CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18050, 25 September 1920, Page 6

CITY POLICE COURT

Friday, Septembeb 24. (Before Mt J. It. Bartholomew, S.M.) Dcfonco Case.—ln tho adjourned case in which 'William SherriiT applied for exemption from drill, Major Praser said the applicant was a. vory good attender, and he proposed to «sk on behalf of tho Defence Department that ho be transferred to the non-effective liat. That would; mean that ho would not have to attend drills, but if tho now Defence Act required him to go into camp for training )k> could bo called upon to do bo. —The applicant withdrew his application on this understanding. Valueless Cheques.—John Grey Somcrville, for whom Mr Ixwin appeared, pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences, one of obtaining at Otautau, on April 19 last, £1 from Sarah Keith by issuing to her a valueless cheque on the Bank of N«w Zealand lor £22 Oa 6d, and one of obtaining £8 from deorge Stanley Tonkinson on December 31 last at Milburn, also by tho issue of a valueless cheque—Mr Ixwin explained in reference to the first charge that Somcrville had owed Mrs Keith £20 for board, and when pressed lor payment he gave her this cheque and got £1 in change, lleetitution had been made of the -wholo £21.—Senior Sergeant Murray said lhat after the accused paid over the cheque ho loft suddenly for InvercargilL Information came from Dunedin that he had no funde with which to meet the cheque, lie had had ft email bank account at one time. With roferenco to the other charge Ji° n SlCo^ scd gave Mr Tonkinson b. cheque for ±8 Us fad and, received £8 in exchange. The cheque was afterwards returned marked: • J?* J? cl f awe r. No account." Previously m the North Island accused had sought and obtained a permit to leave the country but lie was stopped when it was ascertained he wa « leaving without providing for his wife —JUr lrwm said accused had met with a serious mjiirv some few years ago. and since then his health had not been good , . He was a married nian with a wife and one child. wi re s* ltu ! il( > n had been made in both cases. —Iho Magistrate said this was a case in }«H h y V ° uld h i ke a report from the PlO- - d * accordingly remanded till Monday. Railway Thieving.—Ernest W. G. Arundel •fedvers Seymour Knight, and Albert Norman Thompson appeared on remand 1 for sentence on a charge of stealing two cases of Big Tree from the R-iihvay Department at b& B rv7 M 5w Ir ?i n on their i£3T L Detect™ Bishop said that Arundel would hko to have put the blame tiZ fn P 1 ° thc . r tWO " . He had had a BitljanotL -ah e /w\ Whlcll lw left Brof'th T that he Was with Wimpenny faZ-nv, Hγ an easine-cleane-r on the i y b, A then went t0 **■■ Now he was employed ae a taxi. driver. The chief dean IS? i +1 "I 6 railways had grown to such an extent that on almost every goods train Cfe lß^ ,1 and DnnednT S occurred. He had now two detectives en gaged most of tho time attending to lallway sXntif Til r Knisht and Thomson were and tW f VSty S °° d o har «<=ter in the past i't home surroundings had been very be given an opportunity to make good -Mr j l< ■ G. Oiunmmg said that each of thet W ' came from, excellent homes He reconf stable Hamilton said that about 85S n m passage directly opposite the bar door Grav queation.-lo Senior-sergeant Murray: He Sfi,.^^^.^^ * H^ missed the information ag«ariCk£ j^ hospital, and had sent in a letter, which" if true, was a defence. His case was ad' turned for β-week, the magistrate TuSgesting that if defendant was still in h<Spitlt then the case might be withdrawn * OSpltaI ' By-law Cases.—Prederiok Sims pleaded not putty, to a charge of driving motor cycte m Princes street on September 12 at a epeed dangerous to the public-Sergeant MuSay gave evidence that defendant went' at I speed of about 20 miles an hour.-Constable the ant said he did not consider he was going more than 10 miles an hoirr at any pointJ±B was fined. 40s and court costs (7<)-l— lor a motor car in Bond street at night without lights William Jefferies, who coste?7B> a ' PPear ' WaS fmed IOS amd court Obscene Language.—Martin O'Sullivan Pleaded guilty to charges of using obscene language and of damaging a door in Filleul street to the extent of 30 5 .-Ho pleoded guilty to both offenoes.-Senior-sergeant Murray said that the accused had gone to a house in Klloul street and demanded to see a woman who, he said, he had sent to get fish for his brother and him, but who had not returned. When the woman was not lorthcoming ho used the language complained of and! broke in a panel of the front door.—l< or the obscene language ho was fined £2, and court costs (7s) and on the other charge 20s and ordered to pay the damage (30s) and witnesses expenses (10s), the alternative in each case being 14 days'; iniprisoninent with hard labour.

JUYENTt/E COURT. (Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) Dishonesty.—A hoy was charged with having stolon, bet-ween May 13 and September 8 of this year, four bottles of lavender water bay rum, ointment, and 121b of sugar of a total value of £1 17s, the property of Kempthcrne, Prosser, and Co.—ln conjunction with thas case a charge of receiving stolen roods to the value of £1 10s 6d! was preferred against Henrietta Agnes Weir, and of receiving stolen sugar, valued at 6s 6d, against John Cook.—Mr Irwin appeared for the boy and the female accused, and pleaded suiltv for thorn both. Mr C. J. L. White entered a similar plea on behalf of Cook.—Chief Detective Bishop said that Mrs Weir had been running a small grocer's shop which she subsequently sold to Cook. The boy who was employed at Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'e, stole the goods mentioned and brought them to tho ehop. Both the adult accused knew the goods were stolen, and Cook sold some of the sugar. It was Cook who first gave information about the thefts.—Mr Irwin eaid; Mis Weir was a widow with, two vonn=sons.—Mr White eaid that Cook was 61 years of ago, and had a wife and 10 children He had never been in trouble before.—The Ma-ia-trate told the woman elie was very much, to blaine. Hβ aajourned the charge against the boy for 12 months and put him under the control ■>{ th& probation officer, a conviction not being entered up meantime. Mrs Weir was convictsd tuid! ordered to come ud for sentence within 12 months. Tie Magistrate told Cook he had acted a despicable , j£t but on account of his. age and previous eood record he was loth to send linn to °tk>l imposed a fine of £5. with the alternative of a month's imprisonment. '