POLICE COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10718, 12 October 1920, Page 2

POLICE COURT

CASES DEALT WITH YESTERDAY. Police business was dealt with, by Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., who occupied the bench in the Magistrate'* Court A number of week-end offenders fo- 'drunkenness were disposed of «3 the Ufual manner, and John Beattia and Edmund J. Cusheon with previ. ous convictions, were fined 10s and £1 respectively SEQUEL TO A DISPUTE ''l was verv drunk, 1 suppose I did sir," said Matthew Hefty, when M "and.a man named Richard Hoey were charged with being drunk and using obscene language in Taranaki street on Saturday last. Apparently the trouble emanated from a dispute oiitsid© the Roval Tiger Hotel. Mr W. Perry, ]<rf the* accused said that the- whole die. puto only contained one or two ac. tually obscene words. "I aai_ going td keep the streets clean 6f this Sort or thing," said His Worship _in impos. ing fines amounting to £3 5s each. For assaulting'John Beattio on Saturday, Frank Moore was fined 40». COULD NOT RET ACCOMMODATION. "I had plenty of money, and tried two hotels but could not get accora

snodation," v-as tho ..statement made by Charles wbea chArgPd jvri + h being an incorrigible ropruo '-and With being found on the promiwe o{ Hallenstoiu Bros., in Cuba strttot. &{ 4io early hour of 4 o'clock on Sundaj lorning. Accused- Baid he wa» going ;o start work at that •BartieHilar efitab* r'shment. and apparently tftaught h« id the right to "put the night in" there. In order that his statement be vort led His Worship adjourned the mat. ar until to-day. THEFT OF AN OVERCOAT. Louis Albert Joyce was sentenced te •to months' imprisonment ' for the ieft of an overcoat from the Bri'innia Hotel on October 2nd. Tho .pro. lerty was valued at £4 12s 6d, and | elonged to Cecil Woodhouee. • Anofiier charge of wilfully damaging a I'anket, valued at 80s, was preferred (gainst him. on which he was convicted and discharged.