MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 6

MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

SEQUEL TO A POLICE RAID,

FIVE WOMEN AND 3MEN»; *

UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERS.

v ; A MESSAGE FROM AMERICA. '■V;-.':' ■'■' " ; —^— r ■■..,-- -;> .'■ • ■ f-.ffly Telegraph.—Press Association.) : : • ;.■...'•'. -.--.'' .;,".'''■. v <; ..'■ - > : ; .'■'•. ■;'•; - Auckland, 'January 17. The five women and two: men arrested '.■ori'Priday.night,as.the result of a raid ,:.';.. on t soft 'shops', pleaded giiiltyvat. I:'■ .'■■'■■ the'. Police Court to .having., no V .lawful , ■ means of support and* keeping houses of ill-fame.-They'were.ordered to como up '■ .:".' for sentence when-called, upon on,promis- .;; ing to.quit tho Dominion,'ond.not return for,four -years;;'.:-! .V-'- ■■■■ '','-'' ■' ■;,, Sudovio Dallagiovanna was charged witn ; - 'having-no lawful visible means.'of, sup- ■ . - port,-and also that ho'was tho occupier. of a houso in Bourne Street, Mount Eden, :•■:*.; which was frequented by, persons ,reputed ',"..-' to bo- of ill-fame. -, 1 :.-,,- . :••'■,'■''.,-i ■> .-•.-- A plea of.'riot .guilty .was .entered fcy v ,' ' Mr. Singer,iwho .appeared:for, ■ Defective'Hammond . gave evidence to : '-the effect that."accused had-had-Deville ■:, ■.■■■' .■■-' 'and Dubois staying at his!house,- and-two "■'-other women- previously, convicted-had on ;i ' : '.f.occasions -also been there. . Accused .had .'•"'. been; seen-in "company withVa man who. :: ■ ".: 'nad been flogged in Africaas. a.procurer '■,'•■"''- for the white slaveUraffic, and who, had ■'.-two and a half years' ago been 'conyioted —in London for .another offence.' He .had ; :■..:":-•'."been'-deported for this crime. -Tho.man -' :'"'■ had'' since left Auckland, but,;:one, of, the women who hadithat'day, been'.convicted :..' bad post office 'orders in her- possession • -when arrested showing that since Decem- ': -" ,ber; she' had; sent;-J8127 .to /him .-in-Mel-; ."■.'■■'•''..: bourne."'" /;■''';; ■)[ ■' , -''.■«■"■ : . ; "':>>'; ■■'■"'■': • ;' ;- a Evidence'of a corroborative nature was : ; . '■■'' -given by Detective: Hollis.., f; -\,v;.' • •■■ ■=• i ' The ; evidence - : of,- accused was; to the; ■■■' effect "that ■ he: was'.a naturalisod ; American -'- ' : ' ; citizen, Italy-.being'his: country; of • birth. ' ■■"'..' 'He'had come'-.-"to,- ;New", 'Zealand, -from. ;■;"Seattle, ;-wbere. ; ;he. had;resided, for/about ;;-" ,-';Cnier'Detective'-M'Mahon ;ieferred : .at. ; ' -'-thiS'Sta'e to a cablegram .which'hadbeen seht'toUhe'Chief of .Police at ..Seattle' rer r ■'; - V'^carding' the character borne ; ,by accuseds '•'•.•-'' ijnthe reply -were mentioned'three indict-. ;.-./" menls and a fine. .Dallagiovannas char- - •', \ : acter-was describcd:'as :"unsatisfactory. ; ,.- ■-'■-■'.• Eegarding.the..cable'.information, ac'v? , -oiised stated,-that ithere-ihad -been three-; against'him.-ybut that.r'tbey. V; ihad been dismissed, in, open Court. He ■' ■■■■■■ had'been fined for a breach, of .the hquor '-'■ - : law, -but suph-offenca was-classed as: a ■i■'■' ■'-' : misdemeanour, not a ;crime. -.'.'' Tho iudiot- ';'' ments followed upon a visit to Seattle ,of ; : '.; • '■■:■- the famous Detebtivo •Burns,: who: was en- ■"'■ -gaged by Dr;; Mathews, a big •political ';■"."-; -•:'power' in the' city;,.. : Acoused'. had come "■•■;,:■ '-'to New, 'Zealand on board the same boat j'■;; ■.-:;' ; - as !a' well-known American' aviator. -He : ft'"" .knew! no '/people, in. New;, Zealand prior, to :v.M;;his'amval C';)'..-,;-:. i';; I ':,—-iii" ''" '''•'- ''''*'' ■'■■'■'''■-'■ "' .Referring, agajn .to",the . cablegram to ' - 'the Seattle police; tho .'accused stated that :''-'- : '.' Hhe message:'shotlid have .been, sent to the; t ;V ,'; : chief ■detective,' and ; i\ot'. to. tho ■' chief of, ;'': : . .police.:.. This was for political, reasons.:. .■-:<;:: :i:Dallagibvanna'v further ; ,.' stated ... '■'■■■■'■ '.'about tnreo'weeks ago he.had paid:a de-, '•'■'-'■•'■■' 'posit for ,the purchaso ; 'bf a -business..'■ He ■.- admitted that: Continental > women had ■; ''• : ; visitwl his house at -Bourne Street..;" ...; '- '',■ '"•: .■:.' Chief-Detective ,'M'Mahoh: •:: Havo .;• you .■'v'' , v.;-,.';iib£-'absc6nded;froin , -:-.Seattle'?'.-J; ! ; , ■': '■:' iV-'Thisthcaccused saidwasnot'so.': Hestat- ;-:;"■;■ ed that he.had.' obtained'permission- to run ";' ■ ..-'a.dancing-hall.l'.but'was'fforced'-to , ; clos.o ;■ - " V:;.::',it|' 'because it. iijas' alleged $b f have .been '■ : -■■•■'-' V l 'conducted-in :'tooi',opeu:;a(jmajiior. ;'■ i-.; -'■'''• % ;;V'.'His. Worship.stated that the evidence'of ."' . : -.V.tho'-accused in defence amply-proved, the •'■■' ■ charge against him,, and it; showed that .' - ihe,had got himself into'.troubleiin.'Amer-' v;>'ica for much the. same offence,'and 1 that, :' ' "■'';'' ■".'■• though not. convicted,? had .clearly, made ;;::■-''.it too"warihVfor^him'self.'r ; ' : ,His,rWorship' ; ". V was satisfied that.'the accused was almost, '•:■;. ! . . undesirable person to.'-hhve'at largo-in '.'■ '"';'. the community.'-:. .required ;V;,- ■ -:■';'.,' to leave.;the: country; as■: soph : . as could be' -j. : '. !■'■■ v; ■' reasonably': expected, and; would be', ccn- "''■'■'. /■••':''■ 1: victed, and■ should 'he, rejurn,ho- would be 1 '~-;-.■' ';. ;called upon. l to'come: up for. sentence. :;,;p.