POLICE COURT.
THIS DAY.
(Before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M.) ■j:\-r W At the Police' Court this morning j| Mr 11. Ferguson (Inspector under :the¥ if Factories Act) conducted a case, and ' m obtained a conviction for breaches of -M the Act. During- tlie progress, of .the^ B case some remarks passed between the n magistrite (Mi- Hutchison) and Mr; ffi Ferguson on the subject of costs and M lawyer's fees, the conclusion 'Sol "■_M which Mr Hutchison paid the Inspcc- m tor a compliment by saying-: 0$> yll Mi> Ferguson, you don't need anyJ^'l; 1 yer; yon arc; well able to conduct joßl% 1 -own cases in Court." Mr Fergqson 1 conducts his Court, eases personally*. i without the assistance of a legal V Tae' I titioner. I Drunkenness.—Two persons charge .; with drunkenness were convicted: an^.g,. I discharged. , 1 Illegally on Premises.—John Js^ | son, charged with being illegally'o"-. | certain premises, was convicted :'& '■ ' : discharged. ■ ' ' i w, 1 ; Factories Act.—H. C. Cbqycfe PjA^ I | Mary Milne, trading as Milne ana | Choyce. ,were charged on the inform 3" , h tion of Mr H. Ferguson, Inspector ot | Factories, with- having. coituffltt 6?;- ; I breaches-of the Factories /Act (t'^* 9 & charges) by keeping twelve girJs,^ fg iwork after one o'clock on SatnriWJ. _; ,m afternoon. Mr T. Cotter appeared tor. Ml. the defendants, and pleaded'gUilt>';;B He said that the Saturday in q^ tlP, v V : ffi was* the one between Good Friday w* m 1 Easter Monday, which wore hoth i 10"; M i days.—His Worship imposed "a fin* m 15/ in each case, in all £3, with oS« M i Dismissed.—lii the case of B<;.■>'■: ; - : m , Clayton. charged with theft, ■ -\» H ' Haiuia appeared. His Worship f fe. ,the criminal law had been abuse?'! f| 1 this case: it should never have ~ ft S put into operation. It was P^'L. p civil matter between the parties.- 11 m; information was dismissed. P l^H : Prohibition Order.—A man ■■b^. : .M : Harry Whiteside appeared and. a!L. ■ for a prohibition order agaipst; n", •;■:J| self. He. said he wanted it becaiise • r. was of no use to himself or to anyo- || else.—.His Worship granted ano^L fc as requested, for the City ljcensin?,vou W trict, and said to the applicant: .-^ m. mustn't go into any hotel i^ Awkl |f now."—Whiteside:" "I'll have ; with a last drink, your Wor?nip._ ';.■ can do with one. now, t00.."- . ' . ffl
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 103, 2 May 1900, Page 4
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