MAGISTRATES COURT.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14404, 11 July 1912, Page 5

MAGISTRATES COURT.

■ ' ■'■ « (Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.) FALSE PRETENCES. ■ Daniel Foley appeared for sentence for having obtained £2 10s from William Thomas Mahar by means of a valueless cheque. He .had pleaded guilty, and _ad been remanded for medical observation. He was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence ' when called upon, subject to his re- ; maimng for six months in the Charitable Aid Board's Depot. '> THEFT. Kate __ Cox appeared on remand , charged" with having stolen a leg of , pork and three cake tins, value at 4s t 6d. Accused pleaded guilty, saying - she had friends to go to in Wellington in three months. .". She was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, provided she remained in the , Mt. Magdala Home for three months. Leaving the dock she thanked his Wor- . shin and expressed her sorrow at tho "dirty action ' she had committed. " FRAUD. Elizabeth Gilliatt, for whom Mr A. W. Bishop appeared, pleaded guilty to having stolen within tho past three months a wicker basket and various sums of money, mostly in halfcrowns and shillings, from various persons, • amounting to 295. Chief Detective !j Bishop said the accused had been going -* about the suburbs carrying an apple or apples with her, obtaining orders ° which she never .filled. She lived with her mother, and there wero no previous convictions against her. Mr A. W. Bishop, for the defence t said that accused had been seTiing fruit for _er ' mother, and had noticed how easy it r would be to defraud in this way. His i -client was twenty-six years old, and v j her record, apart from these charge . >- i His Worship .lectured accused severely, and fined her 40s. in default one t month's imprisonment on one cliaxge, - ordering restitution to be made within ..fourteen days. " ~ BY-LAW CASES. n William Deans. Charles Cotteril!. v and William Smith were each fined 7& , and costs for having cycle! on fbot- -. paths. 'Albert Graham, for having ,' cycled at night without a light, was fined 10s and costs. _ DEFENCE ACT CASES. A charge of having failed to render " ? 1 ei ? <>na l service preferred against John c Eric Harding Adams was withdrawn, r John Stanley Burgess. Walter Cooper, t George Ferguson Gray, Donald Hart court. William Henry' King, William 1 j L:nton, Frederick Richard Lightfoot, 1 Raymond McCree, Harold William

ThackweJl, William Taylor, ftngu. Donaldson Welsh, and Huia Henrj Shaw were each fined os _nd costs on similar charges. Similar charges against Cameron G. Johnstone and Frederick Schoefield Wilkinson were withdrawn by leave of the Court. Gordon Stephen Mills, charged with refusing to take the oath of allegiance, did not appear, and was fined 40s, to be reduced to 5s if the oath is taken within seven days. Similar charges against James Samuel David Porter, Huia Henry Shaw and Frederick Shoefield Wilson were withdrawn by leavo of tho Court. Innis Durie Walker, charged with failing to render personal service, was represented by Mr Leathern, who. said his client had a medical certificate of unfitness. The case was adjourned until July 19th, so that a certificate | might be obtained from a military doctor. Thomas Alfred Laurence was similarly charged. He produced a medical certificate, which was not in order, and his ease was adjourned until July 19th. William Robert Godfrey, charged with failing, to tako the oath of allegiance, or to render personal service, did not appear. The case was adjourned until July 19th. LYTTELTON. (Before Mr G. C. Smith, J.P.). A STOWAWAY. Thomas Weir, charged with having travelled on the Mararoa from Welling- ! ton to Lyttelton without . paying his fare, and with intent to evade payment of the same, was convicted j and fined £1 and costs, and ordered to pay the amount of the faro.