By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was fined $1,000 in court yesterday after admitting to having a knife in public and giving a fake name to a police officer.
Leslie Knowles, 21, appeared before Magistrate Algernon Allen, Jr, on charges of unlawfully carrying arms and deceit of a public officer.
On December 26 on Charlotte Street, Knowles was found carrying a knife by authorities without being able to give lawful cause for having the instrument. Then on December 27 it is said that while attempting to evade the law, the accused deceived Constable 4418 Newbold by giving him a false name.
In court, Knowles pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the facts stated about his case. He faced a fine of $500 or one month in prison for the knife charge and a further $500 fine or three months in prison for the deceit charge.
Before being released from custody the accused was ordered to pay half of his total fine, with the remainder to be paid off by January 31.
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