POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18225, 19 October 1922, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

THEFTS FROM SHOP TILLS.

ELEVEST CHARGES ADMITTED Eleven charges of theft of money, totalling about £17, wer« admitted by '{& ■ ytsing. man. Basil Harry Fleming (Mr. SulliTan)., . Avho app<?ared before Mr. Ji Wi Poyntcsi, S.JL in the Police Court yesterday, TJw money had been taken from shop tills in various parts of the city and Euburbfe during Angiist. Detectite»Sergeant Tssell |a»duced a statement by aeeuaed; admitfejg: that, he had taken part in all the offiencea;In some cases t-he offencea had bearx...coai>. mitted ic company with, two hoys, wc others with one oitijera. '. Counsel said that accused waaJori- eontimittal to the Supreme Court for trial on another charge and -waa on baiiL He aaked that sentence should be deferred till after the Supreme Court proceedings and that accused; be allowed to remain on . baiL '-:• '* - y ,| ■ ■ Sentence was deferred until after.]! the Supreme Court pfoceedingSj lieim? allowed bail as heforev on conditsott ihat he reported daily to the police..

EtDERLT VAGRANT IMPKISONED. Six-' months* imprisonment waa on Joseph Williams, who g»v«- his age a» ; 79 and admitted being a and vagabond, in that he had insnfmrient means of , support and had been previously coavictid vi of vagrancy, fit waa stated that , had been hanging about Hobson Sireist? and that Be had 70 convictions. The magistrate reiaarkpd that accused looked as thougH he needed disinfecting. ;; : ' V'/^

DRILL NOT ATTENDED. Failure to attend drill" reunited in :th«f prosecution of a number of youths;; r»ad~ penalties ranging; from £1 to .£5 Trerevim*posed. Eric James Jbhnstoat and-6««»rgfe , . f Hamilton Wiggins wereeach;lined JBsi'juwP '* costs 9s: Horace STcilsbn was. fined; i 33 ' and costs s and;several others were finad - £1 and costs. A tavr caaes ■were; ad}eurn»Av MISCELLANEOUS CASES,, Frederick George Lester;, age*; 1T,., wpr [' Bad previously pleaded , gmliyto charge*; of theft and assault; camieup The probation offifoee; bad seen the hay's mother, who was qait& satisfiedthat treatment Lester,. •waa forinally sente*^ prisonment; on a charge of. theft' of■;' a»- hat valued at fit, recommendation ';to--be made to the Government that-hef-h*. sent to the Weraroa TramifigJTarra; Andther lad; James Henry Cboperv, vrho~ was aiso before? the Court earlier *in the; week on a charge of theft, cajniiv up for , 1 sentence. In hi* case it was reported that ;i apart from this lapfiej. his character was Sod. H«; wa» accotMtihgly placed on: pnjition for two yoMK fej A. fine of £5, in dijkfault seven days* unit prisonment, was imposedon a middle-aged;, ; maii, David: Tiiyjor, for baring commitbed i an indecent act in Symonds Street WMle :,: drnnkv - ■"■ '■'!' :r - '"■";* : '

THEFT CASE REMANDED. Lawrence Albert'. Mansell (3&. Cullenl, aged 26, was remanded for a week. ; on' " charges of having stolen a rug valued at £2 19s 6d, an attache case valued at £1 sbj and a suitcase irihied: at £3 lQsy and - also having assanlfa. -:i\ .Hose Robinson.