CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14686, 20 November 1909, Page 15

CITY POLICE COURT.

Friday, November 19.

iilefore Mr J R- Bartholomew, S.M.) Drunkenness.—A first offender, who pleaded "Not guilty/" was fined 10s, in default 48 hows' imprisonment. Adjournoi.' —James Archibald Burton, on remand, was charged with illegally pawning a lady's gold watch, valued at £7, the property of Mary Ready—Chief Detective. Herbert asked for a remand, as tho prococutrix was in tho .Hospital, and could not appear.—Mr D. D. Macdonald, who appeared for accused, objected. Ho'had-in-vestigated the affair, and ho wa6 sure there was no case against accused. It was a piece. of malice. He was strongly of the opinion that ho already knew what tho result of the caso would bo.—His Worship granted .in ii-'.joummcnt for eight days, and ordered accused to enter into his own recognisance of £50 to appear. False Pretences.—lieorgo William Lincoln M'Kay pleaded "Guilty" to obtaining by fiilse pretences footwear 'to tho value of £1 lis 3d, tho property of Messrs blip and Watt; also to obtaining £2 by means of a valueless cheque from Edward M'Kwen. and also 'to obtaining £2 by means of a valueless cheque from Francis Porter.—Chief-dutectivo Herbert said accused's procedure in all the cases was similar lie represented himself as aji employee of tho A.M.P. Society, and carried out the frauds. Ho had two previous convictions.—Accused eaid he had nothing to my, axrept that ho was virtually an employee of tho A.M.P. Society.—Hi6 Worthip sentences of threo months' imprisonment, with hard labour, on each charge, the sentences.to be concurrent Dismissed—lsabella Jolly (Mr Irwin) pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of inciting one Mary Cuitlo to resist tho police.-—Suc-inspcclor Pheir said that shortly before 10 o'elcck on tho night of October 25 Constable Mullen was called upon to arrest ono Mary tJuttle, who was drunk in Maclaggan sheet.. The prisoner was disorderly, refused to go with the constable, and lay upon tho ground. A large crowd •)i the woman's associates, amoiig whom was tho accused, gathered round tho con6lablc, and pressed in upon- him. The accused kept calling out to the crowd: "Go on, boys! Ik bravo bo brave! She's a woman." One of the hoodlums in tho crowd (lion tlivew a bottlo at the constable, and struck him on the head. Tho con6tablo blew his whistle, and Sergeant Eccles and Constablo Dunford arrived on tho scene, and the prisoner was got into a cab and taken to the station. No one in tho crowd made any attempt to assist tho constable—Constable Mullen gave evidence in Hipport of this. After tho arrest of the woman a considerable crowd gathered, and witness noticed defendant, and heard her ray, "Go on, boys; bo bravo! be bravo!" Some roughs pressed in, and witness blew his whistle. A bottle then struck witness on the head. Witness's whistle was snatched from his mouth. Witness took particular notice of the accused. After making use of the words, accused dropped a bottlo of beer, and witness said "I'll 1-avo you and tho beer later." Margaret Cuttle was a big woman, ibout 17 stone in weight.—Mr Irwin: That's not our fault.— Continuing, witness said he had to givo up struggling with Cuttle, but Sergeant Eccles and Constablo Dunford camo to his assis-tance—Cross-examined: None of tho crowd oll'ered any assistance. Other women were making use of expressions, such as " Let iier go," . Witness could not say that defendant's words caused Cuttle "to resist but tho crowd gathered in.—To his Worship: Cuttle was resisting all tho time.— Robert Fraser. cabdrivor, said he received u call 'to Maclaggan street. Witness noticed the constable with a "drunk lady," whom ho had on tho ground. There was a crowd, and not a peaccablo crowd, Witness noticed accused, who was near tho constable. Tho constablo called upon witness to give assistance. A little later a bottio was thrown, aud struck tho constablo on tho head. It came from the direction of accused, who was making herself conspicuoi*. Witness reckoned that Cuttle's weight made her a passive resistor.—Mr Irwin; A massive resistor.—Continuing, witness said ].c thought it would take four or five policemen, to deal with Cuttle. Accused had interviewed witness in regard to tin, case. Witness could not remember much of what accused said, but he wouid not say anything to her about tho case.—To Mr Irwin: Accused was serving a subpama on witness. -Sergeant Eccles said ho wont to tho assistance of Constable Mullen on tho flight in question. Ttay arrested Cuttle,' but witness (aw nothing of the accused until later, when he saw her under thd'infiuonce of liquor with men. Witness questioned accus-cd, an.l eho denied that she was partaking in the row in Maclaggan street.—For the defonce, Mx Irwin said that accused would swear that, though' she