POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

it <» '. ——■ — ■■ A WRONG IMPRESSION. At the Police Court ■ yesterday, before Mr.. C. C. Kettle, S. M.', Rosina Sophia Hirst, , who was represented by Mr. F. W. Brookfield, applied for a maintenance order 1 against her husband, Israel Hirst. * The complainant, who is close on 74 years * of age, said that she had been in receipt of { the old age pension* until recently, when * the pension : was taken away from | her, owing to her husband being the holder of ■ property, and worth about £700. Witness { had not lived with Hirst for the past 20 \ years. • . ' ■• i Defendant, who is a couple of years t younger than his wife, said that when he i married her about 40 years ago he was 1 under tho impression that she' bore her * maiden name at that time. Some time ] afterwards, however, witness" discovered ' that he had married a " Mrs. Hall." What . he wanted to know now was, " Where was ( Mr. Hall?" ; ' .... - In reply to Mr. Kettle, Mrs. Hirst ex- ( plained that she was a widow when she j married the defendant. * She was quite j prepared to go and live with her married { daughter on her husband contributing 10s t per week towards her support. '* Defendant agreed to do this, and Mr. j Kettle.'decided not to make an order for 1 the payment of the money. •, * . .•' ——"—' "" -. t SEPARATION ORDERS. i ; Eliza E. Hunt, wife of Frank Hunt, who ] did not appear, applied for a separation order, on the grounds of persistent cruelly 1 and desertion. The complainant, for whom ? Mr. J. R. Lundon appeared, said that she ! had been married to the defendant for nine \ years, and had had six children, all .of , whom, she alleged, had died in their in- , fancy owing to Hunt's cruelty towards her- , self. Mr. Kettle granted the application, j and ordered the defendant to contribute 20s i per week towards the maintenance of his < wife, and' 10s towards the support of an .! adopted child, which was entrusted to Mrs. ' , Hunt. He was further obliged to find a ' bond for his good faith within seven days, ' or in default three months' imprisonment. , , Court costs were allowed against the de-: , fendant. • • - On the application of Jane E. O'Connor, . , a separation order was issued against her ' husband, John O'Connor, on the grounds .d ' persistent cruelty. The complainant stated ' that her husband, who was addicted to drink, had been very cruel towards her for ' soma months past. O'Connor, who objected to ■ the order being made, but who did ' not dispute his wife's allegations, was or- : dered to pay 10s per week towards her sup--1 port. ' ...'"'•. '. '■'~'■' REMANDED. Alexander James Stewart (alias Weldon, alias McM&hon), a man of about 35 years of age, was charged with obtaining an over- , coat and 12s 6d in cash from Jagger and \ Harvey by means of a valueless cheque, and ! , also with forging a cheque for £2, and ut- : taring tho same to Patrick O'Connor. On ■ '. the application of Sub-Inspector tiordon, , accused was remanded for a week. ' ' i Henry Walter Allen, a.young man, charged on remand with forging a school exami- . , nation certificate, -purporting to be signed by R. C. Whitham, and endeavouring to . ' cause one Ronayne to act upon the same as , if it were genuine, was further remanded until Friday next, on the application of Chief-Detective Marsack. J - ■ ' MISCELLANEOUS. Richard M. Rawlinson, who did not ap- < pear, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for disobeying an order of the Court towards the* maintenance of his mother. The order was suspended for seven days, in order to give the defendant' an opportunity of paying off the arrears, . £14 16s. [ John Lees, an elderly man. was fined 20s, and costs 4s 6d, or in default 14 days' im- _ prisonment, for being drunk while in charge of a, horse in New North Road on , Friday last. '•■"■, : """ ~" '"■ ' '"'* . "*' ' The young woman, Ella Bassett, who - pleaded guilty last week to being an idle ' ■ and disorderly person, with insufficient law- • ful means of support, was convicted and i discharged on promising to remain at the , Door of Hope for six months. I < Charles Herbert Page and ; James Ashi worth, previous offenders, were each con- , vict-ed and prohibited for 12 months, i for k drunkenness, and William Kennedy was fined 10s and costs, :or in default 24 hours' imprisonment. ' ' Patrick Sheehy, charged with drunken- » ness, was remanded for seven days for i medical observation. Defendant explained ' I that on Monday night he went up to the i police station to make a complaint about i being robbed of £2, and was arrested for J , drunkenness. He admitted that he nad I liad several drinks during the day.