SUPREME COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14845, 23 November 1911, Page 8

SUPREME COURT.

■ A PUBLICAN'S APPEAL. , .• TDKATOKA HOTEL INCIDENT, " The only case called on before His 1: ~.., Mr. Justice Edwards, sitting in hZZ yesterday morning, was an appeal b y Td -ond Hrli, Jensee °- th ToitoU ' Hotel, against a conviction of Mr V V. Frazer, S.M., for permitting drunken! 1 ' ness on Jus licensed premises, and d*, for permitting gambling. • ' ' , Dr. Bam ford appeared for the a nod lan , and Mr, Selwyn Mays for th ill ' spondent, "' ■ . Andrew Ciirnovr, a neatly-dress 1-ii ' bourer, about 35 years of age, described a carouse he had indulged in at Hill'hotel on the days in question with a, good deal of minuteness as to the number of drinks he had taken and the gambling games—euchre, coin-tossing and "selling '■■'l horses," in which he had a shave. In* cross-examination Curnow said he had given information to Constable McDonnell about his "spree."' ' |:S A Maori named Poharam'a Pohohapeta '■'' who was present at the hotel' during a portion of the time, said that Curnovv was i drunk during the Saturday" and Sunday Witness said he met Hill on the steamer coming to Auckland. Hill "shouted" for him, and endeavoured to persuade him to swear .that Curnow was not drunk on the days mentioned—promising to make him a present in Auckland. &v Dr. Bamford said the defence amounted i to an absolute denial of the statement that Curnow was in a state of drunken- * ness while he was at the hotel. " * A number of witnesses of reputable a<v pearance swore positively that Curnow wis . "V not in a state'of drunkenness when mFIIB was at appellant's hotel,' and i that, no gambling was carried on there. Edmond Hill, the appellant, said the same ' ! and although he admitted having ! "shouted" for the Maori, together with seven other men on board the. steamer he denied that he had whispered any words to the Maori or promised him anything. As a matter of fact he could not \ I speak Maori, and the native, who had been called as a. witness was an absolute stranger to him. , "' At-the conclusion of, the evidence counsel briefly addressed the Court, and His Honor reserved judgment. '"""" ' -."■■■'':- -- ' :.- ' -'■. '' ■ " '■' ' ) ■/'Of I CRIMINAL "SESSIONS. ; h ' • - .. . ':.}\;;0. ALLEGED ASSAULT. >'A respectable-looking middle-aged* man ' named Vincent John Aylward," was. brought before His .Honor, Mr. Justice Chapman, in the . Supreme Court, yes-' today, charged with attempting to assault John Smithson, at Piriaka, "on September 1 last. ' Ho pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. J. R. Reed. The case was . not concluded when the Court adjourned for the day. JURY DISAGREE. t . In a charge of indecent assault against! a married man named Albert "Hull (Mr, Hackett), ho jury were unable to come so an agreement, and were accordingly dis- i'! ] charged. An application for a new trial was granted. !■; ; .