heed a "no loitering'' sign on St. Joseph's Church property.

Raymond Smith, 37, had pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court to trespassing.

Police saw him sitting on a wall on the church's property at about 4.45 p.m.

on April 22, Prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osborne said.

But Smith said although he had been on the property, he had not been sitting on a wall.

He had stopped briefly to talk to someone and was getting ready to "split' when Police saw him, he claimed.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis noted loitering could get annoying to property owners and the only way to discourage people from coming onto their premises was to enforce the law strictly.

OBSTRUCTING POLICE COSTS MAN $100 CTS Refusing to let Police search him for drugs cost a 19-year-old Southampton man a $100 fine when he appeared in Magistrates' Court this week.

Anthony Richardson pleaded guilty to the offence of obstructing Police under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Prosecutor Sgt. Rex Osborne said the offence occurred about 1.30 a.m. on May 21.

Richardson had been seen making a transaction with someone on Horseshoe Road.

When Police approached and informed him they were going to search him under the Act, he refused and was uncooperative, saying he did "not feel like being bothered'', Sgt. Osborne said.

He was eventually searched at the Police station, but no drugs were found.