CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18591, 27 June 1922, Page 9

CITY POLICE COURT

Monday, June 26. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) Attempted Burglary.—Oliver Peterson, Maurice Jas. Heslip, and Albert Harris were charged with attempting to break and enter the premises of Elsinore (Ltd.) on June 24.—Chief-detective Bishop asked for a remand for a week, stating that other charges were pending against the accused. —The remand was granted, bail being fixed each in his own recognisance of £2OO, with one similar surety or two of £IOO. Shopkeepers’ Offences,—Brown’s (Ltd.) pleaded guilty to four charges of employing waitresses after 9.30 p.m. in their retail shop.—The Inspector of Factories (Mr L. D. Browett) prosecuted, and Mr Calvert, jun., appeared for defendants.—Mr Calvert explained that the managing direc. tor had been warned about it, but he believed that the Labour Department was wrong. Looking casually at the Act, it might well appear that such was the case. It was an honest mistake on the part of defendants.—Defendants were fined £5, with costa (Is), on the first charge, and were ordered to pay costs on the other three. A Chinaman named Kong On Joy, who sold cigarettes, sweets, and fruit, was convicted on a charge of failing to close his shop on Saturday afternoon. Unregistered Firearms.—Seven defendants wore charged with having small firearms in their possession for more than a week without registering them. The arms were all sporting rifles, with the exception of a shotgun and a heavy Colt revolver. Most of the defendants stated that they had applied for registration when there was a shortage of forms. John Geo. Mackay was convicted, Alston Milton Wood, and Graham O’Neill were each fined costs (7s), and John Stuart Skinner, Wm. John Dyas, Chas. Woodfield, and Percival Rogers were each fined 10s, with costs (7s). Xhe police did not ask for the confiscation ox any of the firearms. Obscene Language.—lsabella Jolly pleaded not guilty to a charge of using obscene language in Forth street on May 14. —Sub-inspector Eoclee called David James Moores. “I understand you heard some beautiful language that morning?” he asked. —Witness: Too true, I did.—Subirispector: Well, now, I don’t want you to blurt it out in court. Just write it down on this piece of paper.—Witness did so, after some difficulty over the spelling. He stated that he' beard the language when he was lying in bed. Accused spoke in a fairly loud voice, and kept on _ repeating ft for about five minutes. —Eric A. B. Arbucikle said he also heard the language accused used, while he was lying in bed. She was about 50 yards away. In reply to accused witness said he did not see anyone else in the street. He denied that he had been told to speak against accused by another woman named Mrs Burney.—Accused called Martin O’Sullivan, who was in the house with the two women. Witness said accused threw a jug at Mrs Burney, and they both Used bad language.—Crossexamined, witness admitted that he was living with accused, but he denied that he was living on her earnings. He admitted that accused was jealous of Mrs Burney and went round to take him away. Witness was out of work. He had earned £ls in three months at Waitati, and he had other money. He owned the house with his brother. —Accused denied that she used bad language. When Sub-inspector Ecdes produced a record of convictions dating from 1903, she said: “Well, what about that? You’re not going to hang me over what I’ve done in the past. Why should I suffer for it again? You can use language yourself.” she concluded.—The Magistrate said it was filthy language that was used, end neighbours and passers-by must be protected.—Accused: Don’t be hard on me. Give me a chance—Accused was sentenced to 12 months’ reformative treatment. The Magistrate added that he was satisfied that the other woman also used bad language, but she was not before the Careless Driving.—David Gough and William Alison were each fined ss, with costs (7s), for driving motors without proper lights.-—John Walker was ordered to pay costs (7s) on a charge of turning from High street into Princes street on the wrong side of the road. A fine of ss, with casts (7s). was imposed on John Renfrew Brown for driving a van in King Edward road after dark without proper litrlits Karl Mauritsen was fined £2, with costa (7s), for riding a horse at a gallop past a stationary tramcar Wandering Horses.—Fines of ss, with costs (7s), were imposed on Leonard Wheeler. W. Roberts. William Duncan, Mark Hargreaves, and Albert Ernest Edwards for allowing horses to wander on the roads.—Fred Driscoll, who was charged with allowing a heifer to be at large in Royal Orescent, explained that he had left it tied by a 20ft rope on his section, and that some hoys had cut the rope and let it free,— Sub-inspector Ecelea’said that another cpw crossed over the Tahuna tramlino suddenly in front, of a tramcar, but the motormain managed to pull up in time. Then this cow appeared, and the tram ran into it He had no reason to doubt defendant's explanation.—The Magistrate said that in the circumstances the information would be dismissed. , Small Fire*i.—John _ Alexander Robertson. was fined 10a, with the usual costs, for allowing a chimney to catch fire. Rufus Wheeler and F. W. Stockdale were ordered to pav costs (7s) on a charge of burning rubbish in a yard in George street without having obtained a permit.—Wheeler explained that they were acting under instructions. and thought they had put the fire out before they left. Alien Registration.—A young Chinaman named Joe Moon Kee was fined ss, with the usual costs, for failing to register his change of address from Auckland to Dunedin. Building Bv-laws. —Alexander Tyne was fined 10s, with 6osts (7s). for failing to notify the authorities of the erection of some scaffolding. Maintenance.—George Hoffman was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for disobedience of a maintenance order, the warrant to be suspended if defendant prid £2O off the arrears in 10 days and the balance (£26) in six weeks. Drunkenness.—A first offender. for drunkenness, and a statutory first offender, named Henry Hays, were each fined 10s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonments