CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23332, 26 October 1937, Page 5

CITY POLICE COURT

Monday, October 25 (Before Mr G. Stratton, J.P., and Mr E. T. Moller, J.P.) DRUNKENNESS Charged with drunkenness, a first offender was convicted and discharged. MOTORIST IN TROUBLE Alexander Young, aged 37, was charged with being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car, and, on the application of Senior Sergeant Packer, was remanded Until Thursday, bail being allowed in his own recognisance of £25 and one surety of a like amount, CHARGE OF THEFT Two men, aged respectively 27 and 25 years, for whom Mr E. J. Anderson appeared, were charged with having stolen a quantity of motor car accessories valued at £6, the property of the Public Works Department.—Mr Anderson said that the accused had a perfectly good excuse for their action and in view of what he termed the trivial nature of the offence, suggested that the charge be dealt with summarily.— Senior Sergeant Packer would not agree to this, and asked for a week’s remand, stating that one of the men was the driver of a car, the occupants of which were seen to steal the articles mentioned in the charge from a public works trailer at Waihola. Constable Ross endeavoured to stop the car at Green Island, but it went on, and again attempted to get away when the constable gave chase in another car.—The remand was granted, bail being allowed in each case in the accused’s own recognisance of £ 10, conditional on his reporting daily to the police. A SERIOUS CHARGE Richard Geary, aged 31, appeared on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car.— Applying for a remand of a week, Senior Sergeant Packer said that a further: charge of a more serious nature would be preferred against the accused. Shortly after 3.30 on Saturday afternoon, a tramcar pulled up at Playfair street, where alterations to the road were in progress, to set down passengers. Geary, who was in a very old model car, drove past at about 25 miles an hour, and, striking an old woman who was alighting from the tram, dragged her some distance before he stopped. Two wheels passed over her, with the result that two of her ribs were broken and she suffered other minor injuries. The accused was taken to the watch-house, where he was certified as being under the influence of liquor. The woman was still in hospital, and in the circumstances, the police asked that if bail were granted it should be substantial.—The remand was granted, bail being fixed at £SO in the accused’s own recognisance and one surety of £SO. ALLEGED THEFT OF RIFLE A man, suppression of whose name was ordered until the facts are gone into, was charged with having stolen from a stationary motor car a rifle valued at £1 15s, the property of Frank Edward Turnbull.—Semor Sergeant Packer explained that the accused had been seen to take the rifle from a motor car which was standing in St. Andrew street, move into a doorway and place it inside his trousers. Several such offences had been reported recently, and to allow the police to make further investigations a remand until Monday next was asked for.—The remand was granted, bail being allowed in the accused’s own recognisance of £25.