POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13483, 6 July 1907, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE.

At the Police Court yesterday* before Mr. It.- W. Dyer, S.M., Bernhardt Munter, a young Russian seaman, was charged with forging an accountable receipt, purporting it - to be signed by Nestor Kalaskinkov, thereby < causing William 'Morris to act upon it as - if it were genuine. The complainant, also a Russian seaman, residing in Baker-street, Auckland, said accused lived with him. On Juno 23 ho shewed" accused his bank-book, and afterwards put it in a portmanteau in his (witness') bedroom. On the following day witness went to work, and left accused alone in the house. Subsequently he told Munter that he was going back to Russia. Witress saw no more of him until yesterday. When witness went to draw some money out of the Savings Bank on Juno 25 he found that £9 had been withdrawn the previous day. His name had been forged. v Evidence was given as to accused withdrawing £9 from the Post Office Savings Bank under the name of Kalaskinkov. • Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence. AN EMPLOYEE'S THEFT'. Charles Edwards, alias Smith, a middleaged man, was charged with stealing £33 15s, the property of Robert Knox, by whom he had been employed to deliver goods and collect accounts. He collected £33 15s from | a customer, left his employment, and kept | the money. . Detective Fahev said Edwards admitted that ho stole tho money. He was hard up at tho time. . Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence. BOYS IN TROUBLE. Two bovs, James Johnston and William Burman. pleaded guilty to stealing lead, valued at £4- 10s. tho property of E. Morns, and also to stealing bottles, the property ot Wm. Appleton. • , It was explained that tho boys went about collecting bones, bottles, etc., and annexing anything they could lay their hands on. Johnston had a very bad record, and had led Burman astray. * , Johnston was sentenced to one month s, imprisonment on each charge, tho sentences to run concurrently. Burman was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence) when called upon. ASSAULTING A CAPTAIN. Hugh Dcmpsey, A.8., pleaded not guilty to assaulting Captain John Taw, s.s. laeroa, and guilty to using obscene language on tne steamer. • • „ , i Captain Taw stated thafc-Derapsey had once been employed on the Paeroa as a seaman, and on July 2 he went aboard the vessel drunk, and struck witness, and a.so used bad language. ' ~ Dempsey was fined 20s and costs on the first charge, and £3, or ono month's imprisonment, on the second. CHANGE AGAINST A DOCTOR. . Dr. James Dalziel, charged with having performed an illegal operation, was further remanded on bail. MISCELLANEOUS. Andrew Lund, who pleaded guilty to charges of theft of jewellery and clothing, was committed to the Supremo Court for sentence. _~.. Martha Barlow and William Hamilton, charged with drunkenness, and with committing a breach of their prohibition orders were each fined 10s and costs or in default 48 hours' imprisonment, on the first charge, and £2, or in default one month s imprison-: ment, on tho second. . . Harry Green, who pleaded guilty to drunkenness and to refusing to quit .the licensed premises of the Star Hotel when ordered to do so, was fined 10s and costs on tho first charge, and £2, and costs 6s, or ono month's imprisonment, on tho second. Adam McKeown pleaded guilty to drunkenness and to committing five .breaches of his, prohibition order. • Ho was fined 20s and ■costs on tho first, charge, and £5. or m default two months' imprisonment, \cn tlio ae G°ladys West, who did not appear, was fined 10s, and costs 7s, for riding a bicycle on tho footpath in Manukau Road. For committing a breach of their prohibition orders, James Harrison and Francis Ed. Molloy were each fined £2 and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment. , Joseph Robinson was fined 10s. and costs 7s, for, leaving his vehicle unattended in Queen-street. , m Abraham Bowdcn and Fredk. Tee were each fined 10s, and costs 7s, for allowing their horses to wander at large, the former in Wakefield-street and the latter in lAda--1 6 For'obstructing Queen-street by placing a ' packing case thereon, Alfred Rhodes was fined 10s, and costs 7s. '■'■'■', , •, Christopher Leek, hotelkeeper, pleaded 1 nob guilty to assaulting Hettie E. Meek. ■ Mr Dyer said that whatever occurred was i of a vo'ry trivial nature. The case was clisi missed.