POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13491, 18 May 1907, Page 9

POLICE COURT NEWS.

i. - ■«» — ALLEGED ASSAULT IN A HOTEL. ' Ax the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. *'R W. Dyer, S.M., a man named John Kenneth Cameron' was charged with assaulting Lucy Crocker ana Flora Freeman so as to cause them actual bodily ■ harm. Chief-Detective Marsaek , prose--1 cuted, and Mr. W. E. Hackett defended. Lucy Crocker, sister-in-law of the licensee of the Wynyard Arms Hotel, said that on the night of May 5 accused engaged a !' room at the hotel. He went away and returned at ten p.m. About midnight witness heard a. noise coming from the direction of Cameron's bedroom. She lit a candle and in company with her sister (Mrs. s Freeman) proceeded to accused's room. The door was open, and Cameron was ly- ' . ing on his bed fully dressed. Witness asked accused, to stop making the noise and he jumped up and said, "Who are - you?" ' With that,;he immediately rushed ■' . "at witness and punched her severely in the ''■ yes and face, knocking her and the candle I; to the floor. He then' kicked witness and '!■•-'' her sister came to her assistance. Cameron -. afterwards turned on Mrs. Freeman, and I , ' assaulted her. Witness sustained a cut !;,; over the left eye, two black eyes, and f " other injuries. . '" i To Mr. Hackett: There was no reason I ■ why accused should assault her. She could ' not soy whether Cameron t was asleep or -i* not. Accused said, "Who arc you?" and i. " immediately struck' her. She did not 'think that Cameron intended [to ■• assault Flora Freeman, wife of tins licensee of • the hotel, who accompanied the last witness to accused's- room, gave similar evidence. She also said that Cameron.inflicted injuries to'her mouth and body.v' ; . ■i Dr. King, who examined Mrs. Freeman and Miss Crocker, soon after' the alleged assault, gave evidence as to ! the injuries sustained by them. He also said that the women we.ru confined to their beds for several days. :■•■• . ■ ■' ;-■■" ■ : • Frederick Freeman, licensee of the hotel in question, said that in response to a call from his wife on the night of May 5 he, -■■ went into accused's bedroom and caught hold of him by the collar. Witness; asked .'' Cameron what was* the matter, and he ' said that someone had been. his room.' i : Detective A. Shine, who arrested Cameron shortly after the alleged assault, said that accused told him that two women and a man came into his room, and he thought that they were going to rob him. That was the reason he struck out. Cameron was dazed, and ho appeared to be drunk: On the following day accused told witness thai he could not remember what had happened on the previous day. ; J This dosed the case for the prosecution. When formally charged accused pleaded not gudtv, and was committed to Ho Supreme Court for trial. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £50 each. ROBBING ORCHARDS. Eight boys, whose ages ranged from 16 :■ to 18, pleaded guilty to a series of charges .of stealing fruit and damaging property, at 'Mount Eden. . , •= .Sergeant Hendry explained. that the defendants set out to have some fun on GoodFriday night.. They got into ' the -Mount' Roskill district, and helped themselves to -~ a quantity of : fruit and vegetables from ' different gardens and orchards.'; In getting'the fruit a couple of the boys broke si passion fruit vine," damaging it, to the extent of £5, and damaged a gate, to the •value of 10s. The boys had honestly, and candidly owned tip. to what they had done. ; Mr. Dyer informed the boys thatt these ', "games and larks" could not be tolerated, and ordered them to pay the damage and costs in their respective cases in the, i'ol- .- lowing nroportions:—Arthur Read. ' '£?. lis; Luke Stewart,, 2s Ad; Win. ; Francis, ,■ ' 83lOd 5 James McKay/ £2 19s; Chas. Harvreon,' George" Cotton," Henry' Bett'is, and; Davtdivell, 9s 4d each..,, , >--t . : 'v*. ■'■'.■..■"■.,- : ■'.j'-.""" -^i;:'.,:..-, ■>:;■: ■- ■-. ■'■■■ _.-- PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS. ; ■: • : Two Chinese, Ah Gun and Ching Chow-, . were charged that being prohibited immi- ? grants they unlawfully landed in Auck- ,' land. Mr. S. Mays, who prosecuted on' behalf of .