POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19418, 28 August 1926, Page 15

POLICE COURT NEWS.

BUS-DRIVER IN TROUBLE. INDECENT LANGUAGE CHARGE. PENALTY OF TWO POUNDS. "There is a little history to the incident that is not altogether creditable to the informant," said Mr. G. P. Finlay, in the Police Court yestei'day, in pleading guilty on behalf of Leslie Laing to a charge of using indecent language in a hotel bar. Mr. Finlay said accused was a busdriver. .Complainant got the idea that there had Been relations between his wife and accused' and took the course of writing to accused's employers and stating that his wife had been allowed to travel on accused's bus without paying her fare. Complainant's wife had denied the charge, stating that she travelled on the bus only once and had then paid her fare. Accused, however, was resentful, and when he met complainant in a hotel bar he used bad language. He was under the influence of liquor and he had a good deal of justification. The magistrate,. Mr. Poynton, imposed a fine of £2 with costs. "NOT A NICE TRINITY." "They are not a nice trinity. The probation officer must take steps to separate the brothers from the other accused," said the magistrate when Cyril George Greenwood, aged 19, Angus Joseph Hare, aged 18, and Chris Hare, aged 16, appeared for sentence on a charge of stealing a dozen armlets, four pairs of socks, three pail's of suspenders and two pairs of braces, of a total value of £2 6s 6d, the property of Victor .Lionel Baker. Chief-Detective Cummings said the accused broke into a showcase. They had been remanded for a week. Greenwood had obtained bail, but the others had remained in custody. Greenwood had previously been before the . Court and had been placed on probation. The magistrate said he would give Greenwood another chance, although he did not deserve it. Ho would be placed on probation for three years, and the other two accused for two years. Accused were ordered to make restitution of £2 6s 6d. CALLED AT POLICE STATION. Charges of being drunk in Princes Street, of vagrancy and of procuring liquor during the ciu'rency of a prohibition order were brought against Charles Edward Coleman, aged 33. A constable said accused called at the police station under the influence of liquor and asked to be locked up as lie had nowhere to sleep. He said he had no relatives and nowhere to go and that he had been prohibited at Te Awamutu. He had been in Auckland for two weeks and had spent all his money. He had been wofking in the country for 11 months. The Magistrate: He came down here* to liquidate his cheque, I suppose. On the first two charges accused was convicted and discharged and on the third was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment. SUNDAY TRADING. Fines of £2 each with costs were imposed on Herbert T. Granville and Emily Taylor on charges of Sunday trading.