CITY POLICE COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5667, 15 August 1905, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

MONDAY, AltU'.'-T X-l. (iiifoie Ur A. McA.thur, S.M.) dt-ait with. i'uiir v.v.e convicted and ch-charged, one ol whom tan Ainean | n-grot ails taken to the iioqjiu:!, a ;) j ho had jinn a 1. g : I linn; tve.e iMitu U ;: ’ each m dcdault run y-eigut lioinw mi-pn-onmen., ; and one wao inm-d o.t, 01 l'weuiv-tour hours’ niipn-ammeul. hor a fourth ofle..ee, k.l'io Duiker was convicted ami tlischai ged. .the iiiioi'incd the ,Uag..-.irate .-he wit-; taking a j situation in tiro country. ~ _ | For lighting in Tuba .-.‘.rcet on tat- i nj'dav ntgiu. William aultw and Jlrorvn were each '.mat 1?--, 111 delanu j tntiiiy-four hours impnmnmeut. I Thomas tutci Mic.iael Hoskins, broth-1 ers, pleaded guilty to acting ■«, 11 «*»-1 orderly manner in t ourteuay place on ; .Saturday, wlnle under the influence o| | drink. Sub-inspector O Uonovan said j i accused, on being relnsctl admission a i aus .viajesty’s 'ineatie, had cieated adisturbance. They were members ul a rougii crowd that ircquc-nteU. wianneis and Cuba steels, uml had botJi oeen previously beloro the court. itach was lined To, in delault one moiuus imprisonment. Minnie .ucN'eill was sent to gaol lor three inoiuhs for being an idle and disorderly person, wunuiu lawful visiOie means of support, one was uesenma by tile police as "one of the worst women 01 her class about le Aro. For stealing a pm tmaiiLeau, valued at £d. on Jtny tdst mini tiio At Hotel, belonging to Joim A, uadi, Jsdmuml Johnson was convicted, ami seiueue-a 10 one month’s impnsonnient. Accused sold Clio portmanteau to cjllmm' Harnett, barman in flic Wellington Hotel, for ss. The police stated accused had been three nines eouviciecl 1 of theft. , , „„ I For unlawfully .assaulting Iliomas McCarthy, on August btli, Thomas ! i Daves was convicted, and ordered to j pay expenses —.McCarthy, ill 15s; doc-; j tors tee, ill Is. Sub-inspector U Don-, j ovan said accused and prosecutor were j I carters, engaged on a builau.g m cuume ( !of election 111 \ ictom street. A dtv 1 nato aiose m couuectiou with tiiu iw j of a passage-way, as Die result ol which accused struck prosecutor a blow on tho head with his whip, inllietmg a wound two indies long, wlndi nuu to bo sewn up by a medical man. James Desmond C’ody, alias Lowe, alias Odes, was charged with receiving a silver watch and chain, valued at £J os and £2 in money by means ui a false pretence, viz., a valueless cheque, it appears that accused represented himself to Mortis Hama, a travelling jeweller, as a person employed by the naval authorities to hunt up deserters. Harris said ho met accused at the Upper Hurt. Ho sold him a watch and chain for £3 ss, for which accused handed him a cheque tor £0 ss, and received £d in change. W itness made no inquiries about the cheque, which was on the Dank of New youth Wales, made in favour of Ueorge Giles, and signed “ Ur \V. Norris.” Cbiul-Detect.vo McGrath said accused was originally charged with forging the name 01 Norris, hut as Nonas had left the colony the charge was reduced to one: ol false pretences. Accused had been in the navy, but had deserted. He was convicted of dishonesty when .a small boy. At the conclusion of evidence accused pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to throe months’ imprisonment, his Worship remarking that ho was very lucky to get utf on the forgery charge. For falling to close his shop on the afternoon of August 9, in accordance with tho provisions of the Shops and Olliccs Act, 1901-, William Hurcomb was; fined 10s, with costs (7s), in default 1 three days’ imprisonment. j Alice IC. Harrison, represented by Mr Lovi, made application for a summary | separation order from her husband, j Frank Harrison, on the grounds of cruelty. After hearing evidence, his Worship said he could not make an order, ns there was no evidence ol ; cruelty to justify such a course. No | order lor costs was made. Air Dunn | appeared for defendant. ICdwin Sandbrook (Mr Hordman) applied for summary separation from Dora Sandbrook (Mr Luckie) on tho grounds of desertion. Dora Sandbrook also applied for summary separation from her. husband on the grounds of persistent cruelty. The first application was granted, without costs, hut tho wife’s application was refused (also without costs). His Worship said it was a clear case of desertion on the woman’s part. Richard diaries Frederick Gibson Worth was ordered to pny_lss per week towards the support of his wife. The I costs amounted to £2 2s. Mr Gray apj per,red for plaintiff and Air Devine for defendant.