-. the Collector of Customs (Mr." John Mills), said that the defendants were. . members', of the crew of the steamer Cape - Antibee, now lying at Queen-street Wharf, and had come ashore without getting per-' ' mission to do so. The defendants were fined £5, and costs , ■' FA 14s 3d each. ATTACKED BY A DOG. Robert Edmunds, for whom Mr. Singer , appeared,. was charged with being the owner of a dog which attacked a horse ridden by Ferdinand Borgolte. ,K : Sergeant Hendry, who prosecuted, called '; witnesses to show that while the complainant, a. butcher boy, was riding a horse : ;:£: along; : Cobden-street on May 4, the defendant's dog rushed at the horse, causing the animal and,the boy to fall to the ground. Both the boy and the horse were injured. One of the witnesses for the pro- . secution said that if the complainant had lessened the. speed of his horse when he approached the dog he could have averted the accident. • Defendant was fined 10s, and costs £3 ss. THEFT" OF TOOLS. An elderly man, Francis: Harrington, pleaded guilty to stealing a trowel valued J at 3s 9d, and a. bricklayers' hammer, valu-I , ed at 06, and was sentenced .to three ] ' months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to bo concurrent. Chief-Detec- J the Marsaek prosecuted. '•[...! A SERIOUS CHARGE. A young man named Ernest Claud Sheppird was charged with criminally assault - ■ ing a .young woman, 19 years of age. thief-Detective Marsaek appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. J. R. Reed for the defence. After some evidence had been given, the ;. case was adjourned until: this morning. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. A school boy named K. N. Davidson » Jleaded guilty to leaving a train at Mount . •den while W was in motion. Sergeant Hendry said that this practice •.niong school children was common, and in IP -den while dangerous motion. of such conSergeant Hendry said that this practice •niong school children was common, and in new of the dangerous nature of such conduct it.'was thought advisable to bring ono'of the: offenders before the Court, as • a warning to others.- Mr. Dyer cautioned the boy, and ordered him to come up for , soatenco when called upon. ■ —; ——■———. / MISCELLANEOUS. John Michael McCarthy was charged with being the registered owner of a motor car, which he drove in Karangahape Load without having the number affixed , to the car, and also with driving round the corner 0 f Symonds-street and Karangahape Road at other than a walking pace. Defendant, who was represented bv Mr. j - 1 rendergast, was fined iCte and costs, on j ll| e first charge, and double that amount |°n the second. , ; i Adam McKeown, for whom Mr. W. E. | Y *.appeared, was fined £2 and cost*. 1 ', or having liquor in his possession during •| ' l "e currency of a prohibition order. ' •James Johnston, " stable employee, i< ■ l llt,|l r?" guilty to using obscene language i , w Albert-Btreet, and was fined £3 and costs, or. in default \ , one month's imprison-' iaent., '- j the following defendants were each fined irli m costs /a > for riding bicycles on the ; • otpaths in various parts of the suburbs: •' ' T? rch 'e Jilllc ' Ber£ Cairns. Walter Dixon, ; I , fi V Vm ' Smith. John Wilson, and WalI ■_? M"iau. Herbert Hawes, a boy of '•! ' rfLif' . , r, y charged/ was convicted and '* mscharged. ° , ■:' Jw? lest Handle, a cook, and Wm. A. I ■even i a ,■''"'"■ were : 'each sentenced to 1 • •-,; , "• v '' imprisonment for committing ■'• 'inUeccrA ucl in .Elliott-street on Thurs- "■; :. J ■ «'* Uight. ';■' ; "■"' .— .'" ■''.'•,

Henry Purchase, a middle-aged man, was fined 10s and costs, for drunkenness, ■ and £2 ■ and costs, or in default ■ one month's imprisonment, for committing a breach of his prohibition order. -James Graham;';.;an elderly man,■ charged with drunkenness (a third offence within six months), and with committing a breach of .his''prohibition-' order, was fined £2 and costs on each' charge, or in default one month's imprisonment. - -, James Johnston, similarly charged, was fined £1 and costs, or in default, seven days' imprisonment ou the first count, and £2 and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment on the second. James Henderson, a second offender, was fined 10s and costs, or in -, default 48 hoursV, imprisonment for drunkenness. V George' Gray, a farmer, by occupation, was ■ fined iss ■ and costs for drunkenness, and convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of committing an indecent act in Grey-street on Thursday.

■ In the case in which three men, named James O'Connor, John Ryder, and Samuel Jepson, were ' charged with stealing » watch from the person of John Frederick Morrison, it was 1 made to appear that Jepson said that one of his companions wanted to fight Mr. Morrison, whereas it should have. read that one of JepsohV mates wanted to fight him (Jepson).