POLICE COURT NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11509, 4 October 1915, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

" TO-DAY'S CASES. J" (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. James JWiison, Neil Rankin and! Hilton Ball." second offenders, were _ each ' fined 10.-, in default forty-eight hours' I imprisonment, oil charges of druukeu-ne-.-.s. " Six jirst offenders were each fined ss, , with the usual alternative, on charges . of drunkenness. William Ritchie, who pleaded guilty to being drunk while in charge of a motor-car at Woolston on Saturday nighf, was fined 40s, in default one " month's imprisonment. The sub-in- > -spector fetaied that tho accused had collided with a tramcar and' smashed his own car up. ARREARS OF MAINTENANCE. k Daniel Marsden Bdines (Mr A. T. , i Donnelly) was charged- with bc-iug £9ij I 15s in arrears on an order requiring , him to contribute to the support of his, five children. Mr Donnelly said the , defendant said he had only lately been' able to obtain permanent, omp-oymont. i T1 Magistrate expressed entire nnbe-; iier" of the statement, and sentenced' defendant- to six mouths' imprisonment, sentence to be suspended so long as he paid £1 a week off the arrears. CHARGE OF FORGERY, j William Uren, charged with having on or about September 3, at luvorearf gili, forged the name of M. O'Brien to j a cheque for £'J, drawn on the National Bank of New- Zealand, Otautau, in favour of G. W. Bali, am? having uttered the tinux> to UnUcnstm Bros., was remanded to appear at Invercargill next Wednesday. LYTTELTON CASES. (Before Mr L. A. Stringer, J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. Two first offenders on charges of drunkenness were each fined ss. i A SERIOUS CHARGE. j Herbert Petthrick, a seafarer, was J charged with having on September 29, at Wellington, committed an un--natural -offence^ On the application of Senior Sergeant Ryan, the accused was remanded until to-morrow.