POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

BROKE MOTOR WINDSCREEN.

BESENTED BEINO KNOCKED DOWN-

A v brief list of cases was dealt with ati the Police Court yesterday before "Mr. J. W.Poyn&on, S.M. ""' ~'." Duncan McDonald {Mr., Moody), aged 36, admitted having wilfully damaged the wind-screen of a ;motor : car to the extent of • £2. ss. . \i- "- Counsel explained that, accused had been/knocked, down in Queen.. s Street by the motor-car.. - He sustained noninjury,, but considering that the dignity inherited from his' Caledonian ancestors had been outraged, relieved his feelings 'by shattering -the wind-screen- with, his fist. -~. His anger thus appeased, he became apologetic and offered to pay for the damage. This he had since done, . A fine of 10s was inflicted. ' ' '.' .-%>..; IMPRISONED FOR BAD LANGUAGE, An unkempt man, William Carey, ■ aged 44, pleaded guilty to the use- of obscene language. Senior-Sergeant- Rawle stated that accused had been arrested in Pitt Street while /making/a! to ■ j open the gate of St. Helens' Hospital. He was calling out', to pedestrians "and using obscene expressions. Complaints" were frequently'"received from. St. Helen%' Hospital s that' undesirable characters} frequented the vicinity.' . v "'' . Aiterscafmihgthe accused's list of 21 convictions, the magistrate imposed a sen»tence of one month\ imprisonment, _ Charges "of haying been drunk and having used obscene language resulted, in the appearance of George Cooper Jackson. aged 46 (Mr. McDivex).' Accusedipleaded not guilty. '..-2„'>'■>'-■ '- Senior-Sergeant Rawle stated that ac< i cused, - who" was popularly ; known as " Fatty ' Jackson," had. been aiTested in Cobden Street j; ir» the act of jeaijing. over his neighbour's fence,* and indulging in a torrent of abuse. ' ." " *.> A married woman gave evidence to tie effect that she was standing onxthe Verandah of in Cobden "Street when Jackson, : with whom she lurched up tp.t^e.gateway., Accused, who 1 was barefooted) ana appeared to »fie nudes j the influence, of liquor, greeted .her with lan offensive "gesture 1 ; and objectionable i language."' ... 1. "P' h " ..• ; y. ■~; .':... \ Tne defence was'that .."no,bad language ! had been used. " ; : [ The Senior-Sergeant said '...[that; .accused had ,45 /, pre> ious convictions, ; intruding I seven for obscene language. . ~ - / r j Mr. Poynton imposed a sentence of'one [ month's .imprisonment. - '■'-.■-

ORDERED TO ACCEPT 'WORK,

Benjamin 'Underwood Howell, - aged 24, said to ; be a -mental defective, *"' 'gazed vacantly around the Court, when charged with Vagrancy. An official of"*the; Salvation Army offered to accept responsibility for''accused. The/magistrate accordingly ordered Howell to accept $|f£ work for which; the Salvation Array thought he was fitted, and' adjourned the" case/.