CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 6

CITY POLICE COURT

Monday, May 20. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M) Drunkenness.—Robert Anderson,' who did not appear, was fined 20s, the amount of his bail. Two first offenders, who did not appear, were each fined 20s, in default 48 hours imprisonment while a third was fined 20s, or 48 hours imprisonment.David Hood pleaded guilty to a chafe of drunkenness and not guilty to casting offensive matter in St. Andrew street, and entered a simijar plea to a charge of committing mischief by wilfully damaging a cab window, valued at 10s. the property of Julian M Quade.—He was convicted on all charges For drunkenness he was fined 12s. including 2s cab hire, in default 48 hours imprisonment, and for castinoffensive matter ho was fined 20s. or three oa>s imprisonment. For committing mischief he was ordered to make good the damage, and pay witness expenses (6s) with niont atlV ° ° f thre<! <layS ' im P ris °nMaintenance—Herbert Henry Priston was charged with failing to comply with an order for the maintenance 0 f his children, the arrears being £10 7= 6d—He pleaded guißy, but stated that he nan not been able to keep up the order to harm- been sick. Under cro<sexaminajion bv Sub-inspector Mathieson ho admitted that he was paying for an illegiti--2n ?i.. . P e was sentenced to ono months imprisonment with hard labour the warrant to bo suspended so long as ho paid 15s a week into court, this amount, to ? o towards keeping up the order and liquidating* the arrears. 3000 MILES FOR " BAXTER'S" fo Aman_ writes from Western Australia as " Enclosed find £1. Please send mo -x>mo bottles of Baxter's Lung Preserver as soon as possible, as I have a bad cough, and your remedy cured mo of Asthma in New 70-. land 14 years ago." bottle - Cl "»" i *» . Thero are 121,000 British subjects rr-rfs ' tered in the United States between "fh o - ages of 21 and 31; 19,000 havo enlisted 1 WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS diseaL* Jmp 188 wbicil affeet oertuin