven o'clock on Thursday .evening. St<Vart said she did not remember the. bad Ijiguage. For drunkenness she wa liuec£3, in default 14 days imprisonment, andfor obscene language she was sent to gaol £r seven days.

Remanded: Frederick Robert Fuller, on the application of Inspector Black, was remaided till Tuesday, on a charge of stealing ■1 copper suction pump, value £4, the property of the Northern Roller Milling Co 111 paty. ' By-law Cases: Jert. Madden was fined 10s and costs for allowing life horse to stwnd 011 the. footpath in lyown-street, Pohsottby, 011 April 12. Riehajd Fatqiihar, for allowing his horse to stando> the footpath in Norfolkstreet, I'onsC'obyi was convicted and discharged. '■ . , A Neglectful Rider: A butcher's boy, Allen M:iJ!v\hgiito\>', Was charged with negligently riding a horse along Ponsonby Road on .April 2. Sup-Inspector Black said the defendant was riding a horse furiously at h»lf-pasc eight 011 the date in question. lie knocked a boy down, but did not stop to pick him up. Several witnesses corroborated the sub-inspector's statement. The defendant said the lx>y lie knocked down tan against. his horse, and if he had not done that he would have gone under the wheel of a carl that was passing; The magistrate, after telling the defendant, ho was liable to a fine of £30, fined him £2, and costs £2 10s 6d, or in default 14 days' imprisonment. A fortnight was allowed in which to pay the fine.

A First Offender: Archibald Mcßae pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and of using obscene language in Queen-street on Thursday. Mr. Skelton, who appeared for the accused, said he was an A.B. on, the steamer Navua, atld had borne an excellent character. Sub-Inspector Black said the accused had gone up to a constable at five o'clock or. tho night in question, and asked hirr- to arreet a man who had insulted him, and because the constable would not do so, the accused used very bad language, aud was arrested himself. Messrs. H. D. Young and J. Knee fa (secretary of the Seamen's Union) gave the accused an excellent character, and said he was a first-class seaman. I'ho magistrate fined him 5s and costs for drunkenness, and on the charge of-using bad language a fin® of £2, in default i"4 day»' imprisonment was inflicted. Disorderly: Mary Lewis, a middle-aged woman, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct while drunk. The accused's record was a bad one, but she had not been charged with drunkenness for six months. A fine of 17s and costs was inflicted. On the Wrong Side: Harry Chapman, prosecuted by Mr. Turner, ciiv traffic inspector, was fiiied 20s and costs for driving on the wrong side of Wellesley-street. Unregistered Dogs: Herbert K. Croft, George Warnan, and Ernest Hughes were each fined 10s and costs for failing to register their dogs. An Ex-car Conductor: Charles Radge, an ex-conductor on the trams, pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language in a tramcar oil the 3rd. The facts, as- given ■by Sub-Inspector Black, were that the defendant persisted in smoking in a tramcar, and when requested to stop by the conductor used bad language. He was fined £5, and costs £1 19s, in default one month's imprisonment.' No time was allowed in which to pay the fine.. .. ' Alleged Assault: An elderly man, George Proud, was charged with assaulting Catherine Short on April 12. Mr. Baume appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. , Mr. Brookfield appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutrix, Mrs. Short, said she was staying with a Mrs. Cash for a while. She then left, and on going one day to get her goods Mrs. Cash refused to, deliver them. On receiving a notice from Mrs. Cash's solicitor, she went again. While she was in a bedroom, stooping over her box, Mr. IProud pulled her around bv the arm, and said she could not take them until she signed a paper. A few minutes later, when she was going out of the bedroom, the defendant pushed her by the chest backwards. In answer to Mr. Baume, the witness said she still owed Mrs. Cash six weeks' board. She had refused to sign the letter, because she did not understand it. The complainant's little daughter corroborated her mother's evidence as to the actual assault. Frederick William Harris said on the date in question his sister, the complainant, came to him, and complained that Proud had assaulted her. She had marks on her arm and chest. The defendant, George Proud, foundry proprietor, denied the assault, and also said the complainant's little daughter was not in the same room as her mother. He did. however, tell her she could not take the things until she signed the receipt for the clothes. In answer to Mr. Brookfield, the witness said the little girl must have been lying, for she was not in the room. John W. Proud, son of the former witness, gave evidence to the el feci: that Mrs. Short's daughter was not in the house, for lie saw them outside. 11l answer to Mr. Brookfield, the witness oould not definitely say how long his father had been at the house before he saw the children. The magistrate at- this stage said he could not convict, and the ease was accordingly dismissed, without costs.