POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20300, 6 July 1929, Page 16

POLICE COURT NEWS.

THREE WOMEN IMPRISONED. ALL PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED. "These three women have ali been wandering round Hobson Street, consorting with undesirable persons and accosting men," said Sub-Inspector McCarthy in "the Police. Court yesterday, when Annie Hartley, aged 53, Gertrude Clifiord, aged ,43, and Mary Roynll, aged 33, all denied charges of being idle and disorderly. The polico stated the women were not working, and they were persistently making a nuisance of themselves. All three wore well known to the police, apd had a variety of previous convictions against them. Hartley had been convicted 36 times.

Each was sent to prison for three months by the magistrate, Mr. I'. K. Hunt.

Convicted on Wednesday on a charge of stealing six singlets, the property of .Alfred Hcbu Caldwell, a young Australian, Arthur Archie Thomas, appeared for sen fence. "I do not think this is a caso for probation," said the probation oifirer, Mr. W. J. Campbell. "Ho appears to bo a bird of passage." Saying he would treat him as a first offender, the magistrate fined accused 115. in default one month's imprisonment.

"These young men wore walking along Karangahape Road late one Saturday night, singing lustily," said Sub-Inspector McCarthy, when J. Russell, [. J. Costcllo and L. W. Dohbison admitted charges (if disorderly behaviour. "A constable, .thinking of people who wanted to sleep, asked them to desist. They did for a while, but resumed after coming out of a restaurant." Each accused was fined £1 with costs.

Arrested in Gisborne and charged with n grave offence against a girl aged 15, Harry Davis, a young man, was remanded until next Thursday.

On a charge of assaulting William Henry a fine of £5 was imposed on John Shanks, who was convicted and discharged on another cliargo of using obsceno language.