POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

FALSE REPRESENTATIONS. MAN ADMITS DISHONESTY. A series of charges involving false pretences was made in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., against Samuel John Carncross, aged 31 (Mr. Sullivan). He was charged that on four occasions, , with intent to defraud, he obtained motor tyres and tubes by representing he ' was a carrier with a . business at Otahuhu, and that his name was A. Prosser. In this manner he was alleged to have . obtained nine tyres and three tubes, of a total value of £66 3s, the property of the Distributing Agency, Ltd. Accused pleaded guilty to all the charges. The evidence showed that a full confession had been made. Accused had said he was running passengers from Auckland to Hamilton on account of the ' railway strike. About half the stolen goods had been recovered and the remainder was likely to bo found. . . . Accused was remanded for a week for sentence.... ~ '' 3 1 CHARGES OF THEFT. " A most remarkable man," was'the description given to William Kirkwood, aged 31, who admitted having stolen patent medicines, to the value of 15s, the property of his employers, Vigorific, Ltd. It was stated that accused had admitted pledging certain articles belonging to the company. He had a mania for that sort of thing and could not stop it. He knew what he was doing, but did not realise it was wrong. ' , , The magistrate admitted accused to probation for two years. The next time he j would have to go to gaol. | FRIEND'S OVERCOAT TAKEN. j The theft of an overcoat, valued at £4 j 10s, was denied by James Carlton Ander- ] son (Mr. Goulding). Accused, who,knew that the owner, a friend of his, had lost | his coat, stated that he had bought the coat for 25s from a man he did not know. Accused was fined £5, in default 14 days' imprisonment. * , MOTOR-CAR ILLEGALLY USED. A plea of guilty waS entered by. Baden j Powell Crocker, aged 24, when charged j with having converted , to. his own use, though not so as to have committed theft, a motor-car valued at £300, the property of Leonard Heard. He was remanded for a week for sentence. Others were stated j to be concerned in the offence. ' ; MAN'S PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR. | A week's remand for medical examina- | tion was granted in the case of Henry Dean, aged 41, who was ' charged with being an idle and disorderly ( person. He i was stated to have fancied grievances, and wanted to place his case before the Gov-ernor-General } and if that failed to interview the admiral of the fleet at" present in Sort. Accused was found in . Government [ouse grounds. " / TWO STOWAWAYS DISCHARGED. The two young stowaways,' James Murdock, aged 23, and Edward Lannin, aged 20, appeared before the magistrate. - They were both given good characters by Salvation Army officials, and were both convicted and discharged. : / , . • MANY : STREET OFFENCES. , . Street offences were fairly numerous during the week-end. '■■■■ - '.'l" Fourteen days' imprisonment was imposed on, Thomas Martin, aged 48, for having used, obscene language in Federal Street. He was fined £5 for drunkenness. For drunkenness, Samuel William Watts, aged 42, was fined £2, and ordered to 1 pay 10», being the damage he caused to a motor-car curtain. ■ ' . For having damaged a glass jar, Benjamin Thompson (Mr. Sullivan), aged 31,;' was ordered. to pay the amount of the damage, 27s 6d. He was fined £2 for drunkenness. - A fine of 20s, was imposed on Albert Chapman, aged : : 25, for having \ been t disorderly j while ■ drunk. . Two ; men, Frank Lawrence, aged : 19, and ; Karaka Pekake, aged 24, who were found' fighting in Customs : Street, were each fined 40s on a charge of threatening behaviour. , ALLEGED ARSON. \ A further remand for a. week was granted in the case of Thomas Heaton, aged 37, who was charged with having, committed arson 'at; Northcote. Bail was allowed as before. ':v • f