POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19148, 14 October 1925, Page 15

POLICE COURT NEWS.

MAN KICKED IN CHEST. ASSAULT AT BOARDING HOUSE. FINE OF TEN POUNDS IMPOSED. A short list of cases was dealt with in the Police Court yesterday by Mr. F. K. Hant,.S.M. A charge of assaulting Andrew Ashcroft was admitted by John Coleman, aged 32. Senior-Sergeant Edwards said accused and complainant were staying at a boardinghouse in Lome Street, A dispute arose on the evening of October 5 and accused kicked Ashoroft in tho chest. At first it was thought tho latter's breast bone was broken. Accused was fined £lO, half of which is to go to complainant. Coleman was also ordered to pay £2 16s medical expenses. He was given a month in which to pay. FAILURE TO PAY FARE. Charges of failing to pay his tram fare and of being drunk in Wellesley Street were preferred against John McGill, aged 36. He admitted being drunk, but aeiueo the other charge, A tram conductor said accused boarded his tram in Symonds Street soon after 6 o'clock on Monday evening. Accused was asked for his fare in Wellesley Street but would not pay. Accused said he had travelled in trams all his life and had never refused to pay a fare. " You were too drunk to know what you were doing," said tho magistrate in imposing a fine of 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, on each charge. DISORDERLY WHILE DRUNK. " She waved her umbrella about and broke it over the back of a constable, said Senior-Sergeant Edwards in the case of Ada Warner, aged 48, who pleaded guilty to being disorderly while drunk in Kitchener Street on Monday afternoon. Accused was fined £l, in default three days' imprisonment. Margaret O'Gara, aged 39, who was with Warner, admitted a similar charge. She had four previous convictions for drunkenness during the last six months and was fined 40s, in default seven days imprisonment. " He waved his arms about, and soon attracted a crowd," said the Senior-Ser-geant regarding George Francis Donovan, aged 48, who admitted being disorderly while drunk in Short-land Street. A fine of £l, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed. CHARGE OF FORGERY. A charge of forging a signature on a cheque for £lO, drawn on the National Bank of New Zealand, was preferred against Jack Henderson. Chief-Detective Cummings said further charges were pending. Accused was remanded until October 22.