POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

A VISITOR FROM THE ■ COUNTRY. ' . TWO -MONTHS IN GAOL. ' A young squarely-built' and well-set-up labourer named Trevor McLeod, who was brought' before Mr. E. .C. Cutten, S.M., yesterday 7 morning, ; pleaded guilty •to a charge that he had ofi v June' 29 last in-, cited a man named William Baker to re-j sist and obstruct Constable Collins tin , the lawful .execution of his duty. - • Sub-Inspector Hendrey said that on the night of the date mentioned the constable was endeavouring to' arrest the man Baker j in Wellesley-street ; for the non-payment lof a fine. He resisted violently, and was i incited, thereto by., at: large crowd .of people which had speedily collectedOther constables came' to " Collins's (assistance, and Baker was secured, as also four other men, who were charged with interfering with the police officer.. Baker was sentenced ;to three terms; lof two •' months' ; imprisonment, ' two ;of the others were • sentenced to . three months each,. another- was " given ' two months' imprisonment, and,, the fourth, a lad, was fined £5. The man now before the Court was one of the worst offenders, and in the melee he slipped away before he could be arrested. He was however seen on the following day, and when charged, with his misconduct he - admitted his fault and gave his name and address, but when the address .was visited he was not to be found. Later on he was arrested at Maungaturoto, and : he then gave a wrong name. . •.... Accused : No, I ■ didn't* give "a wrong name, and I had stayed at the Royal; Hotel for two nights before this. " The : Siib-Inspector: Didn't you ' give

the name of '"Tim ? , . ;■ r- Accused : Yes, "I : did. and although my real name is " Trevor'' my nickname has " been " Tim" 'ever since I 'was a boy.-; =- ■ : Proceeding to explain his actions, the accused "said he had come down • from the King Country in June last arid started-' drinking. -He* got into this I row, but it was nearly all over' wnen he got" there. •; He gave his proper name - and c address when ■ he was spoken" to the" ifext' day.! Accused begged to be 'given *a • chance, and ' promised if he was allowed' to ! go he > would never come back again, and J added • that it --was the first time he had. ever been locked up in.'his life. ' » The Sub-Inspector said the police knewnothing - more . about the prisoner but | such - men came down * from' the v country,. got on a spree and turned the city upside down, • causing such i disgraceful scenes as this one proved to —one of the worst ' street ■* rows that'/-, had : ever oc- i curred in Auckland. j McLeod was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour.

• • A MAN WITH - LAX IDEAS. - .; A respectable-looking.young man named. William . Kendall ;; pleaded, guilty to V;a\ charge ;• of 1 haying stolen eight sheets: -of corrugated iron arid four pieces ;of scanty ling, valued .' at 20a," ."property of the - ' Rev. Robert Wylie, at' EHerglif. The Sub-Inspector said .there i was { nothing known , against . the ."accused, and : he was ; known to be a decent h§rd-working, . man, ; but apparently he : had flax ideas • m 'regard to the ownership ;of property, for seeingYthese^: things lying _. about in Mr. Wy lie's property'. he '^'tobk possession- 'of' them and. coolly built, a shed with'them. A fine of £5 was imposed, aind defendant was ordered to' return the timbe;c. ,to Mr.j Wylie."'" •••""■ " "z .■ J '- "

. A KLEPTOMANIAC. .. / j.' A married woman r named ! Jean ■ Hulling-. I red i Gower f appeared -on eight - charges %of ! the I 'theft: of ; various articles from different places of- business and also from bedrooms, in an h hotel in. which •: she :was. ■ staying. s Mr. -K. A.Moody, who appeared for • the accused, -said c that f counsel, when she was last -brought* up, asked for a ; remand in ' order that- her' husband £ might i return, from Sydney and take charge of; his' wife.It now turned . out that he was •; unable to come over for pecuniary reasons, but. money had - been provided .for her passage to rejoin him. -No objection was - made to this- course by the police ' authorities, and the • accused - was remanded in custody until next,; Monday ,-ftwhen.;, she will 1 , be, ,sent over-, to Sydney. . I i'i • '''m im .i. • r;y vv: MISCELLANEOUS. :• "An engineer named ' John Haxton : I Thompson Stark : was charged * with being guilty at Dunedin of persistent' v fcruelty' to his wife Annie Stark. :On fthe'' appli- | cation' -of Chief-Detective Marsack the j defendant was: remanded for a week to appear at ■ Dunedin bail, a deposit of • J 3325 and one surety of £75, ' being! allowed. * >[\ >ri. <- M

Herman - Langsdorf, charged with" havi ing obtained goods Ito the value' of Ilis 3d and £2 6s 9d by' means of a valueless cheque' from Walter Lambourne, of Ponsonby, was remanded for a' week on the application of Chief-Detective Marsack, who said ' this was only "one of • several charges to be brought against the accused. | — ./ ' ";/ '" : - '■' ' ../::y.^::/ ; /.,- DRUNKENNESS. John Evans and Daniel O'Connor; second offenders, were ' each fined 10s, in default'" 48 : hours' imprisonment ;' J James. Aroll f and • John' O'Connor, ' for breach of the Prohibition orders issued against them, were each fined £2/ alternatively seven days' imprisonment. Y h