PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14156, 7 March 1908, Page 15

PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Friday, Mabch 6. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) , Breach of the Licensing AcWWilliam Barr Allen, licensee o£ the Marine Hotel, pleaded "Guilty-" f<j a charge of permitting drunkennessoh his -iicen&ed premiaea, aud to'aupplying \a person, in a atat© 0 f indication with liquor on January 07.—Mr A. C. Hanlon (for tho licensee) explained that hifl c.ielit : w&s absent in .i)unedin ; on tho day mentiooed,, tut that ,the barmaid supplied the liquor. Mr Allen;! iiad warned her to' be carelul ,-not to serve 'anyone who was tho worse for' drink-Dalondant. was' fined £i, with. 7s-coats, and'eblicitor's fee of £2 2s.— Mr, Burjiiud appeared tor the-owner of the house. ■■'''■,'

Procuring Liquor,—James''. Telfer was charged with procuring--liquor for Mungo Kirliwood, a prohibited petEoh, on February 23,-i-The police gave evidence Bhowing that 'Kirkwoocl was seen waiting in, a shed in- the dark. The constable' lit a rn'atlcn to eee what he was, doing,,:and!-:just then' accused came round from the' hole!, with a "bottle of beer, iwhich he.held-out to Ki'rkwcpd, eaying "aere :yoU are." Kirkwood. .made a.warning gesture, and/ both meii. hoiled.-Acoused denied t,h« charge.—The poiice pointed .put that it ■Was no.t'. : necessary for the prohibited person to have 'actually received the liquor ih order to justify conviction.—Accused was convicted and. lined £4, with casta. • '•'•",' . preach of Prohibition—L. Hall , was clrajged with entering licensed premises at Wmita-ti during the currency of a prohibition old£r.—Ho pleaded "Not guilty,"" and. said that; he had only gone into ibe hotel yard.— Sergeaut Mullany brought evidence to show that accused had been in the hotel bar,: where he failed to obtain liquor.'— Accused was fined £2 with costs.—'W! Keen-an, for a breach of a prohibition order was fined £2.

Obscene Lapguago—Gearge Bishop was charged with using obscene language at Carey's Bay on the evening of March •!.—' He pleaded "Guilty," and was fined £3 or, a month's imprisonment.—He elected to . goto gaol.

Civil Cases— Albert Edward Geddes v, George Churchill—Judgment for pTainitift by' default, £1 2s, with 12s costs. Albsrt Bishop v. James Murdoch.—Judgment' for .pkinta(f,.by default, £2 12s 6d, with 10s costs. --r.AH'-'application for a judgment summons against John Casserly by James Bartholomew :Cr6wley:was refused.