POLICE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

YESTERDAY. : " " Maintenance.—Herbert Innes Lynch, w&o was represented by Mr BlomfielcL pleaded not guilty to a charge of refusing to maintain his illegitimate child. Mr Blomfield, stated that Ms client liad bean maintaining the complainant, and did not refuse to maintain the child. Mr Burton, on behalf of the complainant, admitted that payments of 12/6 per ■week had been m-a-de on behalf of the mother's maintenance "while she was HI, nd the magistrate made an order for he payment of 7/ per week "without costs. (Before Mr. H. S. Wardell, S.M.) Maintenance Orders. —Upon hearing a charge against William Butler, of disobeying an order to maintain bis wife, the magistrate reduced the order from £1 to 15s. weekly, owing to the death of a child. The defendant paid the arrears of £4 into court. Blanche Tarbutt, for whom Mr. Mahony appeared, STmrmoned. William Clarence C. Tar- , butt for disobeying an order to maintain her. Defendant did not appear, and was ordered to pay arrears amounting to £11 Us., or be imprisoned for two months.

A Painful Case.—Jane Wheeler, represented hy Mr.. Brookfield, applied for a separation order against her husband, George Wheeler, on the ground of persistent cruelty. The complainant tolc the magistrate that she had been treated like a dog by her hnsband, who was addicted to drink. She denied that she had chased Wheeler out of the house with a tomahawk, or that she drank, and was- violent. Wheeler gave evidence, stating that bis wife was very violent when intoxicated. She had smashed all the windows in the house, and on Wednesday night she went home drunk, and attacked their little adopted child. He gave his wife £2 ss. per week, and she was making between £7 and £.3 out of the shop. Mr. Waxdell granted the separation order, fixing the amount of maintenance to be paid to Mrs. Wheeler at £1 weekly.

Boys' Bad Records.—diaries Preston (16), Norman Edward. Harris (15), and William Barnett (16) were charged with breaking and entering Mr. Richard K. • Sinclair's -warehouse, Comniercestreet, and stealing three cigars and five boxes of matches. Detective Miller's description of the boys' arrest on the premises "was published yesterday, and corroborative evidence was given. Mr. F. E. Baume, on behalf of the accused, submitted that, as they only took articles ' worth tenpenee, it was evident that they had no criminal intent in entering the warehouse. Mr. Wardell referred to the fact that Reston had been convicted of breaking and entering a warehouse a few months ago, while Harris was before the court in 1001, and Barnett only a few weeks ago. His. tender mercies had been exhausted, and he w-crald commit the accused to the Supreme Court for sentence. They would, he hoped, be isolated from other prisoners while awaiting sentence. An Application Refused.—James Fowler, who recently objected to being ordered to maintain an illegitimate child on the ground that he was not its father, applied for the cancellation of the order upon that ground. He gave evidence that the child was- born after he had served over a year's imprisonment, but the magistrate declined to alter the order.