POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18335, 27 February 1923, Page 4

POLICE COURT NEWS.

GIRL ASSAULTED IN'' STREE7||j|j| OFFENDER SENT TO GAOL i I " aMp* "There is too much chasing of ; gfiihfpfj by drunken men," said Mr. -J. .W. Poyn? f§. I ton, S.M., in the Police Court yeshv-M^'§ day, when sentencing a young man, Baying Harris, to one month's hard laboorVfrtj|gf having assaulted a girl in Wellesiejr. 1 Street on Saturday afternoon. Accused admitted a charge of drunken* 'ft'!' 1 ness, but said he had ho recollection of !? , I the other incident. The girl, who ' § about 16 years of age and appeared to W: ; § in a very nervous condition, said that f accused put his arm round her, and when , f she pushed him away he kicked her oas|& |j the leg, tearing her stocking and ii?p||| flicting a bruise. _ . I ■ ' Two other witnesses gave' • evidence. ! Accused said he had no recollection d , || the affair. -i; f • After reading accused's > record wffegl magistrate said the man had bee»'S|^|l trouble before for assault and could not ! 4 IE be let off with a fine. ' EPISODE ON TRAMCAR. ( '^K«l An episode on a Heme Bay trsractf. £ § on Saturday resulted in the appearand of Eric Rapata, a Maori aged 44, chargaJ|j H with having assaulted the conductor and . having used indecent language. ■ || pf| | Evidence was given that accused hw||||| a difference with the conductor over ttMxl | fare. He obstructed the conductor ia|lM|®|| duty, struck him, and used the language iff I complained of. Accused had been given " ||| his correct change and had been tmt&p||g with patience. His explanation : did Ml. 11 satisfy the "Bench, and he was sentenced ' to seven days' hard labour on ewh ;|g charge, .• the •. terms to be concurrent. yffi||||j|| ■" " " FOUND IN , A : FOWLHOUSE. "He was found in a fowlhouse," ;. if plained Sergeant Howell, when : , Jota|p | Morris, aged 61, admitted, a : chargei being a rogue and vagabond in that,;li<p§ B had been found by night without lawful m excuse on enclosed premises. This i his first appearance in Court. AacwiilMß said he did . not know that the place !fij|®; | a fowlhouse and had merely gone 7- then | for shelter as it was raining. He g asleep when found. Accused was;'coaJ||§ | victed. - and discharged. ■ ■■'"■ •••; v/ "'9 ! Pfpi I IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT, ijfci The theft of clothing valued at £11 8» It 6d was admitted by a young 'mail.'.- Oolia ffi Campbell Liddell, formerly a stoker o#;.H.M.S. Chatham. In a statement;tffMf| Detective Barling accused said that deserted his ship at Wellington and came to Auckland, where he subsequently stole ji;v g the clothes. " He wanted to leave|tki®|.|s> Navy, but had been unable to get htfv'j 8$ discharge, and: his reason- for taking tb» 3| clothes was that bv so doing it woiudLw|s||H easier for him to'get out of the Navy. 1 The magistrate remarked that this- wagMS a very undignified way oit getting out the Navy, and imposed a sentence of; o® 9 Jl month's imprisonment. V Three months' imprisonment was itt* jjl posed on Frederick Prince, aged 23, who _..H admitted having stolen i 33 while at » boardinghouse. When accosted by a de* / JjM tective accused had r handed the money back. It was stated that accused had li been released on license. ji 1 HAWKER'S HORSE HJLTREATED. •11 "He drove up * Grey Street at full 1 lop, striking the horse, •; aiud then cartel I back even faster," said Mr. N. Webeter, ||^| inspector for the Society for the; Pr* 'J| yention of Cruelty to Animals, when "gfrj|3|< j* ing: evidence in the case 'againisV^in^' Indian bottle gatherer, Natha ChbitN 1 who was chained with having .cruelly : ill - | treated a : horse by striking it with * 1 whip. Continuing, the inspector a that accused then drove the pony and Mi | cart along Cook Street, back again, BP a||| 1 Grey Street, arid then backed the cart § into the gutter, striking the horse wit" - $ I the whip and jagging at its mouth. There | ' were lo weals oh the left side of th« -. 4 I horse, ranging •up to ISin. in length. ,|4| I Accused was somewhat under .the in* I fluence of drink.: A fine of £3 and) W|||g g costs in default ■ seven days' imprison I ment, was imposed. IliSl || i'- ——— --V ; : i 1 MISCELLANEOUS CASES. | I Florence Catherine Armstrong j Singer), a married woman, denied mace false representations to a gWWJ® .*;■ Wellington Street with a view to obteia- m ing goods. The charges resulted w|K||j|jj| representations alleged to have p?® B made by accused concerning her P° JIB when obtaining goods from the lipSM} | account. The value of .the goods rovw™. :^j| was £3 15s 7d. After hearing *n 1 denca the ;magistrate dismissed-the # <^. fe a l| under Section 92 of the ; Justices 01 T t| ';^l Peace Act, on payment of .. the 1 £3 15s 7d, and costs, accused being v lowed 14 days to pay. Rjcnnd "*''* l There was no ; appearance 0* ® ( . r James Paterson, aged ■. 42, to aD f^ n . m charges of drunkenness and • having M mitted an indecent act in • the' ® v « Accused -was fined £1 on the firat oW * R and £3' ; on ; the second. " • . ® An elderly woman, Agnes, mitted , having been drunk in JB Street on Saturday and haying m mischief by : wilfully breakingM of glass, valued at £1,55. m that the >oman "put an iron bar G a window. marking thatlj cused's ?■ 58 th I appearance, the I sentenced her to 14 : dayo' B , For y having used -¥ obscene ;il the street -George Gray, a cclowrw;, , man, was fined £5, ■