POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 19 May 1916, Page 3

POLICE COURT NEWS.

> CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. i i .„,.. i . . ALLEGED FRAUD ON DALMATIAN* . A Dalmatian, George Sumich (Mr. J. R. Lundon),. was accused before Mr.- F. V. ; Frazer, S.M., in the Police Court yestei--* J day, that, on May 8, he conspired to defraud Mate Janovich of the sum of £500. I. On the application of the police, we ~; accused Was remanded for one -week. '! - Bail was fixed at £100. The police story is that Sumich and art ' Englishman threatened to take legal proceedings recover £500 from Janovichy a Dalmatian gumdigger from Thames,- on, the ground that the latter had made defamatory remarks concerning' Sumich's • wife. A compromise was reached on Janovich paying the two men £20. Jane- - ; vi c afterwards discovered that he had ' been tricked, and informed the police. ' Sumich was arrested, and steps are being' ! taken to arrest his confederate.':...;. ! ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. i Eight seamen from a British ship aft , present in port, admitted that they were I absent -without leave on Wednesday. The - . offenders, A. McDonald,' J. Delaney, G.. r Dicks, A. Mills, A. , Phillips, J. Smith,' : ' -i J. Farrow, were convicted , • and s§MSsCsd' to three days' imprison- ':•*&*■'. ment, and wer\ ordered to pay between V.j' them 10s 6d cab Si|re. They -were ordered yto be placed on bo\ v d the steamer before | she sails/ ■ > ";':.. >, t " .-■ • .- - ■,'.■_' I '■'■ A MILITARY J^A charge-of deserting front* the mihtet^ * a camp at Featherston was prefixed tgamsfc , Charles B. Fittes. The defendant was . •". b ordered to be handed over to the mili-' i tary authorities. i • * —*_: " - '''; ! CRUELTY TO HORSES. ■■- "- ~ j ; [ William Gray was fined £2 and costs i for working a horse which was in an | unfit state. Herbert Bergstrom was fined " , 10s and costs for working a horse which,- J i had a sore wither; and Arthur White- ? ; " ' house, a youth ? was ordered to pay costs.•■■> ■ '"'■= ,'.* - for -working a horse, which was suffer- [ ing from a sore shoulder. '.'.";. - ! INFORMATION DISMISSED: c? ~ Charles Herbert and A. J. Ellyett (Mr, Allan Moody) denied a charge that they had failed to provide feed and attention to a horse while in an unfit state. . i Inspector H. Alder deposed that he. / 5 founds the horse in a,paddock at•'■'Epsom'""'-/ J 5 in a * sick condition. Hie"' horse had eviI dently not been cared for. ;t. : - S N *-'--■ / - % h Cross-examined, witness said there "J >"- 5 -were other horses in the paddock, ands ~:':'~M f that there was grass and water available. -'; Counsel submitted there was' no case to 5 answer. The horse, he said,. suffered V " ~~ 5 from hot flies, and the owners -were no* aware until the inspector informed them. that the animal was HI. They then . authorised the destruction of the animal, The information was dismissed. .-. 1 BY-LAW CASES. Several by-law eases were heard in the' " 5 auxiliary Courtroom, before Mr. E. C. '• ', Cutten, S.M. For riding a bicycle -on • the footpath on Beach Road, William * > Opie was convicted and discharged. Fin- .'• > lay D. McLiver was fined 5s for driving a motor-car without first obtaining a driver's license. For riding an unregistered bicycle, •Tames Loyne was fined ss. FiDes of £1 were imposed on Archibald . - Biggins and Peter Malone for driving '"'-[_ t milk vans without a license.' Harold . Trane, a driver, was convicted and dis-<V??i? • charged for failing to give a receipt for f. I luggage received. Alfred Parker was , . convicted and discharged • for driving *.. •"'? • van without* a license, and Daniel Me- --" Garten was similarly dealt with for driv- :>ll ing a van which did not bear a registered ■:■■.>fi number plate. In connection with a", " charge of leaving a motor-car unattended . "•■ in Paice Avenue", George Cruckshank was- ;~ . convicted and discharged. For driving . ~ motor-cars round street- corners in New" ' ; market at a greater pace than.five mil»s ~ " , an hour, H. Pollard and Frank Cleghorn . were fined ss. Dr. G. de Clive Lowe, Mi : through his solicitor, admitted that he ( left his motor-car unattended for several - '• hours in Wyndham Street., He was fined : ss. A penalty of 5s was imposed on James Boyd for driving a vehicle at night:- | without lights in Richmond. Avenue # v , Osborne Priest was; fined : 5s for ridinz a; ; ; bicycle on the footpath of Richmond' , Head. ... "V ."', _; ■ INSOBRIETY. -. ; .' Three second offenders, Daniel Henry Fulton Walter Barrett, and Percy Snath' were charged with drunkenness, and were , each fined 10s. > —— '