POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18495, 4 September 1923, Page 4

POLICE COURT NEWS.

MOTOR ENGINE PART STOLEN, I ■.;■:■:■;.• ■■..-■■ .'v. '_^^ ; v • ■ v.':;v^*Spg UNLICENSED HAWKER'S TffIQPT, -; Charges of stealing a motor engine pj»«-; valued at £1 and hawking bottles without a license, were admitted by Robert Ed* ■'' ' ward Powell, aged 27, who appeared at -*l the Polios Court yesterday, Wore M? ' J. W. Poynton, S.M. - '' Senior-Detective Cummings said that ac« cused had been in company with a man' -i'"who, on Friday, was fined £10 and £X on similar charges. Powell, who was an I unlicensed hawker, had hired a horse and "' cart,, and ho watched the other man tav. " " the engine part, which they both tried ®- to sell. Accused was a married mati with two children, and was in or J/ cumstances. Though he had a !bad ! rl* -' cord, he took only a minor part in «, ;* - theft.. «-_ " "» me The magistrate said it would .be k. hard on accused's wife to impose ; a short '■" sentence 'than to inflict a fine. Pow 11 wa,s sentenced to seven days'' iinpriJj,' ' ment for-theft, and for hawking withm?* : -' a license was fined £3, in default sow : days' imprisonment, concurrent. ™•-

VIOLENT YOUNG WOMAN", " The sequel to an episode in Grey StrM on Saturday afternoon was the appearand : ; of Phyllis King, a young woman wearinV a fur coat, who admitted charges ■ \ " drunkenness and wilfully damaging tw panes of glass valued at £10. (lereean? • ' Rowell said that accused, who was und ■"*■ the influence of liquor, was eject"d *rn'» an hotel, and then threw a brick thranrt '< two large windows in the bar. jjjj i*# ' a list, and had made history efeeVhertf ■ " Accused was sentenced to oa? monifi * imprisonment, to be followed by ;'$S m * S ! than twelve months' reformative ->♦!?■ **•>''-* ment. ; ;,•-;• pat * i-;

THEFT OF SHIP'S BTOKrg. I A member of the crew of the Inlaws ' Joseph Richmond McKeown, aged 37 »?« ">~ fined £10, in default one month's -im prisonrnent, for the theft of butter sups/ ■ ' and a bottle of vinegar, valued at ? th' ■■ property of the Northern Steamship Com * pany. Accused was accosted bv Detec- v tive McHugh on the Onchunga Wharf.. after the arrival of the steamer oi Satur day morning, and the articles wei-e found - in his bag. Detective Cumraings S3 |jW ; .: ! there was no necessity for the'San- £•■.■'. steal, as he held a good position, - with '• steady work, and had a considerable em ' in his possession at the time. ■■. ■; Accused said the articles wew part of the rations which had been left over on the trip. ™ •

'■■■.;■' . ii : 9Mm } -. VAGRANT SENT TO GAOL. • I . "He is really a hopeless case," yp' Senior-Detective Curnmings, when Gcorei Harrison, aged 58, who had be<!n<!o m V asleep in an empty house off. Sihortlahd ' Street on Saturday night, admits & ' ' charge of vagrancy. This was litattdto * bs accused's 99th appearance. HeVa one of the vagrant type. Accused s»ii he had only gone to the house to Am and had no unlawful intent. He asm ' for a chance. ' , •] ~ Harrison was sentenced to three monlM ■'' hard labour, and warned that if he came, ' up again he would receive three vearj. ; •■

TROUBLE.OVER MAINTENANCE. : [ William Thomson (Mr. Osbunie-Lflly), " aged 53, who had been extradite - from Victoria, was charged with: leaving New I ; Zealand without -, the written p<tfnission of a magistrate while a maintenance order - : was in force against him in respect.of hi? : -'"-' l i wife and child, and with leaving New fiZealand while in arrears in respect of the W* order. / Accused pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed to.? the Supreme Court for trial. - .

MISCELLANEOUS CASES. ;', ? "They were fighting outside a picW '," theatre," said Serggant.. Rowell, wMlil Robert Henry Johnston, aged 28, and Wil- I ham Leslie, aged 40, admitted usinj- . threatening behaviour at Ellerslie. ': Johnston, who was stated to be tae aggressor, ' was fined £5, while Leslie I was tonvicted and ordered to pay cab! hire.: Both men ! ! ' bore marks of their encounter. , Two other men, Frank Robscn, ag*d ■ 37, end Frank Harking aged 40, admitted a similar charge. They were fighting in -• Customs Street. Robson was Ined-&, V ■?' and Harkins £1 10s. > . V Henry Reid, aged 23, was fined £3 for •- assaulting Thomas Oliver Anderson. Th sum of £1 from the fime was ordered to ' be paid to the , person .■aaisaulted. ■ r % O'Malley, who recently ':ame to Zealand as a member, of the crew of V< a ship which sailed without faint, mad« his fourth appearance for drunkenness - - ;within six months, and was sentenced to ' ■ three months* hard labour. '

• SERIOUS OFFENCES ALLEGED. ;;[Alfrea:;Alexander Berry, aged 47, was ■ charged with having indecently, assaulted ? a boy aged 11. Accused pleaded 'net,'"'•''' guilty, and was committed to the tfuprems ■ Court for trial. . r , A charge of wilful i exposure in Arabi' ' Street on the evening of July 30 was pre- " ] ™a against. Ernest William RiwhaeyM (Mr. Dickson), a married man, a god 26. After evidence for the prosecution had been given, accused phaded not ? guilty, I? reserved his defence, and was com m itt«f I to the Supreme Court for trial, bail beingV nxed at £50. • , "■1