POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17144, 25 April 1919, Page 8

POLICE COURT NEWS.

* . 1 HINDU'S WINDOW'BROKEN. IDENTITY NOT ESTABLISHED. | A charge of having wilfully, broken a pane of glass, valued at 355, the property of a Hindu named M. D. Tom, was preferred against Drummond Sinclair Halswell (Mr. A. Moody) at the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. Wilson, B.M. Senior-Sergeant McNamara said a. cornpaint had been made to a constable the previous evening by some Hindus that the accused, when passing down Grey Street, ! had put his foot through the window of . the bouse in which thsy were living, and. 1 had applied an oppwbious term to one of j the Hindus, who was standing on the focftj path. Subsequently the accused went to [the police station with the constable, and '{/bated that he knew nothing of the alleged ' occurrence. One of the three Hindus who gave evidence stated that accused called him names, and aimed a kick at him. Witness jumped aside, and the boot of hie assailant crashed through the window. i The defence was a denial of all knowi ledge of the alleged occurrence Tho accused gave evidence that he walked to I town from Grey Lynn by way of Upper i Queen Street, and when passing the Grey ' Statue two Hindus rushed at him, talking ' excitedly. When he saw them talking to , a constable he also went to Hie constable, ' and told the latter he knew nothing about the Hindus, but that fthey had followed him down the street. i The magistrate said there appeared to be a reasonable doubt about fthe identity of the window-breaker, and dismissed the I information. USE OF OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Andrew dive, against whom charges of having used obscene language, and having '■ caused mischief by breaking a window _ in the house of his sister-in-law at Third Avenue,* stated that he had no i recollection of the occurrence. The poli/e j ! evidence was to tho effect that accused 1 'was drunk and used disgusting language, j . His sister-in-law was obliged to call in the ' police, and it was found that a window in : the house had been broken Senior-Ser- ! geanlt McNamara described the accused as an undesirable character, who made him-1 self a nuiaahce to the neighbourhood. j Accused was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on the first charije. In regard to the window-breaking, the magistrate I said there was no direct evidence « to j jiow the dimago was done, and dismissed ' the charge. ASSAULT ON k BARMAN. Charge.*, of having been drunk, having committed a breach of a prohibition order, | and of having assaulted Samuel W. Lamb-1 j ton were preferred againtfb Alexander | Pope. Accused said he had no recollec-' tion of the occurrences. Evidence was ' given by Samuel W. Lambton, a hotel. barman, that Pope was drunk, and when j he was refused a drink and turned out of the hotel he kicked Larabfcon. Accused was convicted and discharged on the first j charge. On the sec-nd he was fined £2, i 'in default seven days' imprisonment, A I fine of £3 was imposed on the assault | charge. Accused was allowed seven days in which to pay the fines.

THEFTS ADMITTED BY YOUTH. A youth named Alfred John Cooper admitted having stolon a number of articles, chiefly carpenters' tools, on various occasions during the last month. Chief-Detec-tive McMahon stated that the accused had: been an industrious lad until a short time ago, when he ceased work, and began to prowl about. Ho had taken the took and other articles from sheds and outhouses, and had disposed of them to pawnbrokers, i giving an assumed name. The police beI lieved It hat if the accused were given a I chance and kept at work he would keep straight. The accused was admitted to ! probation for two years, and was ordered I to make restitution of the sum of £3 IBs 6d, which he had received for the goods. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES. An o'd man named Edward Nolan, who was convicted on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person, and of soliciting alms in Custom Street, was scntoiiced to a j month's imprisonment without hard larbour. Two lads who were concerned in a stone-throwing escapade that resulted in the breaking of a window, were ordered to "pay the cost of the damage, the mother of anUher boy, who wa« said to have been implicated, but who was not before the Court, agreeing to bear a share of the cent, A Chinese named Fling, charged with having ill-treated a home by working it in an unlit filiate, wax lined £2 and cost*. Four first offending inebriates wore convicted am! discharged, and onn forfeited bin bail. Arthur liriggfl, for a third offence, was fined ?f>, and prohibited. A resident of New Lynn, William J, Parker (Mr. A Moody), was charged on | the information of Henry Alder, inspec--1 tor for the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with having illI treated u heifer by allowing it to vanI dor In March of feed while in an unfit «taW«. The magistrate said he was satisfied that on the ditto on which the defendant was charged with cruelty th* heifer could move about and obtain water without much discomfort. He dismissed the information.