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LAW COURTS
THE POLICE HINDERED.
According to evidence given in the Ade-<*>
laide Police Court on Monday, there was
a lively scene ad, a house in Crowther- <*>
street, off Waymouth-street, occupied by
*!r>. Ixaihlean Homer, on tbe ei'oninjs o£ ,
Fiirlny, Morrh 11, when PiainclotheE-Coa-1
stables WTiite and Slater entered ths pro-!
rnises to nrnke a scaarch in reKard u> tlie ;
"ippoced unlawful sale of liquor. The ]
occupier of the house was fined on June
2 for sly-grog selling.
Robert Lea^is, alias Gnegan, of Start
street, who was on the premiseE, was
char&jd with having hindered Constable
E. ?T. F. WTirle, u-hile deleting a bwaca
of tlic Licensing Act. Sub-Inspector Nich
olson prosecuted, and Mr. F. Seymour
Smith repn?sented Lewie, who denied the
cbartre.
SaH-Inspector Nicholson said when the
police ameers <nitered the house the de
fendant said, '"Don't tell the rotten
anything. Don't answer any questions."
Conet-tble Whitp told the defendant not
to interfere 'irith him, and tbe defen
dant replied. "1 am going te> protect my
friend." Constable White sa:d be wanted
to search tile premises, and the defendant
said, '"Come on. boys, let* chuck the
out." Tlit- situation became so serious
that Constable White told Constable Sla
ter to po and! telephone for aspietatrec.
After Constable Slater left, the defendant
picked up a beer bottle, and advanced
upon Constable White. The latter had
to draw a revolver, and said to Lewis,
"If you are poinc to use a bottle 111 have
to proteot myself with this." MaiSters
calmed down, and Lewis dropped the
bottle, but as coon as Constable Staler
went in Lewis seized another bottle and
said to hint, "You're back again. G?C
out of thi*." At <bst moment other
police constables arrived, and Constable
Slater took tie bottle izxym h'-ra. Evi
dence in support of the statement wasj
Si^?*^l by Constable White and Slater. ]
- Mr. Smith mid it was ? shame that, five
months after <riat -n-as termed a 'imiscsl j
evening,'-' the defendant ehouil be prose-1
cuu-d on a charge of hindering. He con- j
tended that there was no case for the de-!
fendant to ansrer. The defendant, be
lieving it was necessary for *he police to
have c. searca warrant, had merely ad
vised the occupier of the hawse not" to Bay
aavthinf.
The defendant, xho ?aid Ui? ooraect name
ms Robert Lewis ? Guegan, denied having
hindered the police or interfered with
them in any way on the nigit of' March
Tie S.M. annoann*! that the coort had
cenne to the conclusion that the defendant
did obstruct the police, bat they had
taken into consideration the fast that he
had beea in the oells from Saturday Just
until -Monday morn in?. A fine of £1 with
£1 costs xas imposed.
Lewis <w?8 further charged with hairing
ttied insoltms hngnage. to PLunclotbes-
Coostables Slater, White, and Regm in
Kiny: Williaxn-street on June 31. Ha
pleaded not guilty and was defended by
-Mr. F. Sevmom- Smith. He was fined
£3 with £3 costs.
RERRV CASE AWOORNED. ;
In the Civil Court, before the Chief Jus- <
tiee (Sir Georze Murray) on Monday, the
?ise in irhlch RicJard Ernest Berry, sign
writer, of Norxood is petitioning far a
divorce from hie wife, Lena May Berry, of
Parkside, on tbe cround of her alleged mis
condnct with John Walters, laborer, was
mentioned.
Mr. H. Thomson, who appeared for the
respondent, <isked tbit. tie hearing mifit
be adjourned. He mid he was appearing
in a. Commonwealth case (Ma?ride), which
had had its inception so far buck olb Xo
vcmber, 1919. A larjp amount of evidence
had been taken, and it was almost impos
?ble to brief another counsel at that stage.
The S.M., who was trying the oase, had
reserved a mandate to continue the hear
ing during the time the Court
wufl in vacation. One <witnc? had come
from Western Austrolii. In the cirenn*
stances he thought he was justified in ask
ing for an adjournment of the cade before
his ttonor.
Mr. J. S. Murray, who appeared for the
petitioner, opposed the aoplicotisn. He
Biid he srae prepared to go on with the
case before the court.
His Honor said the circumstances were
quite exceptional. Tie Supreme Court
was <3i3poeed to be in vacation, and he did
not think he ?uzht to insist on a case pro
ceding if counsel offered reasonable objec
tion. He would not be able to at at the
end of tbe xeek or the beginning of next
A-eek, as r M ?<ras coin^ on circuit.
The hearing irae adjourned till July 28.
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