POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17828, 8 July 1921, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

EMPLOYERS' MONEY STOLEN. THREE YEARS' PROBATION, j A salesman, John James Brennan, ageii t 25, employed by a firin of indent agents in Auckland, pleaded guilty to stealing £17 15s of the firm's money during January and February. He had received various sums, ranging from 20s to £3 16s, from different people on behalf of the firm of McKay and McKay. He failed, however, to hand these amounts in to his employers. Accused also pleaded guilty to the theft of 20s from a letter while ho was employed as a gardener at an Auckland convent in March. He was a married man with two children.. Accused was admitted to probation for three years, and was ordered to make restitution. TWO CASES OF .THE:/T. The theft of a pair o£ boots from outside a bootmaker's shop in Newmarket was denied by Ernest Edward C. Maxey, aged 40. A further charge of drunkenness on the same occasion was admitted. The shopkeeper, Reginald Roberts, stated that at 5.20 p.m. on Wednesday he fctlowed accused from his shop to a vacant allotment and discovered a pair of boofces under accused's arm. The boots (produced) had been on display outside his shop. Accused, who had been convicted of drunkenness on several occasions during the last few months sentenced to three months' imprisonment. A young man, Frank Alexander Edmonds, aged 25, who was one of four unemployed men found sleeping in a railway carriage on Wednesday, appeared (o answer a charge of the theft of a bicycle, valued at £9, at Hamilton on June 14. Accused admitted having taken the bicycle and having sold it fee a dealer at Matamata for £2 10s. He was convicted and remanded for a week for sentence. ' MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. Charles Williamson, aged 37, wa-9 charged with failing to provide hi* wife and children with adequate maintenance. Accused, it was alleged, recently arrived from Australia, leaving his wile and children unprovided for. His wife came to Auckland and located him, the children being left in the care of the State. Accused, a basketmaker, had expressed willingness to retnni to Australia. He was remanded for a week to enable hhn t-o carry his intention into efleet. He waa ordered to report to the police daily. Charged with having insufficient means of support, ana described as being bomei iess, Augustus Semmit, aged 60, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. A fight in Customs Street at 7.15 o'clock on Wednesday evening resulted in two young men. Gostave Olsen and Donald Kennedy, being each fined 30s on charge of asing threatening behaviour. Olsen was convicted and discharged on a charge j of being drunk at the time. FRIEND OF OLD LADY. During a trip to Kaikoara recently, a friend of Mr. Easter's paid a visit to an old lady. Like most old folk, aha was conservative in her ideas as to what constituted reliable health remedies, and her visitor was pleased to notice on Her table a bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver. "Years ago I made friends with Baiter's," she said, and certainly her sturdy, sound constitution offered proof positive of the great health-giving and tonic-pro-perties of this sterling remedy. Baxter's Lang Preserve? offers sound health to josag and old alike. Everywhere, always, it provides a reliable source of immunity from lung trouble, throat affections, coughs, colds, and influenza. More than that, it is a grgod tonic that brace 3 you up and banished the " blues." " Baiter's " has a rich, pleasai.n last* that tie children love. It never fails to do eood and always promotes radiant health. A large bottle costs only 2s 6d, and can be obtained from any chemist or grocer, (ret one now! 3S