POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

——-—«o- —-— ■* THEFTS OP BICYCLES. Two youths, Ernest G. Windsor Mid Joseph P. Windsor, were charged in the Police Court before Mr. .F.' V. Frazef, S.M., yesterday, with the theft' of five bicycles, the property of various residents in the suburbs. They pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Wohlman said the accused stole two of the bicycles from Devonport and rode them to Taumarunui, and th« others were stolen and sold to dealers, at prices ranging from 5s to 30s. The accused were remanded for sentence. Ths bicycles wero ordered to be returned to the owners, and in one cue the owner yas ordered to pay 15s to the dealer who ■ purchased the machine. " Albert C. T. Lamb, a soldier on leave) J from camp, denied assaulting his 1 wife. The evidence- showed that the parties were separated and that accused went to his wife's house, pushed her outside-, and locked up the house, with thfc result that she.and her two young children.Kid' to. spend the night with neighbours,. Lamb denied pushing his wife out, and said she walked out of the house. It was bJkJwH that he was £93 15s in arrears-to pay- , ments under a maintenance • order, and that 'he bad £14 odd in his possession . when arrested, while his wife Had only received 6s in a month. He was -convicted and ordered to come up for sen* tence when called upon, and ordered ..to pay £3 to his wife. .•'.:: i the three firemen, Edward Ford, Henry Duffield, and John Cumming, who werd . concerned in the fracas on the wharf on Thursday night, admitted impeding and obstructing the military guard. After detailing the circumstances as related in yesterday's Herald, Sub-Inspec--1 tor Wohlinan ali the attack was most blackguardly, and the guard had acted ' with great restraint in not using their arms. . Ford, who appeared to be the ring- ' leader, was fined £6, and the others £3 ; each; £2 of Ford's fine was ordered to he handed to Corporal Houchen,,whaL,w,aa rendered unconscious during the fracas.J A young man, Charles G. E. P. Quin- [ tall, admitted stealing 309 of the monies of William Bauer. Sub-Inspector Wohlman said the accused was given 30s to pay on behalf of another man, but he spent it,. and soon after left his employment. He- was admitted to probation for two years, and ordered to refrain from visiting hotels, billiard saloons, or racecourses. '