POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14924, 23 February 1912, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

AN UNPROVOKED ASSAULT. c ■ c A sitting of tlio Police Court, yesterday f was presided over by Messrs. L. W. D. Andrews and J. C. Becroft, J.P's. ' An unprovoked assault on a Maori, because the latter refused him a cigarette, s brought James Reid before the Bench. Ho hit the native on the mouth with c his fist. A fine of £3 was imposed, with r the alternative of a month in gaol. J i A BROKEN. WINDOW. James Patrick Mooney, who walked up to a tobacconist's window in Queen-street. in the early hours of Wednesday morn- i ■ ing and deliberately crashed his list i; through it, was- described by Sub-Inspec- " tor Hendrey as a disorderly drunken "J waster. lie was convicted and fined £10, in default three months. a .___—____________ s MISCELLANEOUS. :J A labouring man named Thomas Dunn g pleaded guilty to a charge of using ob- t scene language in St. Paul-street. A penalty of £5, or one month's imprison- s: merit, was imposed. a Edwin A. Bailey, who was arrested in J a drunken condition on the previous even- b ing for the third time within the last six tl months, was ordered to pay £1 or go to tl Mount Eden for seven days. fi Jenny Marshbank, an elderly woman, who could hardly walk into the "dock, was f i remanded for a week for medical treat- ji ment. " She is in a shocking state from c: excessive drinking," said the sub-inspector. l\ A case in which the Ellerslie Town h Board applied for an order for the pulling b down and removal of buildings owned by si William Monaghan was adjourned for tl four weeks. ir Hop Jang, who pleaded ignorance of gi the by-laws, was fined 5s for allowing his 1c stable in Pompallier Terrace to become a nuisance. oi ' T - t<