POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14219, 16 November 1909, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

FALL FROM a tramcar. > A CONDUCTOR FINED. t " the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. rti Kettle, S.M., a tramway conductor, Hoy Hodgson, was charged with licence in his duty as a conductor, SfSSAwf"® the life »' Margaret A Mc ■ a passenger on his car on October ' ' '<!üb-Inspect« r Hcndrey prosecuted, and IP A. E. Skelton appeared * or defence accident occurred in Symondsi ' Bttet 'ai the entrance to East-street, where there is a notice, All cars must here." Miss McLeod said she did p U u the boll at East-street, because ft was a compulsory stopping-place. She —ij not know whether the car had stopped or not, but she went out on to the plat--form, and after that could not remember "1 anything- . ~ .' , , , • j" + 'The sub-inspector said the lady had in '■%It fall been rendered unconscious for jevcral days, had had slight concussion, #3 iad fractured her elbow. He called £;fes € ral 'witnesses, who stated that the ' tar did not pull up ' but only slowed down, ,nd that Miss MeLeod fell from the car, 'of was jerked off, when it started after 'feing slowed down. Two witnesses in the car said the car did not stop, but slackened, and Miss MeLeod did not get ' •up from her seat until the car had again • started. • Mr. A. E. Skelton, for the defence, ■i called witnesses, who stated that the ear '.' palled up for two seconds, and, no one Showing a ny inclination to leave the car, jjthe conductor gave the signal to proceed; jud it was " then that Miss MeLeod went fcn.to the platform. The Magistrate: Whether the bell had feii'rung or not, accused should have i made -'it his duty to stop the car, call tout-the name of the street, and, if no one rose, to go on again. It was not gross misconduct, but carelessness. He ijhought , the woman may have acted laghly, but then she was forced to, be-'-•'tygNft the < car was not pulled up. In his * opinion, even the evidence for the defence established the fact that there was want - ef care shown. The service was certainly » fast one, and the cars had to be got smartly away. but care must be shown •i lor.-the passengers. He convicted and |•' fried defendant it and costs.

' .BREACHES OF BY-LAWS. ;,{s -. A butcher at Newmarket, named Alfred 'Eustace, • was charged with having > slaughtered an animal outside a registered abattoir, -.thus committing a breach of ,; ; the "city by-laws. Defendant said it was I the practice of butchers to kill stray stock f *hich become lame when being" driven. g§ He had not done so before. The magis--1 trate said the practice must be put down. 1 He convicted and fined accused £2 and ' : costs. Mr. Stanton appeared for defendant.* • " * Douglas R." Patterson, for riding a ; ibicycle iat . night, without a light-, was v> fined 10s and costs. '■y Harry Crosby, for driving a vehicle without lights after sunset, was fined 10s and cosis. ■ ■ •; •- ■ c ;• DRUNKENNESS. f|||For. being drunk in Queen-street John iStewart was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' ' • imprisonment. A first . offender, who de- • scribed himself as a floral artist, just ar- : 'rived •in ; Auckland, was fined 5s and . ' costs for drunkenness, and another was oonvicted l and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. An old man, named Patrick Carr, alias James Carlow, who seemed somewhat. confused when j v; charged'with' drunkenness, turned round, •to the magistrate, who convicted and discharged him, and, with a graceful bow, eaid, /'Thank you,, Your Worship, I'll get ••-away from Auckland by the first tram; Pvo * got 1 a ; return ticket.'' A first offender was convicted and discharged, and - another, who did not appear, forfeited |his (bail of £1. Kenneth Boyd, convicted on, a charge of being disorderly while drunk in Queen-street on Saturday, was fined-20s, in default 24 : hours' imprisongnent,. and was prohibited for 12 months. ! 'James Smith, charged with drunkenness : 'in Victoria-street,' admitted . that he had i; knocked down" £12 is as many days. 'He was convicted and ordered to be kept custody until 10 o'clock this morning, •when he is ! to go to Te Kuiti. An old Igomdigger, 61 years old, was convicted and discharged. Francis ' Molloy was charged with drunkenness in Queen-street and with: procuring liquor while he was Y prohibited. MHe was convicted on all the j?:thargeß/Non the charge of drunkenness ; : was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Two fines of. £5, or in 5:• default one month's imprisonment, were V - imposed - for ' procuring liquor while profited..' , . _________ ' MISCELLANEOUS. , . For using obscene language in Custom- . Street in the hearing of a party of Sal•ff vationists and women and children Daniel J?-Kmniond;i was convicted and sentenced ;to seven days' ' imprisonment. A prohibiu tion order was also issued against him for . 12 months. William Henry Whiteside appeared to answer several charges of being drunk in ►J Queen-street, of being an incorrigible f§ "ppe, and of soliciting alms. Whitepleaded that drink had been his mis- , - fortune. ". He denied having asked passersJy for 1 assistance. He admitted having "Mad .a "spree in Gis borne. He was con'f victed "on all the charges and sentenced to on« year in Mount Eden Gaol. -Alfred; John Lacey was charged with obtaining £20 at Auckland on February Jnrom William Guise by false pretences. On the application of Chief-Detective Mar»ffi^|accusd was remanded to appear at Wellington on the ' 22nd inst. James Robinson was charged that on 'August 8 he obtained at Onehunga by from F. •G. Welch the sum 1 A £20. The prisoner was remanded until v.;the 22nd inst., bail being allowed in one 'Surety of £150, or two securities of £75 each. .'■ - - " 'isi' 6 McManus, who was charged with . v 'rl?B/® n ! incorrigible rogue, without lawWI .means of support, was convicted and Wnt to a home in Christchurch for, '.18, Months;;- 1 , A miner from Huntly, named Harold ifl'd ' a y° un £> man of 25 years of age, guilty to two charges of wilfully ||SS?J?yjg?a cell window at the New--3 tenv j k C k" U P on October 14, and on the jame d a y behaving in an offensive man■,r , m a railway carriage. He was order- || £_*,-? Pay 7e 6d, the cost of the window, come up for sentence when called on the charge of behaving in a diswaer'y manner in a railway carriage. wmg '