POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 13

POLICE COURT NEWS.

MONEY OBTAINED BY FRAUD. WANTED TO GO TO ENGLAND. fc THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. A charge of obtaining £2 10s from J. B, King, plumber, by falsely representing that he had sold five filters was ad- | mitted by Harry Edward Phillips,' aged 25, in the Police Court yesterday.. Chief-Detective Cuwminga said that accused was before the Court in March of last year and received six months' imprisonment on each of two charges of false pretences. Accused said he intended to sign on a boat and work his way to England, but the strike had prevented him doing I so. He still desired to return. The magistrate, Mr. Hunt, imposed a ! sentence of three months' imprisonment in the meantime He added that if a position on a boat could be secured for accused there was no reason why he should not be allowed to go. THEFT BY A CLERK, j A young clerk, Whitely Couch, employed by the Northcote and Birkenhead Gas Company, admitted two charges of stealing a quantity of tools valued at £l. j Chief-Detective Cummings said most of the articles wer# the property af the | company, and accused had endeavoured ito sell them. He was admitted to probation for three years in Wellington for theft and was still on probation. He would probably lose his position. Mr. Hunt: What did you want to steal for when you had a good position ? i Accused: Can I have another chance, i Your Worship ? j Mr. Hunt : The only chance you ought | to get is three months. Accused was fined £3, in default 14 days' imprisonment, on one charge, and £2, in default 14 days' imprisonment, on the other. He was also ordered to make restitution of 9s, the value of the j tools not recovered. DISTURBANCE IN THEATRE. "He commenced a disturbance in a ■ theatre, and when taken outside used obscene language to the constable," said Senior-Sergeant Edwards, in the case of John Turner, aged 37, who pleaded guilty to being drunk in WeHesley Street on Wednesday and using obscene language. Accused was fined ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, or. the first charge, and £2, in default seven days' imprisonmeut, on the second. J FAILURE OF PROSECUTION. Bertram John Christian, aged 24, ! pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing I to comply with terms of his probation j at Pahiatua. i Mr. W. J. Campbell, probation officer, | said accused was admitted to 12 months' j probation in November last year on a | charge of theft. He was later transferred to Wellington and went away on a boat. When he returned he travelled about the country and reported everywhere he went. ! Thers was nothing really serious about l his case. " In that case he will be dismissed," said Mr. Hunt. The chief detective said the police at I Pahiatua had the facts of the case, and ! asked if accused could not be sent there. " We are not going to waste the coun- < try's money sending him about, ' Mr. j Hunt said. _