CITY POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19584, 14 September 1925, Page 13

CITY POLICE COURT.

Satitbdat, Suptbmbeb 12. {Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S-M.) Maintenance. —Charles Henry Lord was charged with disobeying an order of the court for the maintenance of his wife, ine case had been before the court previously. Mr Irwin, who appeared for the wile, said that the arrears had reached the sum of £402 2s.—Complainant said it was four years since she had last seen her husband. The statement that there had been trouble over the third child was untrue, and so was the statement that she had refused maitenance money offered by the defendant She had been working all the while to keep the three children. The defendant was a land agent when she me* him, bin he had later gone into the wine and spirit business. He lost his money and got into trouble.—Mr Bartholomew pointed out to the defendant that he was liable to six months’ imprisonment, and inquired it he had any proposal to make. —Bora said he was quite willing to go back to his wife Mr Bartholomew: That is no use. , you anv other proposal to make? Boro gested that a pajhnent of £IOO, and a fair contribution as maitenance would meet the case.—The Magistrate sentenced defendant to six months’ imprisonment, and directea that the warrant should remain suspended so long as defendant paid £2 10s a. week; 10s of that sum to go towards paying ott —A first offender, who did not appear, was fined 20s, in default hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness. An Indecent Act.—Ernest Awards was charged, on remand, with having com mitted a grossly indecent act in the Q ue T" Gardens (Triangle). On the 'ast he had been before the court he had been charged with a woman, who had been sentence to a month’s .mprisonment il Worship said that the accused had excellent testimonials from his former ernployers others and was aparently a , ha flv man Apart from this lapse he apparently boro a very good character. As he bad been in custody no further would be inflicted. It was to bo hoped this would bo a lesson to the accused, who would be connoted and ordered t.O come up for sentence if called upon within 12 "’Education Act—Basil Goudie was charged on two informations with failing tosencl his boy to the George Street School.—There were previous convictions against the defendant.—Mr Irwin, who appeared defendant, said that ho could not attempt to justify the action of his client in not ensuring that the hoy attended shook Ho had impressed upon defendant that if he was not at home himself he should see to it that the boy was sent to school. He would have to see that his wife attended to the matter.—Mr ■' Bartholomew said the prosecution had been instituted, not so to punish the defendant, as in the interests of his son. If the boy did not attend school ho did not get his chance m life. The defendant would bo convicted and fined os and costs (7s) on'‘ each charge. JUVENILE COURT. Mr Bartholomew had brought before him three small boys who had been charged with breaking and entering a “shack at Tomahawk. —Sub-inspector O’Halloran said this matter had been looked into, and the conclusion come to was that it was merely an act of mischief on the part of the boys. Ho asked leave to withdraw the charge. The owner of the place was not desirous of prosecuting.—The charge was accordingly wittidrawn.