CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22352, 28 August 1934, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT

MOSDAT, AtKWST ?7. (Before Mr H- W- Bundle, S.M-) CHIMNEY FIREJohn James Thompson appeared voluntarily and pleaded guilty to a charge of permitting a chimney to catch fire. He wag convicted and discharged. MAINTENANCE. Arthur Bert Perry was charged with default of maintenance, the arrears to July 9 amounting to £62 2s 6d.rrrTUe defendant was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as be paid 7s 6d per week. CHARGE OF THEFT, ♦A youth, 17 years of age, whose case was adjourned to be heard in the Children’s Court on September 8, pleaded gqilty to a charge of stealing a cash till valued at 7s 6d and 25s in money. —Sergeant Boulton said that the accused was 17 years and two months. On August 23 he had gone to a shop at Anderson’s Bay and, finding no one about, had taken the till and its contents, He kept the money pud threw the till away, later burning some papers which were in the till. He bad been in the care of the Child Welfare Department for the past nine months.-7-Tbo child welfare officer (Mr J. Lock) said that while the accused had been under bis care he had found him very hard to keep track of. He bad had several jobs and had left a good position at Middlemarch for an unknown reason-—The magistrate then adjourned the cate to the'Children’s Court, , a condition being made that the accused should remain at big mother’s home ip the meantime. ’ DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR.

Hector Tui .Karetai failed to appear when called to answer a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner at a dance at the South Dunedin Town Hall ou Saturday' night—Sergeant Boulton, outlining the facts, said that be thought there may have been some provocation. —Constable Summers said that he was called to the hall where the dance was in progress and be found Karetai trying to get into the body of the ball while three members of the committee which was conducting the dance were holding him back. Witness warned him to leave, but though be agreed to do so be ran back into the hall and created a disturbance which necessitated the stopping of the dance. Karetai was not dryuk, though be had had liquor, and be made a complaint that another map had called him a “ nigger,”—Joseph Alexander Bryant, a member of the committee, gave evidence regarding Karetai's conduct.—The magistrate imposed a fine of £5.— Shortly after, Karetai appeared at the court, explaining that he had been delayed by a motor accident. He did not dispute the evidence and explained that he had been insulted by a nun and had lost his fine was reduced to £3 10s, including witness’s expenses, in default three days’ imprisonment.