CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13856, 20 March 1907, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, Mauch 19. (Bcioic Mr.ll. Y. Widdowson, S.JI.) • iJrunkonnoss.—Margaret Livingstone Hannah was fined ,103, in default 48 home' imprisonment. Prohibition Crd.er.—A prohibition order was j granted tgainst a man on the application of his sister. llemamlcd CVecs.—On the application of Mr Hay a charge of drunkenness and using olisceno language against William Kennedy wan adjourned till the following day, bail being accepted in accused's--own bond of £20. William John Ucwnran, chaTged with using behaviour in Princes street on, (ho Mil inst. calculated io provoke a breach of tho peace, TO9'remai)d«l till Friday next, on tho application o( his counsel (Mr A. C. Hanlon). By-law Cases.—Alfred Hall, fox leaving a. dray unattended in Cumberland elrsct, was fined 7s and coals; »iml William J. M'Culloch, lot {ailing to carry a light on his motor bicycle, was fined 20s and costs. Breach of tho Shops and Offices Act.—ln the cli&rge aeainst James Neil, chemist, of keeping hie shop open on a Saturday night after the usual hour for cloeing, in which judgment was rcsorved from last week, his Worship stittod.hc was of opinion that a broach of the act had been committed, and fined defendant £3 and costs £1 8s). Maulcmince Cases.— Gorlnule lJytwd was charged villi feijing to contribute 3s per week townida thi maintenance of her child in the Cavtrsham Industrial School, and with being £\ 17«Gd in arrears.—After defendant had been examined ae to her means tho case, was ndjourned to April 1210 ullow of some- arrangement I'cir.g niado for payment.—Agnca Inkstor was orduri j to pay % (id per week towards tho support of. her child in tho Industrial School. Summary Separation. — Elizabeth June Powell applied for an order for summary separation from her husband, Bobert Powell. —The grounds for tho application wore persistent onioHy and failure to provide maintenanoc. for wife and children.—Mr Emslio appeared for tho applicant, and , staled that in January last respondent entprcd info un agreement to pay ft per' week towards tho maintenance of Jiis wifo aud family, lnit lio failed to keep the agreement. Tho parties lind beon married eight years, mid there were thrco children.— Applioniit stated that her husband drank heavily, and had struck her on «ivera.l occasions, tho last occasion on which he struck her being when he went array to Timam. Ho camo back after in akoiice ivnd sold up tho household furniture and effects.—Tho hearing of tho application was adjourned till tho 25th inst. to enable corroborative testimony of applicant's ttatemiMits til be given. Elizabeth. Caroline Valentino. for whom Mi Bedford appeared, applied for a summary separation from her husband, John Valentine, on iho grounds of cruelly and failuro to provide maintenance far 'herself and children.—Tho evidence disclosed that respondent \va3 forniorly n storekeeper at Wailioiwiti, and that tho parties wero afterwards employed at iho Ooinaru Hospital es a married couplo. The alleged failure to provide nisiintonanco dated from tho 23th Soptenibor, 190 G. when tho parlies left their employment at Oamaru. Tho allegations of cruelty dated back two years, and comprised charges that respondent had made inquiries about getting possession of a. revolver, and liad hidden a knifo bsneath his pillow. A further allegation was that ho had said on one occasion: " You had bettor be careful about what you euy to mo as there ie a. lot of the Lionel Terry about mo."—Evidence- was given by applicant, Alico JJ. Kayo, William Macfie, and Harold Valentine.—Mr Invin, for respondent, submitted that thoro was no evidence of personal violence having taken pUice. and his Worship concurred, saying that Ihut part of tho charge 3sad completely broken down. On tho chatgo of failure to maintain, his Worship said tlioro was not, sufficient evidence to justify tho granting of an order, although complainant might liavo n claim- under tho Destitute I'ov6oii9 Act. _ Ho thought il was ti wise wlicro. tho parties might well como logotlior and malto up their differences. Tho application was rofuwd. —Sarah Fickons applied tot & summary separation from her husband, Joseph l'ickons, on iho grounds of ill-treatment and failure to provide nmiiitonaiu'O for herself and children.—Mr Enislio, for applicant, slated thai, sinoo tho smnniona had been sewed upon respondent an arrangement had Irani come to between the partic.i that respondent would pay XI 2s Dd per wook towards the support of his wifo and family, and would agroo to tho judicial separation asked tor. The respondent was of an excittibld temperament, nnd followed his wile to places where she was working, making disturbances. Ho had also struck- her on repealed occasions.—Kvidonco in support of the allegations was given by • llio applicant and her daughter, and tho order as applied for was granted, the mother to havo custody of the children, aud respondent to pay , £1 2s Ud. per week as arranged. Trespassing mi Wingatui i!ucccom-«<>.—Jolui Prentice was charged, on the information of Unity James, secretary of (ho Dunediii Jockey Club, with trespassing on Wingatui racecourse on the 21st February, and wit™ refusing to Ic-r.vo when ordered to do to.—Mr liny, for defendant, pleaded "Guilty."—Mr A. C Hanlon, for the .lockey Club, stated that defendant was warned oft by IvraoUor, the sigcnl of tho Jockey Club, and,'as ho refused to «o, he had to \n ejected. Mlcr being eji'dVl iWendant camo back again. He was reputed to bo a "tout" for the bookmnkcrs.-ilr Hay said he wii.h informed by his client tiwt hu iia-d no connection with bookmakers, and lmd been in the employ «f ;v local foundry !or 111 years. His ugo was 22 years, ami the reason ho refused to leave tho course was bwaiifo ho considered (hero was no cause for ordering him off. At the samo lime counsel admitted that when ordered iMcwlant should have obeyed ih.y order, and by not doing so he had.rommiltod u broach of the law. Tho tigonl of the Jockey Club was invested with vory complete powers, and could order any citizen clt the course—lie could even order Uio Governor off, mid if tlio Governor did not }P when ordered to do so he could bo brought before the court and fined.—His Worship said as tho exponsos in tho case wore heavy (XO lii 8(1), nml as defendant pleaded guilty, ;i Mnallrr'fino than usual would bo imposed— ]iamo!y, il. In addition to the line nnd cosls defendant w.13 ordered (o pay JCI Is Eolicitor'3 fee. Cruelty to a. Horse—Frederick A. Fulton, for whom Mr Hay appeared, pleaded "Guilty" to a eborgo ol ill-treating a horse by kicking it.—Mr JB. Callun, juu.. instructed by il:« Socielv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, staled that defendant struck' tho horso with a piece of wood, kickcii it, and hit it with a whip. Defendant was fho owner of a coal yard j u Cumberland street, and tho horso was ill-treated because it .vould net follow a dray.-llr Hay stated that the horse Jibbed when going out of tho yard, and dcfeudanl, who was a respectable man, bceaiiw angry and hit tlm with the flat side of a vieceof batten, and while iinirry he also kicked tlio horfc twiec-n. T. Aitken, inspector for tho society, stated that when l:o examined tho horse threa days altcrwanls il had u. swcl!in K on tho side and sonic marks on the head, but lin did r.ot know whether these were the result o: ill-Uc»linen{.—His Worship said he won'.d always impose heavy penalties in these ca?es, and would do so in tho present instance Defendant would lx> fined £3, with court costs iind witnesses' expenses (I 83). Ask for, insist mi demand .WOLFE'S BWiA'APPS.