CITY POLICE COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5288, 28 May 1904, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

FI!I DAY, -MAY 27. (Mere Or A. McAitliur, S.M.) Viral. Arnold, for a bucoiul offence of drunkenness. whs lined 2Us, or seven i—ivs iiiipruonnu'ut. -May Richards, similarly charged, was ordered to pay ](h tjd, medical expenses, and discharged, on the nndeisiiimijiiK unit she wont to’tlio Salvation Army Homo. CUSTOMS CAM'S. John .MantUn, charged with making % false declaration under tlio Cnstom.s Laws Consolidation Act was further remanded until the, HltU June, on the application of his counsel, -Mr DaisiedTUAFFIG RUGUCATIONS. A ease involving; this regulation of IrnlHo occupied some tinio in hearing. William ICwrald, a cuntraclor, was charged with failing to keep on tho loft or ‘'n Wl r’’ side of the road when molding another vehicle in Riddiford »froot,"on the 18th insfc. Mr Jackson appeared for the detendiuit. bubInspector O’Donovnn prosecuted. A complaint by Phdtp B Uattn livcryBtahl.i keeper, Killuriue, lormod the snbioe* of the information. -Mr Watts, in triving evidence about tho occurrence, t,Cited that halt the road was closed, owing to the wood-blocking operations on Dio date mentioned in t.he. information. Witness was proceeding to Wellington and defendant was in charge ot »team ami dray loaded with gravel going in Ihe opposite direction. iKdom.ant, ),v ignoring the I'.ile of tlio road, had a pienr passage on a immiiv stretch ot wood-blocking which had been comp eted. ami witness was obliged to take tuo clay portion. lie culled out to I’iS/.Eornhl to pass on the left, but he refused to do so, asking him if he would insist on a man with a yard and a ball ol gravel taking the bad track to let a light a\'f pass. Witness replied that ho would? "and Kitr.gerald then said ho would make him shift. In passing the wheels of the respective vehicles locked, and witness's gig was slightly damaged, hy having tho paint rubbed oil. Ucfondant ( 'avo evidence on lus own behalf. Ho denied that ho declared ho would make Mr Watts "get out of the road,’' and stated that Mr Watts had plenty of room to pass, had ho euosen to do so, without occasioning any inconvenience. It was true that; ho had [riven Watts a wrong name at tirst, but hn did not, see why ho should have given him his" right name.. Throe other witnesses also gave evidence tor the defence. One declared emphatically that Mr Watts had plenty of room to pass on lus right side had ho chosen to do so. His Worship dismissed tho information. Counsel's application for costs to (letciidnnt; was refused, on the ground that Fitzgerald had given a wrong name to Mr Walts. NOXIOUS WKEDS ACT. Charles Cotter, Alexander rainier and Charles Goango, all charged with tailing to clear their lands of blackberry, sweet briar and gorso, were each lined IDs and emits (74 None of the defendants appeared to answer the informations. ALLEGED HI! MAKING AND ENTERING. John Burke, Charles Burrowos and David Jefferies were charged on remand with breaking and entering tho premises of -Albert Samuel, in St. Hill street, on Anri! 29th, and stealing therefrom MCk) cigars, valued at £l7 IDs. Burrowos was charged on a second count with receiving tho goods. Chiof-Detcc-tive McGrath prosecuted. Mr Herdman appeared for Burke and Buvrones mill -Air Weston for Jefferies. Tho Chief-Detective said Mr Samuel was an aerated water manufacturer, formerly carrying.-on business in St. Hill street, but. now of Thorndou quay. On February Oth, li)D3, lie ID.ODD cigars, the only cohsignmont ot a particular brand taken out on that date. Mr Satttuel, when moving to his now promises on May 2nd, discovered that 1400 cigars had boon stolen from the office in St. Hill street. Tho j evidence would show that accused Burrowes, in company with'Bnrko, sold twelve boxes of cigars bearing tho Wellington Customs mark of iSiFobruary Oth, 1903,” for halt their value. When questioned about tho transaction, Burrowes said uo had purchased the goods from a sailor belonging to tho ship Galvanic, which, ho alleged, was Hien lying in port. Ho arranged to moot Air Kirkby, fruiterer, Hamilton quay, on tlio following day, to roll him sotno of the cigars, hut Mr Kirkby did not keep tho appointment. Burko donied all knowledge ot the charge when ho was arrested on tho 9th Instant. Burrowos stated that ho had purchased tho goods from Jefferies when ho was arrested, ami Jefferies, when taken into custody, denied complicity. Tho evidence, he thought, would at least establish a dear case against Burrowos and Jefferies. After hearing evidence, Mr Hordraau •aid ho understood tho case was to ho adjourned until Tuesday afternoon. In respect of tho case as against Burko, he said ho had gone carefully through the adduced facts, and ho was convinced there was no evidence against him. Mr McGrath agreed witli him on this point, and ho would, therefore, ask that tho charge against him should bo withdrawn. Mr McGrath said ho agreed with counsel, but would like to say that, Burke bad himself to blame for the position ho Was in. Had ho told the truth to tho police when first spoken to he would Hover hare boon arrested. Burke was thereupon discharged. The case against Burrowos and Jefferies was remanded for further hearing until Tuesday afternoon, at 2.15 o’clock.