CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17484, 28 November 1918, Page 7

CITY POLICE COURT

Wednesday, November 27. (Beiore Mr H. A. Young, S.M.)

Breacnes ojt rroiuDitaon Urdera. —William John JNewman pleaded not gunty toacharye of procuring liquor during tae currency oi a prawoition order.—Constable .tearce gave evidence as to finding accused in company with three other men drinking beer out of a bottle.—Accused denied having drunk any of tiie beer.—His Worship iound accused guilty, and as tiiis was uie second breach of the current order he lined Him £x costs 17s), in delault seven days' imprisonment. iilion Hodden, a proHibited person, pleaded guilty to being iound on licensed premises (the Metropolitan Hotel).—Sub-in-spector Mathieson said that this was accused's first olienca—A fine of l(Js and oosts (7s) was imposed, the Magistrate warning the accused that if she appeared before the court again on a similar cnarge she would probably be sent to an institution for inebriates.

'lheft.—Margaret Lockhart pleaded guilty to stealing a lady's blouse, valued at 10s, the property of Bessie Fletcher.—Chief Detective Bishop said that accused had been working for complainant, who at the time the theft occurred was unwell. The accused, who was a married woman, went home on October 15, and was to return to complainant's on the following Thursday. This she failed to do, and when her house was searohed the blouso was found on the premises. She was a hard-working woman, and her husband had been in a sanatorium for a lengthy period. He had now returned home, and was laid up with influenza.—Mr C. J. L. White, who appeared for the accused, said accused had been receiving 15s per week, and out of that had to pay 8s per week rent—His Worship convicted accused and ordered her to come up for sentence at any time within 12 months if called upon. Alleged Indecent Assault.—A further remand was granted till Monday in the charges against John Clark and Andrew Henry Gunn of indecently assaulting two girls under the age of 16 years at Green island, bail as formerly being allowed.