LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1929, 11 December 1913, Page 11

LAW REPORTS.

BEGGING AIMS IN STREET, STRANGE STORY. BKANDY CURE FOR CONSUMP, TION. A strange story was told in the Magistrate's Court .vesterday, when ,1 tall, well-built young man nameil John Marshal! Jenkins, who was deemed by tbo police to bo an idle and disorderly person and who was alleged to have been begging alms in Waterloo .Quay, was placed in the dock. Evidence was -given by Constable Thompson, who said that Jenkins accosted hini and asked him for twopence to make up the price of a drink". The constable, cautioned Jenkins, who, however, went his way asking others for money.

Air. P. W. Jackson, who appeared for Jenkins, told the Court that Jenkins was m an advanced stage, of consumption and just kept himself up by sipping brandy. ■ His client did Hot remember 'asking for the money. It afterwards transpired that Jenkins had been before the Court recently on a charge of having come to Wellington from l'ieton as a stowaway on a- vessel. On that occasion the pica raised or. Jus behalf was that ho had contractc ","S disease on a goldfiold out back or Blenheim and had stowed away on the boat as a means of getting 'back to his mother in Wellington. " ' .Mr. AV. G. Biddell, S.M., said that the question of placing Jenkins in an institute for consumptives should bo considered. - He convicted the defendant, and ordered him to appear for sentence when called on.

ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE. George Saunders was charged with having vised threatening behaviour whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned in Tory Street on November 27, and with having assaulted James Brown so as to cause him actual boditv harm. William Stevens, tailor, Ingostro Street, stated in evidence that tho trouble in which Brown had been hurt had not been brought on bv Saunders. Brown had challenged' Saunders to fight, and tho latter had merely defended himself. Brown fell, but the fall was tho result of a slip on tho footpath, not tho result of a blow bv Saunders. .When Brown.fell ho broke his leg.

Brown is still in tlie Hospital, but a statement from him was produced, and in this ho stated that Saunders was not the aggressor in the affair, Tho Magistrate said that he did not think that a jury would convict Saunders on such evidence. Ho therefore discharged accused. TWO MEN & A COXSTABLE. Arising out, of some disturbance in Lourtcnay Place on Tuesday night, tlio following three charges were made against Thomas Patterson: (1) Disorderly conduct while drunk; (2) bad language; (3) resisting Constable Hurley. ■ Patterson pleaded guilty. The polioo stated that he had been found fightiii" in Courtenay Place,,, and,h,ad .violently resisted arrest. Oft tho.Way to' the Maimers Street Polico Station he had used a continuous stream ..of vile- language.

. lor his language Patterson was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and on each of tho other charges ho was fined £,% in default seven • days' imprisonment. :• * ■ ■

■Wilful obstruction of Constable-Hur-ley was alleged against William Wakefield, a young man who lias just finished serving a period .of imprisonment for breaking and entering. It was alleged that Wakefield caught the constable by tho leg, and throw him, when the officer \ras._ trying to arrest Patterson. Wakefield denied.the charge, but the Magistrate did not believe him, and sentenced him to fourteen days' imprisonment.

SEEN BY A CITIZEN. The mean offence of relieving an inebriate man of'his money was alleged against a young man named Arthur Gorham, who was charged with tho theft of £2 'from Charles jN'orborg. Gorham pleaded guilty. Inspector Heiidrey stated that Norberg came from the 'country into tho city with a sum of money in his possession, ■_ and foolishly started drinking. Ho picked up with accused, who took him out of a hotel, and was seen to put his hand in Norberg's pocket. Gorham took some money out of the pocket, and a few coins fell to the footpaths Gorham was followed by a citi-. Zen, who saw the affair, and subsequently was detained by a couple of Artillerymen,, who handed him over to a police constable, Gorham was alleged to have kicked the citizen who detected him committing the thoft. Tho defendant bad a "record," and was now serving a sentence of three months' imprisonment for having used obscene language.

Gorham was sentenced to three .mouths' imprisonment, and £1,145. (id., which was found on him., is to be hand' cd to Norberg.

■THEFT OK A'DOORMAT. William Fanlstick was charged with the theft of a. six-shilling doormat, belonging to James M'Gill. The evidence against the defendant was to tho effect that Faulstiek was about early one morning, and took tho mat when a cleaner put it outside tho owner's door. Kaulstick denied the theft. Ho was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment. THEFT OF SUITS ALLEGED. ■ Cyril Hebcrley was charged with having, stolen a suit-ense and two suits, valued at £10, belonging to Henry Ernest Carde, at Wangamii, on October 28. Hoberley, who is a young man,- was remanded to appear at Wangamii on Saturday. He was allowed bail (£4O). CHARGE OF ASSAULT. An assault, upon John Crawford M'lntosh on December fi was alleged against Thomas Bin?. The police asked for a remand, and the case was set down for hearing on December IS. SERIOUS COUNT, A charge of attempted carnal knowledge, was mode against Thomas Coffey. The accused was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT,