POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 9

POLICE COURT NEWS.

LOAN OF A WHEELBARROW. NOT A CASE OF THEFT. The theft of a wheelbarrow, valued at 25s,. was.the charge made against-; a well- ■ dressed ? married-.. woman in' the Polio© . Court yesterday before t Mr. F. X. Hunt, S.M. Mr. Singer appeared -fori the defen- - dant. ~- ,„. , >-»-,'. ....... Counsel, explained that the house oppo- . site defendant's home was empty, -and had been - ; ; loir some time. With friends, she went •■ across ■ the road and saw a - man in-„. ■ , side tie gate.- He gave permission for the loan of I the ? wheelbarrow," which was ■ wheeled "£ into defendant's grounds. She : ; , wanted the barrow to do stone gardening work. In ' evidence, 'defendant' said :' she had hno ; ' idea .' she was doing anything wrong. She did; not knows who the man 'was. '",'.' . / i The imagistrate;said;, he would i give her the benefit of the J doubt. The case was dismissed. An order suppressing publication of defendant's name was made by Mr. - Hunt.- « - - < - \-, - • CATAPULT AND A WINDOW. A youth, James B. Macowan, did not appear to answer a charge of having wil- v fully ■• broken a pane of glass valued at' 2s. It was stated that a window in the St. John v Ambulance ;: Association * had 7 been i broken and a stone found inside ; the room. Defendant -v was stated .to * have admitted ' to a constable that "■ he , had broken • the ,window. He had a catapult in his possession. A fine of 20s was imposed, defen- :j. dant being ordered; to, pay for the damage ■ arid costs. ", ' . Ci '■ ALLEGED HORSE-STEALING. . . " The^ihree" men arrested for horse and cattle'stealing, "Clyde " Powell ;- Ludwig, Walter Barraclough, aiid^Percy^McGil-?; •■ vray, again appeared in Court. They were jointly s charged ■ with r having stolen 15 W: horses, valued at £195, at Otaua. Ludwig: -■" was further charged with the theft of five steers, three heifers and one cow, of * total. value of £51 10s. The .theft. was . alleged to have occurred at Afce Ate. The other charges previously, laid wcjs withdrawn yesterday. - -^';"> l - J ', ": ( All three men were remanded to appear at Pukekohe on Thursday, when the case will bo -proceeded: with. ~ V -'■■■ VJ j ILLEGAL : WEIGHING MACHINES. A shopkeeper >at owanson, R. Knor,v was charged with haling an unstamped set -of weights and an unstamped wwghr injr machine. He was fined £5 on the firs* charge, and convicted and ordered to pay : costs on the second. v .„v '*■"***:,'-'-•■■-. Two Chinamen, Wong Goon, and Wong Hong, were each alleged to * have had illegal weighing machines, :. Each, »nh - had vertical spring balances, which indicated one lb. in excess of the' real weight.. A fins of £5 wo* imposed in each ease. '. ■' ■",; • ■;■'■ " ; .'v''.-.'-.-vf^'v:V-'V■■>■•'■•■•-'''/-,;:'•■ .;."-; ; / ; , ERECTION * OP, A' CRANE. : Two prosecutions ' under the < Scaffolding , Act wore laid against M.' 8.. Heffernan (Mr. Nswbery). He was charged with having erected;ra'j crane without previously , notifying the inspector,? sad also with not having it erected^ by a man certified to . be competent It was ' stated! the esse was \ :v ,' governed by a new provision and was brought in., the * nature /of warning. De- . r idant was fined 40s'and f - costs on each charge. '-'" , MISCELLANEOUS CASES. An f unregistered i plumber | John ? Henry i; ■-? Reynolds Gilbert (Mr- McLivet), who was stated by an'.inspector to have doae work oatside his. province, was fined 40*. and costs.- A charge, against his ,: enlploy-er, : ; - J Charles Ernest Reynolds, was withdrawn. For having permitted horses to wander,; ; ;-/-'; A. W. F. Amos, was fined 10s on each of '- : two'.charges. •• , :■-'; -' alien r Christian J 1«9«£«2? ' worked on the Tofus without * * ic _*Pf** i was convicted and ordered to s«f ; '«fP*