CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Volume 13696, Issue 13696, 12 September 1906, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

,'•..■' '.— —**—■ — ' Monday, Septemmeii 10. :, .. (Eeiore itr H. Y. 'Wi'ddowsoii.. S.M.) DrunfcciincES.—Th»e first offenders, who Bjd not appear in answer to n chaige of drunkenness, wore oaeh lined 10s, with tho option of going to gao! for 18 hours. Another lini, offender, who had been renwled ior medical treatment, was also convicted end ordered to pay medical expenses (imoimting to. SOs.——Yet aiiothei first offender Uiado en appearance, and, ' together with David Howo, he was fined Cs, with tho ÜBtta! ullorJiativo. ..•,•, t .Unregistered Bog3.—John Engslrom was . charged with being tho owner of a dog thai was unregistered.—Tho defendant said ho hod paid tho registration fee since ho'had received tho summons,—Pined sa, and costs (7n).- — Harry A. do Laulour was. similarly,.charged, and Said ho had carelessly overlooked Uio matter. Ho had not paid tho registration eincb.—Fined 10s, and costs (75).,.. : .Prohibition Orders.—An. application for a prdliibiliDn Wor w«.s objected 'to by abroth<!r of the complainant, who said ho wonld liko an ndjonrnmentfoi a fortnight in order that ho might call evidonco.—Tho Mogistralo -. If I am not' n)istal:en there is sufficient evidence before lno now. It is a very bad thing thai a young maJi liko tho defendant should come hero so early in the looming in such a condition—After hearing evidence the application was granted, tlip order to have effect in tho SKmedin, Cavershant, and Chalmers licensing districts. Another brother consented to an order, which was granted. Obscene Language.-Eliza Switalli mvs charged with drunkenness, and on a further charge of using obscene language at the sama tiine.-r-Acciised was convicted and discharged on,tho first charge, and sentenced to thrco months' .imprisonment on tho second.

• (Before ifr C. 0. firaham,: S.M.) 'Affiliation.—Kenneth. MTJeod was clitrged •with being tho father of Iho illegitimate child of, Mary, Price, and with not having made ytovisioii for its maintenance.—Defendant was represented, by Mr Emslie, ami Mr Wilkinson appeared for complainant—Aft*r hearing tho evidonco of complainant, her father, and Adjutant Dull, ot Uio Salvation 'Army Maternity Home, counsel for defendant made application for an adjournment -to Friday next in order to allow defendant to produoo his discharge and other papers from his ship to aliow that ho -was not in town when..the illicit conduct of defendant, was alleged to have taken place.—Caso adjourned accordingly. ■■■.-.

Tuesday, September 11. ' ' (Before Mr C. C. Graham, S.M.) Drunkenness-A first offender, who-was found drunk on the Railway Station, was fined 10s, in default 48' hours' imprisonment, aiid ordered to pay 2s cab hire. A fomalo first offender was convicted and discharged on the understanding that sh© entered the Salvation Army Homo. A roprcsentativo of the Army ■who was in court undertook (o pay 2s dab hire. Another first offender was fined se, ■with'tho'uaual alternative.

