IDLE AND DISORDERLY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10597, 1 April 1912, Page 6

IDLE AND DISORDERLY

TWO MEN SENT TO CAOL. J At the Magistrate's Court in Mas-j terton on Saturday, before Messrs Eli ' Smith and T. Wagg, J.'sP., Owen P. Brosnahan was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, and that ho habitually consorted with thieves. Detective Andrews conducted the prosecution, and Mr 0. Pragnell appeared for accused. Mr Pragnell stated that another man named William Munsor had been arrested on a similar charge. He asked that the two cases be taken together, as one man was a commercial traveller and the other his employee. The Bench decided to take tho cases J separately. \ I Detective Andrews, 11 evidence, sta- ! ted that he knew the accused. He .was a spieler and a racecourse guesser. Accused had been knocking about in Wellington with' a convicted thief named Munsor. On March lOth the two men went to the Nelson races, and there associated.with two thieves.* On March 28th at 9.30 a.m. the ac-' cused was in Queen Street, Maeterton, with Munsor. At 1.30 p.m. on the same date the accused was on the outside at the Opaki racecourse with Munsor and a convicted thief named Findlay. At 4 p.m. witness 'arrested Find-lay..for vagrancy. Munsor and accused returned .to Master-ton later. On March 29th, at 11.30-a.m., accused witfi" Munsor got out of a motor oar. on the Opaki Koad, the two walk- . ing along the road tcgetlher. At 1.4.5 p.m. the accused was on the outer portion, of the Opaki racecourse with Miiinsor. At 7.15 p.m. accused was in Queen Street with Munsor and a re- | puted thief. At 1.0 p.m. accused was i with Munsor, and witness then arreisted him.

James Wale!en, racecourse detective, said he knew accused. At the Woodvr.He races he removed accused and Munsor from the racecourse. He saw accused and Findlay at the Wanganui races, both being removed from' the course. Mr Pragnell having addressed the Bench, their Worships convicted ac-. j cused and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. '. William Munsor was also, charged with being an idle and c|isord°rly person, and with habitually con v.viiug with, thieves. Mr. Pragnell, appeu- >d for accused, who pleaded.guilty. Mr Pragnell asked for leniency, as accused had expressed the in .leaving /ne country altogether. - The Bench said that -tfhej;; did no■consider the case onefor leniency and sentenced accused to one month's imprisonment. , .. "