POLICE COURT-NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17041, 24 December 1918, Page 5

POLICE COURT-NEWS

* > i ™ I ILLEGAL CHANGE OF NAME, \\ j N MINER SENT TO GAOL. Jj : ;| Charges of having answered questional || respect to his liability for military servi jl in a false and wilfully misleading mann : [I and of having changed his name withe || first having obtained the written cor.se "{ of the Minister for Internal Affairs, wt jj preierred against lieoige L. Joliustoi H aged d>, at the Police Court yesterds J beioro Mi. J. E. Wilson, S..u. 13 accused pleaded not guilty. bub-Inspt .% tor VVolumann, who described him as 1 J "shirker" of the worst type, said t:-J accused was ordered to enter camp, b M failed to do so. Subsequently he obtain I possession, in questionable circumstanc' I 0! the registration certificate of one, F. \ 3 Murray. Under that name, he obtain! 1 employment at the i'ukemiro collieries, a 1 papers found in his possession proved tfc > » no was generally known by the namo jj F. J. Murray 111 the coalmining distrh ' I With the declaration of the truce, a 1 the approach of the holiday season, Job H Stone returned ti Auckland and assum v> his right name, but \\he.i questioned by' w constable he denied that his name w 1 Johnstone. The magistrate sentenced i g cused to three months' imprisonment | m each charge, the terms to run concurrent H It was also decreed that at the eipurati H of his sentences, Johnstone be hand |J over to the military authorities. ||.| Thomas Richards, master of the team)H Houto, was charged with having pennltt | to be employed on the ship Houlo tali aliens, Christian Thaugland and Uljji Fossam, who did not havo licenses to wo || on wharves and ships, as required unci g 1 a War Regulation of October 10, mm Sub-Inspector Wohlmann said both t|| : aliens had been in possession of licensi'i?; but at the time of the alleged offence the' j had expired. For the defence, it. w||j stated that the master of tho ship hi I accepted the aliens in question tinder t. ,1 impression that the shipping agent and {11 I superintendent of marine had attended i| |! the matter of licenses. It was admitti ,' j that the final legal responsibility rested jj |j the defendant. In view of the externa |] j ing circumstances, the magistrate • j ,j missed the charges. ft is A fine of £3 was imposed on a sea? ; i Robert Hammil, for having deserted m h tho steamer Maliia. Of the penalty^.•'■Hi was allocated to the agents of the was p as part of the expenses incurred. !»| Drunkenness was admitted by one fift§]f j offender. On similar charges, Henry "ifji W. Taylor and James O'Grady were ea< i' fined 10s. William T. Yeoman was co.! : victed and discharged for drunkenness j and for committing mischief by wilful Wt damaging a motor-)car, the property 9 A. W. Jones, he was convicted an 1 ordered to pay 10s, the estimated cost « the damage. ffl, ■ I