CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14103, 6 January 1908, Page 8

CITY POLICE COURT.

Smcedat, January 4. (Before. Mr C. C. Graham, S.M.) Drunkenness;'—A first offender was fined ss, and John lEatheson was convicted and discharged, . . Habitual Drunkard.—Denis , Coakley was oharged with drunkenness, with . procuring i liquoir during the currency of a prohibition order, and with entering licensed premises.— He pleaded "Guilty" to the three charges.— ■Sub-inspector Norwood said accused was an old offender. There were 33. previous conviotions against him. On November 1 lie was warned by the presiding magistrate at the Dunedin Police 'Court that unless he mended his ways he would !» severely dealt with. He then took out &. prohibition order against himself, but on December 26 he was again' iowi'd drunk, «nd three or four , days ago, while in an intoxicated condition, he was knocked down by .a-tramoar and had to be removed to the Hospital, He was discharged from the institution, and on' Friday wa3' arrested again for drunkenness, being .'then, in a state bordering oh delirium tremens.—On the, oharge of procuring liquor the accused ■ was fined 40s, or one month! and. for entering licensed premises he was convicted and disi On the charge of drunkenness the Magistrate decided , that ' accused , was an habitual drunkard under, tte Habitual 1 Drunkard's Act of 1906, and sentenced'. him to 12 months': detention in tho new Salvation Army Home at Pakatoa (Auckland). I ; Attempted Suicide.—Henry . Richardson, pleaded "Guilty", to .attempting to commit suicide <at Catfins on New Year's Night.— • After being warned by the Magistrate he was i convicted! and discharged. An Obstreperous Prisoner.—William Craig I at present serving a sentence of six 'months, for obscenity, assault, etc., was oharged with smashing the furniture in his ..cell, and with being personally violent towards Warder M Gxath,—The 1 Head" Gaoler stated, that ac- , had been suspected of concealing forbidden articles about his person, and rei fused to be searched. He was held-down by the warder eventually, and his clothes gone through, Shortly afterwards Warder M'Grath hadi occasion to enter acoused's cell, and as he went in he received an ugly blow'on the temple with ft piece of wood. Prisoner was most violent,' but assistance was obtained and , he was overpowered. Prisoner broke the'furniture in his cell _ by-hurling it against tha i door. He waa a thoroughly bad character.— oentenced to 14 days' bread and water and &n ndaitiocal term of- three raontha'' im- j pnsonment Tvith. hard labour. '