AFTER SEVEN MONTHS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10927, 17 November 1913, Page 7

AFTER SEVEN MONTHS

TWO-UP RAID ECHO. An echo of the successful raid ou a " two-up " school was heard at the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court this morning, when David Flood was charged before Mr F; Anderson, J.P., and Mr L. A. Stringer, J.P., with having on April 7, 1913, at Lyttelton, taken part in an unlawful game outside the Coronation Hall. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Senior-Sergeant Ryan said the man was arrested in Christchurch and. denied his identity to, tho authorities, stating , that he was in Auckland when the alleged offence was stated to have been committed. Acting-Detective Carney gave evidence concerning defendant's connection with tho incident of April last. The presiding justices held the charge proved, and decided to treat the accused the same as those previously convicted. Flood was fined 30s_and costs. POLICE COURT NEWS. ■» — TO-DAY. (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) MOSTLY REMANDS. With a maximum of half an hour in which to get through the criminal business before the Civil Court stark ed at eleven o'clock, Mr Bishop remanded all cases that promised to be lengthy, and dealt only with a few ashamed drunks. > LIQUOR. Four men and one woman admitted their first offences of drunkenness, and were each fined ss, in default twenty-four houre' imprisonment. Albert Transon, with a long record, was promptly sent to Lyttelton for fourteen days' strenuous exercise, and William Milne, who also had a list, was fined 6s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. HELD OVER. . ' Alborb Frame was charged with obscenity in High Street and with haying obstructed Constable Maggm in the execution of his duty. Arthur Allan Dodd was charged with obscenity in Madras Street. Both the accused, who were already On remand, wore remanded once more till Friday next, on the application of Mr Dougall, their solicitor, bail being allowed. Edward Mills and Joseph Henry Francis Donnelly pleaded -,not guilty of being idle and disorderly, persons with insufficient lawful means of support. They were remanded till Friday next. Dorothy Elizabeth Neeson and Joseph Neeson, husband and wife, stood in the dock together to answer to a charge of having received stolen property at Melbourne. Chief Detective Bishop asked that they should be remanded till Thursday next, as a Melbourne detective was on the boat and would arrive on Thursday morning. He also asked -that bail should be refused as the accused had been, on bail in Melbourne and had absconded. They were urgently wanted in Melbourne. _ _ The remand was granted, bail being allowed, the accused in £IOO and one surety of £IOO. The name of Joseph Andrews, was then called, but it transpired that this was the male accused Neeson, travelling under one of his aliases. He was cliarged with being a rogue and a vagabond, and with that, being a suspected person, he did frequent the Grand Theatre with unlawful intent. A similar remand was granted.