POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

■OHARCfE AGAINST DR. ORPI3N. /. A FURTHER REMAND. R; AETHtTi HERBERT ORPEN, of C'oombes' Arcade, Queen-street, who was remanded Jast week on a charge of performing an illegal operation on.or about June 21, again before Mr. 0. C. Kettle at the Police (Court yesterday. • ; Mr. Mays, who appeared on behalf of the Crown, applied for a further remand for a week. The principal witness, he said, was not Sufficiently well to attend, in fact her condition had become worse. , Mr. 0. R- Walker, defendant's counsel, Agreed to the remand and applied for a renewal of the previous bail. ;. The magistrate granted the remand and ©llowed bail as before. HXEGALLY IN POSSESSION OF A ',> TROUT. .- .'A Rotorua photographer, Arthur J. lies, was proceeded against by the Acclimatisation Society for having bad a trout in his possession on May 17. . ; Mr. Cotter defended and Mr. Gillies appeared for the prosecution. : Mr. Gillies, appearing for the society, said from information received they had ascertained that a trout was in the Auckland ;, Freezing Company s works. The close seaBO bad commenced on May 1. They had 1 reason to believe the fish was for stuffing purposes. The society had taken action as ... it was a dangerous thing to allow. They ad- | nutted the trout was caught and jn . the freezer before the close season commenced. Bow-ever, it was an offence to hold fish in ','possession even if lawfully caught. Two days vere allowed for the disposal of fish, . ''Mr. Cotter submitted that there was no case to answer. .Two days were not allowed for the disposal of the fish. If the construe 'tion was put. on the Act that the plaintiffs , put on it, it would be absolutely ridiculous. .';: The magistrate agreed that two days were ■; cot allowed, and called on Mr. Gillies to explain his case. ■;'■;■:: Mr, Gillies referred the magistrate to various regulations referring to the matter. .!•'■!■■ Mr. Cotter contended that the Act never intended to refer to any such thing. If it ■•'did anyone taking a fish home the day the '■ season closed would be liable to be proceed.'ed. against at one minute past twelve that night. If, however, the regulation did intend to reveal the meaning put upon 'it by Mr : Gillies, then he thought the regulations went too far and were ultra vires. He also contended that the prosecutors had not proved ; that the fish was in the defendant's posses. • e'lou. It was not sufficient that it was under ■ iiis control. , : ; i Mr, Cotter called the defendant, who said 3».was vice-president of the Rotorua Gun and Rod Olub. During the five years he had j Jield a license ho had nover put a trout into the freezing works for the purpose of eating : it when the.season wits out. Ho had put one .an the freezer for the purpose of stuffing, as ;ihe had done in the present case, as it-was « 171b trout and the largest he had caught fot three years past. For three or four years ,the had had a stuffed trout in his shop at jßotoma without being proceeded against ' ' The' magistrate reserved his decision.

' ONLY TWO WEEKS OUT OF GAOL. y 'Samuel White, alias Hanson, was charged ftrith a second offence of drunkenness, and , [with being.found by night on the premises ]of the Rev. W. Gillaro. The accused said . be did not remember, anything about it . us he was drunk. Sub-Inspector Black said ,'! the accused had only been, out, of gaol ,two ', "weeks after haying • served . a seiitorroe of s (two years': imprisonment for forgery. ;■ -.. Prisoner asked the Bench for a' 'ohanoe. , f "The' Magistrate said he would give him -.;■; {tola one chance, and convicted and ordered ■him to coine up for sentence when called \upon, A prohibition order was also issued ' against him. ; '-.* - . A THEFT OF BEEF. Frederick Little, a wharf labourer, was ; purged with using . obscene language in Victoria Lane, and with stealing 81b of ;H>eef, .value'4s, the property of Ernest .^Bwann.;' The evidence showed that the :; meat had been taken from the window of, '■ * Swann'a shop: The accused was sentenced' K1t0,14, days', imprisonment on each charge, I-the sentences to run concurrently. MISCELLANEOUS. Richard Grimwood was charged with a third offence of drunkenness, and pleaded guilty. He said be had come to town for j .'clothes,, and had got drunk. The Magistrate: '; You " re fined £], and costs, and a I£ prohibition order is issued against you. for ' one year." The Accused: ' "That will suit ..mo very well." ■ ' > ' Two first offenders, whet were out on bail ; and did not appear "Court, were ordered to forfeit amount of' bail, £1, and another :,'Was fined 5s and -costs. Frank '-Roberts and Alfred W. ,T. Kelly, Second offenders, were fined 10.1 and costs. :' .' Symohd Westla-ke was .fined ■5s and. costs 'for driving a vehicle in Khyber Pass Road after sunset without a light. ' Two prohibited persons, Arthur MoKcowu. and Cornelius Brown, pleaded guilty to I iDein'g 1 found on the licensed prernisos of : \the Newmarket .Hotel during the currency ,of prohibition orders. Mr. J. K. Reed, ;,; Who 'appeared for the accused, asked the ;,Bench to ■ deal lightly with them, as the men on the day in question had obtained good jobs and rather ■ foolishly became .- overjoyed, and attempted to get drink. They did not, however, obtain the liquor, ' »9 the publican knew one oft, them. A fine ": -Oy £1 and cost's was inflicted in each case.