POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14453, 20 August 1910, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.

A DEFERRED SETTLEMENT.

At the Police Court yesterday, before ATr. !•]. (*. ('alien, S.M., Percy Edmund Thackrnh. a young man, was charged that between May 1 and August o he received, fmm E. L. Hall and others sums amounting to £15 5s 4d. on terms requiring him to account i'or the fame to Edward Albert, Trenwith, and did fraudulently om.it to account, for the same. .Mr. A. Peak, who appeared for the accused, entered a. plea of guilty. He stated that, accused was a. debt collector <; n commission, in complainant'. s : employ. Ithad been his custom to rollerl moneys, hold then for a. time, and then render ail Account to his principal and hand t'v. money over. He had accounted for the amount mentioned in the pre.-eni charg*-. Tie did 110!. Jiov. • • ver. so; tie up within a week, as he had piomisod. ln.it rang up his employer askirg for another days 1 grace. in the meantime, an information had been laid. Conns 1 submitted I that accused had no criminal, intention, but had beer, careless. ( hief-Detectivo .Marsacl: paid thai- no doubi accused bad got into trouble* through caieles-snoss, but suck carelessness t was criminal. Probably, these proceedings would straighten him up. The magistiate com i ted accused, and ordered him to come up for sentence : when called upon. SQUABBLING BOOTBLACK?. Two old men. John William OldhanT : and Thomas Truenum. were charged with using insulting behaviour in t.'usionistreei on Thursday, \\hereby a breach of the peace was committed. '1 ho accused, who are bootblacks, bad se.rne disagreement. His Worship said both men ncm old enough to know better, and he convicted and discharged them, and issued a prohibition order against. Oldham, "iitieman is already prohibited. ! SHAKING HANDS WITH A FRIEND. 1 A young man named ( l.lude Park was | charged with stealing from the person of i .James Hook Goad a gold chain and a. i pair of spectacles, value £2 ss, on Wed- ! nesday evening. Accused did not deny i taking the articles, but staled that he i was shaking hands with the other man, ! and the chain became entangled in ac- ; eused's lingers. Evidence was called, which showed that accused, who bad oeen drinking, ran away alter committing the theft. The magistrate said that accuseds ; story was highly impossible, and sen- ' tenced him to 14 days' imprisonment. i " ~ INTEMPERANCE. | William Hartley, a middle-aged man, ; was arrested in Wyndham-street. white ;in an intoxicated condition. IT' 1 was : fined ss, or 24 hours, tor the offence. One first offender, charged with drunkI enne.ss, was fined ss. or 48 hours. Robert. Colthart. who was charged witii • drunkenness, and remanded !or a wee!-: ; for medical treatment, was convicted and : order-ed to pay 17s Gd costs. Bridget Eyton pleaded guilty to charg./s i of drunkenness, procuring liquor while | prohibited, and using insulting language I within the hearing of passers-by <m ' August 8. A fine of £2 10s, with costs i £1 ss, was inflicted. | Albert Loiney, for refusing to quit j licensed premises when ordered to do so j by the licensee, was fined £1. or three | days. Andrew Neilsnn was. charged with i drunkenness. This was bis fourth offeree i within six months, and lie was sentenced | to 48 hours' imprisonment, i ' _______ 1 POSED AS A WEALTHY MAX. j Before Messrs. C. Whelan and O. j Martin. J.P.'s, Richard Racket was I charged, on three informations, with ob- . taining the sum of £14 by means of valueI less cheques during the months of May, ! June, and July. The evidence showed i (hat accused went into the country, and i informed several people that lie was pos- ' sessed of considerable wealth, and givI ing his name as Smith. Ihe result was | that cheques were cashed by a number ;of the victims. Accused pleaded guilty, i and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. '-T