Police Court.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7863, 4 July 1905, Page 2

Police Court.

A sitting of the Police Court w a s held on Monetey, Jjjeforo Mr T. Hutch- i ißon, B>lt J -•lndecentJ Language.— h John Burns, tt labouring man, waa .3 charged with making use of indecent 3 ' language *.l aiuvcuv Stityft on ,S«Hur(i | day night. | Constable DeLoree stated that the 4 accused imade use of the language, j| Complaiaed of in front of the Golden 1 Grid fl t. about 11.10 p.m. Accused ,1 was somewhat Under the influence of f liquor at the time, and witness! ar- : rested him. ' ' ( 'JU the Bench : There- were no ladies A within hearing when Burns 'used the language. Sergeant Huddi-cll mentioned that accused had A*«Hly, arrived from" Auckland. Accused did not deny tig. charge, but stated 4hat . hc h * d b «^. tiraikine and had no recollection, bl the occurence. He was' in the employ ot a local oemtraetor. 'J he S:M. reiterated his intention to deal_ severely with such cases in the pui.lic streets. The accused was only sa ed irom imprisonment by the fact ■ ti.X tlw occurrcnco, tojik place at - late hour,women or children about. He feE iiosud a line of 40s, in default fourteen days imprisonment. Burns wis" •«loue:l (i day in which to find tho money. M ™ -Breach of By-laws.— A young mao j^ mild Ernest Abbutt admitted having iridden a Wi oich,. on the footpath in St. Autor B street,'and was lined ss. ' -An Industrial School Chi-d.- , Albert James May was sujmnoned to show cause why ho should not ■ contrbute towards the maintenance of his child, Albert May, who Tea recently convicted for stealing and sent to t a ß Auckland Industrial School. ' . Bofendanfc stabed- that he was not m a position to pay maintenance, ft, had a w-up and tw,o children! to sun. Port, and farther was payiniTofT some back debts at Auckland ' The S.M. said he had no sympathy with the defendant, 0S the conduct^ the child reflected the- utmost dis, on the parents. While <fee child lived homo the defendtobtod had to support him, and so should notUirow tho whole responsibility on i tho ..State h*>w. 'lhe, k. w fixed 8s „s , the Tegular contribution, but ;ho . would-.make,am order, for payment . ol 5s per week.. - pendant asked which school his son was ih, and wasi told -he couta ! g« the information by applying' to I j m e 3 Ju(iLtion at Wel- - - —A Troublesome Initiate—- ; Ah old man - named Nathaniel • rl "'<» was summoned upon t|** jnI lormation 0 f Mr A. E. Farraf, inan. | nger of the Old People's Home, for disorderly conduc)t and making ute of obscene and threatening language i n the hospital grounds on June 1% He I stated that Grimes was an inmate of , too.Home on that date. He waS'giv- . en leave to visit ihe town, but- rc- ' turned in an intoxicated' condition and gave a of troubla ithat'even- • mg, wntness having to stay up till 2 > a.m. to l o ok after,him- Next ■norn- ; ihg Grimes left without leave and ! coming bgck a t 11 o'clock asked for his s-Wag, swing he intended to leave. t He created .another disturbance, and - using obscene language, he challeng-; ) <?d Witness (the manager) to fight on - t he front lawn. Lat?r on accused ' continued his disorderly oondtift in 5 front of the hospital, a r(i on , Dr 6 Wnlker'si instructions the police were s c lo mmunicatcd with by telephone. Y Grimes, left tho 'institution. Accusedjdeniea the, statement that ' he was drunk, claiming that he h a d - walked to Bell Block that day in ! search of employment. 1 The S.M. severely lectured• the, de- ; lin'quent for his misbehaviour. '• As ; a previous caution <that.be wouldJoso-■< ; his pension if he persisted ill 'drink-' [ ing h]ad been totally disregarded, ac- ' cused_\\:<juki now bo punished teJaiv- ' "ing'his pension cancelled.

j —Judgment The .Taranaki Sawmilling Company sued W. J. Campbell on a judginent I summons. Mr Malono appeared for [the judgment creditors. Debtor was examined >it some length as to moans, hut the S.M. refused an order ftga'iirtb him;.