A Case Not Proceeded With.-Edward Nnuelty wlB charged will], on • or ahon* July 30, ' 100 C, stealing ■ one suit of clothes,, valued, .at £3, ..tile uropcrty of one- John , O.wonsi—ltr J ilrwin appeared' for. aceuscd, who pleaded ." Xot guiltv.' -Statibn-sergcaut Kitig said that tho prosecutor (Owens) met accused in the street on Monday and gave him in chargo for stealing a suit of clothes .which tho prosecutor said was .his property. :Noheltv was brought to tho station by the arresting" constable.'accompanied by' Owens'! -.He (Sergeant King)was called into the watchhouse. and lliero questioned the prosoeutor, who said (hat accused stole the clothes' from where they were both working at a flaxniill near Wnikaia in, July last. He said that aftei stealing the clothes Nobelty cleared out, and-ha did not ?co him until Monday, in Dunedin, when he was wearing tho clothes.' Ncbolty explained that lie bought.tho clothes from Owens for i'l, but Iliat ho did not pay him the' money. Tlio pto=eeiilor denied, tlfis, ■ hut. yesterday morning admitted to him (the sergeant) th«.t lni sold the clothes to Nohelty, tmd that accused cleared out with them about a wcek a(tor the sale, without-paying.. Under .the circumstances lie did not propose to\ proceed with the case. He had'some:doubt about thai matter from (ho start, owing to its being left over for such a length of- time, and it was only after Owens had laid' the information hiinsolf. that Nohcliy was . locked up.—Mr Irwin asked if .t was a BWorn information — Serjeant King replied in the affirmative—Mr liwm then said that the: best' thing to do w.mild be for them to charge the prosecutor with having'committed perjury. Further, he thought his Worship should say (hat Jfphelty. left the court without a stain 011 his character, —ilia Vorehip dismissed tho case, but said that ho was not prepared to say anything as to tho wan leaving'the court without a stain on his charaoler, 6eeiug that he might have paid for tho clothes.

Pak-a-poo Cases Adjc/urned.—Leo Sun v.13 charged (hat on September 5 ho' did unlaw-, fully sell a ticket by which permission was given to the purchaser thereof to have an interest in a scheme by which prizes o£ money were gained by mode of chance. Other similar ohkTges were preferred' against the saino defendant and Wong Chung.—Mr A. C. Hanlon.who appeared for defendant!!, said he would.likis.an adjournment for a.,weel>,' as. ho had only been'advised of the matter llto previous day.—Chief Detective Herbert said that as the evidence was all police evidence thero would bo no inconvenience caused by doing Ed.—Adjourned accordingly' to the 18th'inst. | Separation Order.—Annie Mr.ria Morris applied (or a _ separation ortfor against John James Morr'iß on the grounds o! persistent cruelty and wilful neglect, and also for failing to provido adequate maintenance : for complainant end her two infant children.—Mr .Elmslie appeared for defendant, who objected to iho application, and Miss Benjamin in suppoit.—Complainont, in giving evidence, said her husband was u fitter at the Government ■Workshops and Mined £3 lis per week. Witness proceeded to givo evidence of the alleged iH-lroivtmcivi. Ho had knocked her about the head frequently and taught her by the throat. He drank his raonoy, and was especially violent on pay nights. On one occasion 'he raid rw would do for her. She had separated from defendant before. Ho had agreed to pay her tt .per wock then, but she had only received £1 in thrco '•' months. -She returned home eventually, and tilings weie all right for about six months, until there hod been a final tow on August 27 last.—Evidence was.also given by Charles and William Carter, brothers of complainant.—The Magistrate said it was a> Sjrcal pity to see young people in iho court over a matter of this kind. The curse of drink appeared to be the root of the ovi!.—Mr Klmslio said the wife's temper had a great deal to do with the matter also. When anything went wroiK " she went off like a packet of crackers."—The Magistrate: Would you talco your husband back if ho swears off'?— Complainant: No. I would not go back to him on any account.—Miss Benjamin: He illtreats her when he is sober.—Mr Elmslio said there wa3 no evidence of wilful neglect. In regard to maintenance, defendant did not receive £3 ,3s net per week, owing to several amounts being deducted for sundry subscriptions, and he could not pay his wiio anything like £8 a month and lijivo anything leit for himself. The wife's "nagging" had been iho cause of- tho trouble, and especially as far as the last row was concerned. Delendant had restrained himself as much as possible when his wife annoyed him. Complainant had not been using his children in a proper manner, niid that always tended to put defendant in a temper, A separation order was for-the purpose of protecting the wife, and ho submitted that thero was not sufficient evidence of ill— treatment to justify the court in separating tho couple.—Defendant then gave evidence, and stated in cross-examination that ho had struck his wife about two years ago, when ho had apologised.—Tho Magistrate said ho could not find for plaiutiff. The application would be dismissed.