MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13083, 6 April 1908, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

_j « j -Mr V. G. D;iy. fi.~Sl,. preside a t tlio ' i!.'.yistrritc'.s Clint on .Satuniav. j Ono first offender for .IninLonnes. j ! was fined os and, coms,-iu default 24; hours' imprisonment^ and T?oht. Mar-, tin, a statutory srconrl offender, iva*- ! I fined 10.*, in default 48 hours. | Wm. McLaughlin, for he ins unlaw--! : fully by night on the premises -of j Harvey, was convicted "and discharmd. I and ordered to pay 10> (id medical expenses. : So acute has become the annoyance. I . caused by irresponsible youths' and others, throwing balls of paper and other missiles from the gallery of the J ' neiv Theatre Koyal on to the audience ! below, that the proprietors have been forced to take action in the matte:*. and on Saturday a penitent-looking , lad was charged at the Juvenile P.iiice i Court (before Mr V. G. Day. 5.M... j with creating a disturbance at tiie ! Theatre by throwing baik of paper j j into the stalls. Mr Cassidy, for t.ie j prosecution, said that generally the j ; patrons of "tho gods" were well b<i hayed, but a number of boys, and f young men caused considerable* irritation' by the foolish practice of dipping missiles about. * The Magistrate ; cautioned and discharged tho youth, , and said that he would inflict a penalty in the next case cf a bjn.i.ar nature. Frederick Ha!!, on remand, charged with the attempted murder of Alexander James' Muir by shooting him j with a revolver at Lyttelton on March ! 7th, appeared before Mr G. Lauren- I son. J.P., at the Lrfctoltou Magis-' tiate's Court on Satunlay. On the application of Sergt. Ryan, who stated tKit ?*.fuir was still unable jto appe-ir. the accused was again remanded for eight days. MuLr is Baid to be progressing satisfactorily in tho Christchurch Hospital. I