POLICE COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 121, 23 May 1903, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

Fmday, May. 82nd,—Before Mr R, L. StmfOrd, S.M. ORbEa cancelled, Thomas Hardgreavts wss called on in resp ct of arrears for the maintenance of a child in the Burnham Indus • trial Schcol. Sergeant Haddrell seated that Hardgreaves' circumstances were such thu the arrears could not be recovered, and there was no chance of the mm obeying the crder in future. - .. His Honor said he wou'd cancel the order, and remit the arreira of rent. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AC T. H. Crunn was changed in respect to one child. Difeudant said that lh9 child was se jt, but he wou'd not go to ichool. His Wor.-h ; p eaid that the fath r should administir the stick. Ujfend.nt said he had thrashed the boy, but it was no use.

Mr Hooker, the Truant Inspector, sail that the parents in some cjses seemed to have no control over their children.

A fi ie of 2a without costs was imposed.

B. Fox was charg. d in respect to one child.

He Btati d the boy was sent, bu ! staytd away from s.hool. He had thrashed the boy, but that seemed to have no i fleet.

A fine of 2s without costs was iaaposed.

W. McKoy was also chugad in respect to a boy. Mr Hooker said this was a bad case. The boy, sooner than go to schoo', on one occas on had taken a pair of scissors and ripped up his trousers. Another pair of pints was put on the b.y and no was conducted to school, but be mide a bolt away from his conductors. Mr Hooker considered tint this was a oise for the Industrial School. A fine of 2 3 without cos s was im,o3rd.

Mrs Elwards was charged with re pec' to a boy named Scaife.

Mr Hooker considtrcd this boy should be sent to the Industrial School. A fine of 2s with cost 3 was itflicted. A. Cltlanl was charged in refpeci to two children.

After looking at the a'tendai ci lists His Worship imposed a fine of 5i on uch charge withccets.

OBSTRUCTING THE POLHE. R'cbard Barrett Honeyfield wes charged with being druek in D;vonstreec on May 21. Mr Q li'liam, for the accused, said hat he understood that the fi si charge would be withdrawn,

Sergeant Haidrell said that he had decided to withdraw the charge of drunkennw,

Accused was (hen charged with (1) obs'ru:ting and (2) resisting Constabl*Mcßae in the execution of his du v y ; and (3) also with damaging the constable's shako, estimated at 8s 6d, lie p'eaded guilty.

Mr Quiilum said that he was a spectator of the occurrence, and he could say tha l ; bis client was in th wrong. No Mr Honeyfi.ld was unaware cf the stringent nature of the Borough bye-laws, which came into fo.co recently, and when asked by the oonctable to see to his cab he got engaged iQ an argument with the officr of the law, which ended in Honeyfi.ld's arrost. He sa : d thit the accused wafc a respec v able maD, and he aeked the Court to inflict a nominal floe.

Sergeant Haddrell stated that the conduct of a crowd of hoodlums was disgraceful, as they urged Honeyfield to res'st the police, and otherwice acted '•n a most disgraceful manner, Mr Q lilliam said that there tvas no doub" about the disgruc.ful conduct of tie crowd.

| Sonant Haddrell said that the police had to thank Messrs Q ulliam and F. Thomson for their assistance od the occasion of the row, His Worship said ha looked on the charges as most serious, and could hardly inflict a nominal fiaa only. Und r ordinary circumstances the finu was 40s, bu l : he would take into oon si i luiion tha conduct of the unruly crowd. The defendant on each charge of obstructing, resisting, and damaging •■vould be fin.d 10s, and orderei to pay the damages to the shako and cost j . The fin s totaUei 30s, tha c stalls, and the damage to the shiko 8s 61.