POLICE COURT NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11479, 30 August 1915, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

i TODAY'S CASES. | I ! 1 , (Brioro Mr Id- \V. Bis hop, S.M.) drunkenness. I Seven undo first offenders, for drunk- J I r.niioss on Saturday night werv e;\eh j find os. in default twenty-four k ; iir*' j imprisonment. , -WITH A TOMAHAWK." j George Rurnio Moore, a. young man, j «;is charged ivith assaulting a nine | named John Clegg on August 28. and ; with procuring liquor white nrolnhitc.a. j Accused pleaded guilty to both vi- j fences, but said that he merely threat- j en*vj Clegg playfully with a- tomahawk, | and did "not hit him. He had no intention of striking Clegg at the time. Sub-insnector Hastio s.nid that the J two in"i) "lived at a bonrdmg-hous«. m j Tuam Strcot. They had a row. and j Monro threatened to strike Clegg with i a tomahawk. Ho did not hit him. I and apparently only .threatened Cleg?. in order to frighten bun. Accused, was convicted and discharged, on the first offence, and fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours, on the charge of procuring liquor while prohibited. A SOLDIER'S LAPSE. Charles Ru sell, thirty-nine years of age, in uniform, appeared on remand, i charged with idle and disorderly con- j i ditct on Auguet 26, in that he was j found on premises m Southwark Street, knowing the same to be used as a brothel and frequented by prostitutes. Mr A. T. Donnelly appsa-red on behalf of the accused. The Magistrate said that he wanted to be sure that Russell would be sent back to Tronth-ain to-nisht. but ho was not going to give him his liberty again while' he was in Cliristchureh. If be convicted him, he was told) that the authorities would not I punish him at Trerroham. He did not want to punish him, as lie preferred to let the military authorities deal with the man themselves. Hei had certamly been guilty of disorderly behaviour while on leave from camp. Every man was wanted at the front, ! and he d ; d not wish to prejudice Rusi sr-dl's position with the camp authori- : ties. { Mr Bishop convicted Ru c eell, and I ordered him to come up for sontetnoe* j when called upon, on condition that he was handed over to the Defence authorities to be placed on board the ferry steamer to-night. " AWAY FROM FRIENDS." A neatly-dressed young woman was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient lawful means of support-Chief-Detective Herbert said that the accused was neavly twenty-fouT years of age, and had come down from Wellincrton recently. Sh© bad been imposing on boarding-house keepers by tellina thorn that she was going to get employment. Mr Bishop: Has she been living an | immoral life? Chief-Detective Herbert: " No. We j know nothing against her, except t\at I she has told a lot of stories which) j proved to be absolute fnbehoods." All her friends were in Wellington, atid he desired a remand for a few days in o"d"r that they could be communicated with. Mr Bishop remanded the young woman until the police had completed their inouiries.