MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14580, 5 December 1912, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Beforo Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. William i-ailooii, who had come up to town from Bculey Fiat tor a few days, was charged with drunkenness and two breaches ot a prohibition order. On the cnarge of drunkenness ho was convicted and discharged, and on one charge ol" breaking Jus order ho was fined 10s, and ordered to come up tor sentence on the other charge, on condition that he retuned to Bealey Flat. Andrew Ross Kirk (Mr Leathern) for having procured liquor during the curreucy of a prohibition order, was fined 20s and costs, m default seven days' imprisonment. William Leander Buchanan was charged with havii.g entered licensed preinues whilo prohibited, and was lined 20s and costs, in default seven days' imprisonment. Alexander Mikoz (Mr Leathern) lor breach of a prohibition order, was convicted and ordered to pay expenses, in _<- fault Bov.r. days' imprf_ounu-iit. Martha Mikoz (Mr Leathern) for a similar breach, was convicted and discharged. George Coppin, for tho breach of an order, was also convicted and discharged. MAINTENANCE. Daniel Fitton and Hose Fitton wero charged with tailn.g to maintain their child. Mr Cassidy, who appeared tor the accused, said tnat the hutoiis wero siiortlj going to England and they ii'i'M prepared to take the child wim them This course wis agreed to on condition that Fitton reported to tho police before h_ left Christchurch, so that tho police could oe certain tho child was going away with its parents. Patrick Alpliouso Popo (Mr Mosley) charged with tho disobedience of a maintenance order, was convicted and 1 sentenced to seven days' imprisonment, tho warrant to bo suspended as long as he paid 35s per week. Charles Hawee, for disobedienco of a maintenance order, was convicted and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, tho warrant to be suspended as long as he paid lo* j. r wjek. Cecil Luncombe Hawley was charged with bavins, failed to maintain a child, and was ordered to pay 10s per week towards its support, and £40 for past maintenance. Joseph Turvcy, for having failed to comply with a maintenance order, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, tho warrant to bo suspended as long as he paid 12s per week. C-CLES AND MOTORS For having cycled on the footpath, Hugo Piets-kor wa.> htivd _•< and rosts. Robert Hudson was fined a similar amount f<-r r.av.ng driven n motor car tDo fast over a crossing. Herbert Wilson and George Edwin King, for having driven too fast over a crossing, wero each lined 10s and iosts. A charge against Arthur Perry (Mr Mosley) of oxceedhig tho speed limit in a moto.' e_r was dismissed. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. WiHiam Page, a young man, was charged with obtaining credit for £140 19s 2d, by representing that ho had paid a deposit of JCoO on a building, that ho had a patent worth £1050 and that this •mount had been paid to ins credit at tho National Bank at Christchurch. Tho case was remanded for a week, bail being allowed in two sureties of £100 each. REMANDED. "This daso has been standing nearry two years. It is flat and stale and everything else." Thus Mr Cassidy described tho charge of theft which was preferred against Charlotte Jane Kimber. Tho woman was charged that between January 11th and 17th, 1911, at St. Andrews, she stole a quantity of child's clothing valued at £2,"tho property of her husband, Arthur Grafton Kimber. In pleading not guilty on behalf of tho accused, Mr Cassidy said that when tho accused and tho informant resided together, Kimber ill-treatea tho accused; go; drunk, and brought drunken frionds to tho house. Owing to this tho accused decided to leavo her husband and she went to live with her sister, taking her daughter with her. The clothes which wero tho subject of the charge, wero worn by the child when she wont away with her mother. