THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. ■ (Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.lf.) ' ' THEFT.. ; • Michael' Henry (Mr M. Donnolly) ' was charged, that on March 18th, at Palmerston North, ha atolo a go.d albert chain and a cold sovereign case, of a total. value of £7, tha property of J. H. p. Bamforth; also that at Christohurch, on.October 3rd, ho stole an overcoat valued at £2 10s, the property of Donald Cameron. Accusod, ..who pleaded guilty, was admitted ,to probation for la months, and ordered to.pay.2ss to a.secondhand dealer, from, whom he had obtained money on a stolen.article,-and to refund the stolen property. . • • William Harold Howard, a youth, appsared on charges of stealing bicycles, one valued at £5 and the other' at £9, tho property of "William Mitchell and . Victor Cotton. Accused -was nominally sentenced .to .one month's ■ imprisonment. The' Magistrate ordered that ho should bo kept , apart-from tho othor prisoners, and said he would recommend that he be committed to the "Weraroa Training Farm. ' IDLE AND DISORDERLY. Daniel Carney, charged with being an itlic and disorderly person, in that he had bcggect alms in the streets,. was convicted and ordered to come up for .sentence when caileo. ! upon, on tho understanding that ho would not be called upon if' he remailied at the 'Salvation Army Home' for 12 months. MISSING GOODS. Frederick Hall (Mr J. A. Cassidy) pleaded guilty to chargcs of stealing camisoles to a total. value of £3 Its 6d, the property o£ 3. Ballantyne and Co. Detective-Sergeant Connolly asked that tho accused should be remanded for a week. A large amount of.goods -had been stolen from the° firm, and accused's case needed further investigation. The remand was granted, and bail fixed at £73. BY-LAW BREACHES. Frank J. Bradiiock was convictcd and discharged on a charge of allowing an. unlicensed driver to drive a motor-cab. ... 1 Frederick" Boulton Hughe's, for driving a ' motor vehicle without having an identiiica- ■ ticJn mark affixed thereto, was fined Ss. Gili berfc B. Brown was. similarly charged, and fined 10s and costs. Claude Prebble was fined 20s and costs for riding a motor-cyclc on a footpath, and 63 • and • costs for riding the machine without a light at night. Thomas Shechan, chargcd with allowing hcrses to wander, was ordered to pay 5a witness's expenses. Thomas Cox, charged with riding a motorcycle past the Woolston school at an excessive speed, was fined £5. "Wiiliam Collester was fined 5s for leaving a motor-cycle without a light on it on a street at night. Final of 10s "were inflicted on Robert Stewart, Edwaa-d John Oates, and Nairn McGibbon, _ for cycling on footpaths. For riding at an excessive speed over a crossing, Cyril "William Steele was fined £1. James Cairns was fined 10s for pillion riding. For riding machines- at night without lights Ernest Dell was fined 15s, Sydney Fass 10s and Henry Gamble ss. ' ' TRUANCY. Henry Hills was fined 5s for failing to send his child to school. ASHBURION. (Before Mr V. G. Day, 531.) George Banks was fined Ss and costs on a charge of driving a vehicle at night without a light. "W. Campbell was ordered to pay £15, -with 15s 6d costs, cm a maintenance order. In H. A. Lloyd (Mr Buchanan) v. Joseph Tully, claim £30 lis 93, judgment was given for plaintiff, with costs £2 14s.