POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14143, 19 August 1909, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

domestic squabble. ■ A KNIFE-THROWING INCIDENT. ,-.n x {ie Police Court yesterday, before 3lessrs. R. S. Brigge and C. N. Furness, 'Mt P.'s. William Trcwhella, for whom Mr. Stanton appeared, was charged with hav- , ing, on Sunday, August 15, assaulted his -..wife, Ellen Trcwhella, so as to cause her ''"actual bodily harm. Dr. Brockway said «ii was called in on Sunday to attend to ; "Mrs. Trcwhella, who was suffering from 1 slight wound in the shoulder, caused by ■ a table knife. > ' Ellen Trewhella said she and her bus-

band had had a bit of a row, and he had thrown (he knife at her. Sho was able fto work next day. Her husband had not thrown the knife at her intentionally. It was quite accidental. They had been married three years, and had never had any serious quarrels. The accused, on being sworn, said that Sunday's incident was the first breeze of any kind that had blown o'er their matri- ■ monial life. He had thrown the knife without any intention of hitting his wife. Jt had hit her accidentally. The ease was dismissed.

V A FLOATING SPAR. • A respectably-dressed young man named Stanley Wild was called upon, before Messrs. J. S. Dickson and A. Bartlett:, j.l'.'s, to account for the possession of iv spar which had originally been part of the scow Lagoon. The owner of the scow, Mr. Robert Graham, a commission agent, stated ths.t he had purchased the vessel some 18 ii months ago, and soon afterwards found v* that the masts had been chopped again. He informed the police, but they were unable to sheet the offence home to anybody. About eight weeks ago the spar p. in question disappeared, with the present result. Ho admitted having purchased the vessel for 50s. ; " Mr. J. Alexander, appearing on behalf U' of the accused, stated that the scow in iv question had been drifting about Shoal Bay for the past three years. " She is," yklie went on, "a perfect ghost of a vessel, , ? one of those noble army of derelicts which ore good for nothing, and which was v bought lock, stock, and barrel by Mr. . • Graham for 305." Mr. Alexander said his client admitted having taken the spar, which he found floating at the side of the M vessel, but he took it simply because he thought it was so much drifting wood. ;: After the accused and several other wit- * . nesses had given evidence, the Bench dis- .- missed the case.

: A LADY'S HAT BOX. .'V A labourer named Alexander McKinnon pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a lady's hat box off the s.s. Ngatiawa, at "Auckland, the previous day, and asked to be let down as lightly as possible. "I had lost my swag," he said, as a sort of an excuse, but this was not accepted by the Bench, -who sentenced him to one month's imprisonment-. UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERS. ; Three undesirable characters were dealt with by Mr. J. S. Dickson, J.P. James White denied being an idle and disorderlyperson, but was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. " Henry Boyson, charged with vagrancy, in that"he had been found by night without lawful excuse in an outhouse, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Mary Andrews, a young married woman, admitted a charge of drunkenness, but stoutly denied being an idle and disorderly person. She was remanded until Monday.

: MISCELLANEOUS. Three first offenders for drunkenness were fined 5s each and costs, and another, who did not appear, was ordered to forfeat amount of bail, £1. ? Robert McCallum, who rode his bicycle ' ; on a footpath at Devonpori, in order, he explained, " to avoid a spill,'' was fined Is " and costs. William Hendrick was convicted and " 'ordered to come up for sentence -when ;;; called upon for indecency in North-street. Charles Kron, alias King, was discharged by Messrs. R. S. Briggs and C. N- FurneKS, J.P.'s, on a charge of stealing, on August 29, at Auckland, two shirts and '; two towels; valued at 7s 6d, the property of some person or persons unknown. £> Robert Norris was charged with having, on August 17, at Auckland, stolen five' Kicks, valued at 2s 6d, and Joseph Allen . ..Clark, at the same place on the same date, ' with stealing nine sacks, valued at 4s 6d, the property of some person or persons unknown. Two months' hard labour was the portion of each.