THE LAW BREAKERS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12163, 13 June 1925, Page 20

THE LAW BREAKERS

BEFORE THE COURT POLICE AND SUMMONS CASES. Police and summons cases were dealt with by Mr C. R. Orr-Walker. S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. John O’Neill was fined £2 for refusing to quit lioensed: premises, convicted and discharged for being drunk, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon for resisting a constable. “Both men were under the influence of liquor, and both are bad characters with long lists,” said Senior-Sergeant Lander after Michael McQuirk and Percy Cashman had pleaded guilty to fighting in Manners street. Each was fined £3, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. Henry David Codyre was fined £1 on his second conviction for drunkenness. For deserting his ship, the Corinthic, Joseph George Winch was sentenced zu 14 days’ imprisonment. John Henry Withers, on the application of Senior-Detective Cameron, who said that other charges were pending, was remanded until Wednesday next on a charge of obtaining from George Barker, of Eltham, the sum of £3O by means of a valueless cheque of £SO drawn on the Bank of Australasia. For entering a hotel while being a prohibited person Walter John Hamilton was fined £1 10s. “The defendant was driving a car along the wrong side of Ghuznee street in a negligent manner when he skidded across the road and knocked over a news vendor’s stand.” said Senior-Ser-geant Lander, who prosecuted. For driving a car in a manne,r dangerous to the public lan Grant was fined £7 10s and 10s costs, and was convicted and discharged for failing to keep to the left, and for driving without a license. William Nelson Baker who was found on licensed premises after hours was fined £1 and 14s costs. Neglect to obtain a motorists’ license cost Alfred Whitlow £1 with 7s costs. A Government servant, whose name was suppressed, was fined £5 for the theft of £3, the property of John Joseph Dixon; The defendant had been given the money by the complainant to make a purchase, but instead of doing as requested had spent the cash for his own needs. William Wells was fined l £5 with £1 11s costs for negligently driving n motor-car.