POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

—— - YESTERDAY. (Before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M.) Maintenance -Order.—His Worship gave judgment in an application "By Emma A. M. Butler for a maintenance order against her husband, James Herbert Butler, of Waihi. The evidence had previously been heard, and an order was now made against, tire defendant for the payment of 15/ per week i with costs. Mr A. Schi__.uer (Messrs Brookfield and Sons) appeared for the plaintiff on behalf of the Women and Children's Protection Society. The Inebriates, —Two drunkards, first offenders, were fined £ 1 each and costs, and a third was remanded for a week to be medically treated, the police being of opinion that the man had been on the borders of delirium tremens. Builder Fined.—Jeffrey Ellingham, a buildeT, was fined H)/ and costs for neglecting to sufficiently light, a heap of building material which had Been left overnight in Lome-street. Buying Experience.—A cabman named Charles Pickering pleaded guilty to having allowed his cab to be overcrowded, and also for leaving it unattended in Quay-street. Mt Gregory, who appeared for him, told the magistrate that Pickering was unaware of the law, having been only employed for four days as a cabman when the offences were committed. In view of these circumstances the magistrate imposed the nominal fine of 1/, with If costs, in each ease. Maintenance. —'Isabella E. Mann summoned her four sons, named Albert James, George T. J. David, and John F. W. Mann, to maintain her. The ■first three sons appeared and expressed their willingness to pay for their mother's maintenance. After hearing particulars of the defendants' circumstances, His Worship ordered John Francis W. Mann to pay 5/ weekly, and the other sons 2/6 each weekly. Frederick W. Sims was ordered to pay 10/ -weekly towards his wife's support. George Cook was charged by his 'wife, Harriet Cock, with being guilty of persistent cruelty towards her. Upon this ground Mrs Cock applied foT a separation order. The defendant pleaded guilty to the persistent cruelty, stating that it was owing to drink, and the order was made, Cock agreeing to pay his wife 17/6 per week towards her support. THIS DAY. ] (Before Mr H. S. Wardell, S.BL) Drunkards.—Three first offending i drunkards were dealt with, two being convicted and discharged upon paying costs, and the third fined £1, owing to his failure to appear in Court. A One-sided Affair. —A young man named Hugh Miller pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in a threatening manner in Queen-street, causing a breach of the peace- The case was proved by Constable O'Grady, who said he saw j Miller hitting out several times at another man. The stranger did not retaliate, but only tried to defend himself j against the attack. "I suppose you would call it a friendly scuffle," suggested the magistrate to Miller, who replied in the affirmative, and was then fined ! £ 1 and costs. Homeless. —Christina Larsen, an elderly woman, was charged with vagrancy. Constable Lipseombe stated that for seven months the defendant had been sleeping out in sheds and in the Domain. She occasionally hawked a few bootlaces, but had nothing to live upon. "Do you attribute any crime to her?" asked Mr Wardell, and witness' reply was, "Certainly not." The magistrate remanded Mrs Larsen until to-morrow, in the hope that a home would be found for her in some institution. Adjourned-—George Harrison, who was charged on remand with assaulting Thomas Fitzgerald at Newmarket so as to cause him actual bodily harm. The evidence had been heard with the exception of one witness, and as Mr McCarthy, S.M., was unable to complete the hearing to-day Harrison was further I remanded cm bail until Saturday.