POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

" A LITTLE TASTE" OF GAOL.' Geo."'" O'EBrasr went home to his wife the other, night very drunk. His wife had had some previous experience of what her husband; was like .when under the influence of drink, and when lie' arrived ho found th« door locked, and his wife, with the baby in her arms, standing at the window. O'Brien picked up •a - piece of wood and threw it through the window,' hitting his wife on the forehead, and scattering the glass over her and the baby. When charged in the Police Court yesterday,' before Mr. E. C. .Cutten, 3 ; S.M., with : breaking his prohibition order, drunken-1 ness and assault, ha was convicted on .all] three charges. His Worship said it was very difficult to know", what to do With a man of his description. A term at Roto Boa would only entail hardship on his wife. In order that he might 1 have a little taste of what being shut;up; means, he would -■ be sentenced to three days' hard labour .y, ,\ ' '-.. : r '- ,;'

BROUGHT FROM SYDNEY. ~" "> Frank Arthur Bingley, who appeared to answer three charges of deserting hi» wifo. uand two children, pleaded guilty. Detective-Sergeant McMahon" stated that accused had "been living in , Australia, under the name of Watson." * ! Mr. Alan Moody said that accused was now quite prepared to accept his responsibilities and to pay all expenses incurred in r bringing ) him back ■ to h the Dominion. He was sentenced to. four months' imprisonment. i '■:■:"■-■:':*'■' .' ' : /v

MISCELLANEOUS. Failure to keep a proper light on building material in Karangahapo .Road, resulted in Alex, Thos. Craig being fined 10s and costs'...':'" • - .•'■'''-.".'" : ".

Roderick Mcintosh, John Bramley, Jas. Bodio, Wavol Cowdery, Douglas Edwards, Wm. Keymer, J. Brown, and ArnoldHare were each" fined sft, and costs 7s, for riding bicycles on the footpath at Birkenhead.' '. ■ • x . ''' ' ■ ■ Daniel Edwards, who, when disorderly, refused to quit the Rising Sun hotel when requested, was -fined! £2, and costs 15s. , A , broach of his prohibition . order cost Wm. Monaghan £2, and costs 7a. ' David and Jas. Leith, two young men, who" were convicted the other day of stealing a bag of chaff and remanded for sentence, were ordered to pay costs and to come up for sentence when called upon. Though warned to leave several times, Herbert Percy Andrew Findley, persisted in going on the Ellerslie racecourse, and when he was finally ejected, became very abusive. For the trespass and obscene language he was fined £5. and costs 28s. Wm. Barrett was fined £1 for assaulting Alexander Davidson at Ellerslie on Janu* ary 20. ' " ' * -.-" ,; ' One first offender was fined 5s for drunkenness, and another, who did not appear, forfeited his bail (£!).'-.,.