POLICE COURT NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10546, 24 March 1920, Page 6

POLICE COURT NEWS

THEFT, BY YOUTH. REFORMATIVE TREATMENT ORDERED. Theft of a suit of clothes, * watcll und chain, and a gold pendant, of a ~~ total value of £B, the of George Stnnlfcy J. Walker, \va» nol denied by a youth, Louis H. Gill, when he was charged with the offence bofore MrE. Page, S.M.. »t the Police Court yt>stordav. Chief-Detective A. Ward said that, in January, at the Supreme! Court, Gill was admitted to probation for 12 months on a chargo of forgery. Aj* parintly he had not availed himself of the opportunity to reform. Mr Page ordered that the accused be detained for reformative treatment for a period not exceeding two years. A ROGUE AND VAGABOND. A sentence of three month*', impri Bonment was imposed on a young man, Jeremiah Brosnahan, for being a rogue and a vagabond in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. I>«* tective-Sergeant Torrance said the accused had 'been loafing about town smco January last, and in the period referred to he had accosted people soliciting money. "A CONVIVIAL EVENING." A convivial evening spent with soma (riends at Seatoun on Tuesday will assuredly prove expensive to Hugh M. ■McLaren. This because Hugh "looked on tlio wine when it wa* red, 1 ' and as a result, "took a tram on" with his oiOjtor-csr while proceeding home. Poor motor! Three wheels broken off and a damaged chassis— all. Tho Grst consequence with which Hugh was Caced was a charge of being drunk nhilst in charge of a motor-car—an offence that, in some circunwtanoe*. calls forth a . severe penalty. On this occasion, however, the presiding magistrate, Mr B. Page, iS.M.. boro in mind the certainty of other, retribn tion, and therefore only imposed s &ne of JS2 and costs. DIPROPER LANGUAGE. Joseph Barker was fined £2 foi using übscono language, and 5s for inebriacy. It was stated that Barker, who had hist returned to the Dominion after serving at the front for five years, had not previously been before the court. It was noi k bad tese. On chargen of drunkenness, six first offwdors were dealt. vitJv. Minnio Brown, who had two previous conviction?, was fined -£1 or in o'efault -Af hour** imprisonment.