CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13693, 8 September 1906, Page 5

CITY POLICE COURT.

Friday, September 7. (Beforo Mr C. C. Graham, S.M.)

Tho Pernicious Cigarette-Alfred Tripp, a hoy of ID, whose mother, a widow woman, ha 3,a small chop in Stafford street, was charged with selling cigarettes to Arthur Orighton,: a.boy undergo years of age.—The evidence of Sergeant Barrett and Constable Phillips was that, they saw two young boys— namely, ■ Arthur Crighton and James Ginsburg—Fnioking cigarettes near the shop, and, oil'speaking to -them, elicited the information, that Ginsburg had; purchased a cigarette and'" a-half for Id from Tripp. There being no evidence of Rale to Crighton the information was amended.—Mr Ewing, who defended, asked that Tripp should be discharged willi a caution. Hia widowed mother knew nothing of the sale to Ginsburg.—Stationsergeant King: Mr 3 Tripp herself made tho admission'that she--soils cigarettes at the rate of 'one and a-half for Id. Men do not purchase cigarettes that way— Mr Graham: Unless penalties are inflicted in these cases the law will become a dead letter. Several persons who have cpme before the court similarly charged have been cautioned and dismissed without. putting an end to the offence. In futuro these cases will be dealt with more seriously. Defendant will be fined 10s, and costs (7s).

Disgraced by- Drmk.—William John Newman,. f yoitng man wHo appeared to feel tho disgrace of his position, pleaded " Guilty" to stealing a gold-chain and locket, valued at £B,' the properly of John Baity.—Chief iw— t;,.. Herbert stated that tho prosecutor

ami accused had been driijking together. The chain and locketf wore- taken from Birry by Nowmuu in (.he street, and were afterwards pawned by him for £2 in the name of Janc6. Subsequently Xewman's father '■ prevailed upon liini to make a clean breast of tho .theft to tho police, and tho pawn ticket was given lip.—Mr Eiuslie, who appealed for tho accused, said tho chain and locket were taken as a joke by accused whilst he was drunk. He pawned them to obtain money for more drink. So little intention had ho of stealing that, when he took tho w jewellery, lie said to Barry, Tliis will ■do me." Tlie next day when inquiries wero being made about tho chain, ( Xe\vman at once said, "I took it and pawned it." Recently ai 12 months' prohibition order against Newman expired, and lie had since been drinking heavily. He now applied for » prohibition order against hiriiself, Chief Detective Herbert poiniecl out that, though thero were several convictions recorded against accused, they wero all for ojjencesi arising out-of drunkenness. Drink was evidently the cause of his trouble.— Accused was fined 40s for the thelt, and ordered to refund 40s, the amount ho received the pawnbroker. X prohibition order was issued against, him. Prohibition Orders Disregsrded.-Jamea Todd, a prohibited person, was fined 40s, and costs (7s) for entering the Fiizroy Hotel, for tho purposo of obtaining drink on - August 21.— I' rederiek John ■ Ingle, another prohibited person, was fined 10s, and coats-(7s), for a. like offence at the Ocean View Hotel on August 29. ■ .. ■,

Alleged Vagrancy.-James Cooper, an ablebodied man. was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, 'and with having no visible means of support.-Chicf Detective Herbert conducted the case on behalf of the police - Accused pleaded " Xot guilty.''-Doicctive Cameron stated, that he had known the accused for ,the past few months'. During that time ho had, to his knowledge, dono no work with the exception of working for tho Koslyn Tiaimvay Company about two month's ago. He. was arrested on Thursday night 2U a house of ill-famo at the north end ,of the city. He had had numerous oppoituities of ascertaining whether accused was earning nil honest living.—Acting-dotectivo M'Leod •stilted that lie had warned accused that' if he did net get work or leave the town ho would bo charged with Being a vagrant... Ho had been convicted on two. previous oocasions for vagrancy.—Acting-detective Hunt also gave evidence.—The acoused said that Mter he was convioled of vogiancy at about ' Now Year time he went into tho country, and returned in June last with about £30 in his possession. He had worked for over & month with the Hoslyn Tramway Company. Since then he had been out of work. In tho house in which he was (trusted by the polio® on Thus: day night he was engaged removing the furnilure He was living in a houso opposite tlie Aorth Dunedin Polico Station'.-Deteotive Herbert said that the house in which accused referred to was practically a brothel. He was prepared to have the case adjourned in order to allow .the accused an opportunity of obtaining evidence as to what length of time he had been working.-The case was accordingly adjourned till this morning. Cruelty to. a Horse,—A Celestial- named Ting Wah Shin, a market gardoner ab' the Aorth-East Valley, was charged with, oil the 25th day of August, ill-treating; & certain horso by working it with sores on its shoulders.—' Mr Adams prosceutcd on behalf of 'the Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Animak and Mr Irwm appeared for the defendantMr Adams said the Chinaman " before tho court was, on the date mentioned, driving m a vehicle a horse fthich, on examination, was found to be suffering from sores on both' shoulders-one 2Jin by 3£in and the other 2m by 3in. The horso was in a very- bad condition.—Sergeant Foster stated that the defendant's horse was standing attached to a cart outside Messrs Xinimo and Blair's premises. He examined tho apd subsequently led it down* to tho police station. The sores were raw and bleeding. The Ohinar man said that he did not know that the sores were there, having just received the horse from another maa, who had been using it for a. week.—Station-sergeant King said that lie saw tho horse when brought the station. He also sa,w tho sores measured and' the horse examined.' The wound oil tlw near side appeared to be a few days old. Tho other was partially dry, and on approach that side the animal flinched. He did not see' any b.ood on the sores and the skin was not broken. Mr K. T. Aitkeu, tlie society's inspector, said that he examined the horse. The sores were not deep ones, and one appeared to havo been there for somo time. The horso was in such a state that, it was cruel to have worked, it, tho skin being ohafed and red.—Mr Irwin contend -d that the c»»a should be dismissed.. The horso had been lent to a countryman, and when returned appeared to have nothing wrong, with it. After being harnessed up- tW collar had gradually',chafed' and irritated what were old sores, and whioli, on' harnessing up, were not Visible. 'Tho,Chinaman had treated tho as recoirim-ended by Inspector Ait-ken, Sin T 1 ® no * in 6° od condition,—Hig v ft fine of 40s, with costs of court and professional to 28t, By-law Cages.—For' allowing cattle 'to wander in Anderson's Bay, James Jackson Munro. against whom there were several previous convictions for tho was nhed ss,'and costs (7s). —Michael Nolan; for, leaving a vehicle unattended in Princes street, was fined 10s, and costs (78).-In this case the-Magistrate imposed a fine double that lnßlcted in several cases that came before liiUi last week, at tho satno time remarking that any future cases would result in a fine douhe.the ordinary amount.—— Johu Moody, who did not ms fined) ss, and costs (7s), for riding a, bicycle'in George street without a light. On a similar oharge Albert Thompson, in whose case the evidenoo showed that there was no real Intent to continue riding wlien it was discovered tfyit the lamp was out, a; policeman, unknown ' to Thompson, having seen him dismount when the light was extinguished was "dismissed with ft caution;—-Daniel' M'Aay, the driver of a vehicle, for not keeping as near as practicable to tho left hand side of Kattray street, was fined 10s, and costs (7s). —John Hodgson was charged with driving 25 head of cattle through the bordifgh of Momington at a time contrary to that set down in the by-law.—Defendant forwarded a letter, pleading " Guilty," and making the excuse,that he had difficulty'in-getting the cattle away from their paddock.—He was fined 10s, and cosds (7s).