CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13998, 3 September 1907, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT.

Monday, September 2. (Before llr C. 0. Gtraham, S.if.)

Dnmkeuncfis.—Alexander- Carson, with tao previous ooiiviotion against him during sin iDOiitbs,' and 20 other convictions as Kb record, ma fined lQs, or '18 hours' imprisonment tor drunkonness.— I Two first offenders were fined £s each, ot 24 hours' imprisonment Vigrancy.—Arthur. Sutton Brunt *M ebnrged with being ' an idle and diswdovl> poison; and with having no lawtul viribio means ot Eirppprt.—Actuscd pleaded " Not guilty " —Deteotivo Ward staled tba-t ho had known aceuEcd' tor foitr or five wcolis, and o few woks ago ho had aoeostwl witner,* »r.d

asked liim for monoy. VHien ncousttl isW for money he stated) that ho lad lost Jus swng, flau wished "to collect enough to purchase another, swag. The accused h«d iiccoeteJ witness several, times since.—Accused stated that he M recently been:kicked on the head, and that bo was a hardworking man when he could gel work. —A.centenee of threo royntl l .?' imprisonment. with hard labour, t.tis inietedi. . .J Prohibition Orders.—Prohibition orders were granted against two husbands on the application of their wives. ' Breach of a Prohibition Oder and Drunkenness.— iWnis Collins, a prohibited person, wan cliargbd with ttrunkciuw*s.--MT Irwin for - defendant, pleaded "Not guilty."—Confttab'o EJmrifa stood tlwt on Saturday night week, "21th nit., he went to a boardinghouse in Groat King street, in response to ft request, and, on entering tlio premises, be foitnd that thero had .boon (i fight,: and that defendant's brother w.is sufforir.g fiom a wound on the oyo. There wore four or five owpty bear bottios on tho tablo, and thoro wero several men in tho room, two of whom were under tho influence.of liquor. Three oftho men when questioned , stated thit _ they were not boarders. After being cautionsdi defendant, who was undor tho influcnoo of liquor, wont upstairs, and tho tow 'having subsided witness left. Shortly afterwards witness, in ooinpany with Constable Peterson, . roturned to tho place, and, finding "that the lighting had'recommenced, witness demanded and gairced admittance. The brothers Collins then went into the Btro?t, and witness arrested defendant on a charge of dnvnkonncss.—Evidenoo in support of the charge w»3 given by Sergeant Bp,skorvil)e and Constables Peterson and H. Butler, .and for "the defence by 'Iliomas Coliiti?, James Kerrey, S. Poineroy, and Edward Falley—A fine o! £5, or six imprisonment, w5.3 inflic.t2d on. the charge of brcaoh of a prohibition order, and I ss, or 21 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness.

IVjett of Money,—William Andrew Anderson, a rospectable-looking young matt, was chwgcd with- stealing, on tho 28th Awgiiflt, £5-note, 15 single notes, one gold ring, one. purse, and Is, of a total value oi f2O 18s, tiio ' property of Bdwaid Maoaulay, a oarpenter, employed by the Ttiieri and Peninf.uk Milk Supply ■ Coinpany.-Mvßril Macaulay tlmt at 8 a.m. on the date in question lie Imug his coat up on the wall of his workshop, and that accused, who worked near-by, had access to the room several times during the'morning. The purse, money, ring, etc., wero in an outside breast pocket of his co,-vt, hanging on tho wall, andi on going to his co;i j later in tbo dsy he.foiind the money and pwrse missing, and gave information to the polico, The accueed worked opposite to whero witness, was working, and would have an opportunity of observing his movements. Witness waa.absent from the workshop-several timos during the morning of tlio theft.— Detective Hunt stated th«t wh«n bo acooskdi aconsod outside the factory in King street in regard to the theft bo bccarao very indignant and denied any knowledge) of it. Witness then took acoused with him, and ■went on a eep.rch of tlio premises with accused to try and find tlio stolen property, and afterwards wowt to an outhouse whore amused was employed. When the latter building was entered aooused made a. grab at the back of a Eea>t,. and took ecmetning away and trnnserred it to his trousers pocket, and on h« hand being seized the .nMes wew discovered clnroed in it. Tbo purse and ring were oifterwaras found' oonoealed in' another »hed. Aconsed then admittwl that he hsd committed the theft, ■ and said he did not know what tempted him to do it, and tha.t he was a fool not to admit it when he ■was lir3t asked about it.—Mr B. S. Irwin, who appeared for artni/scd, pleaded " Guilty,'' and. accused was formally remanded to the Supremo Court tor Eontemoe, hai) being fixed, at accused in £50, and hia father in a like amount. ,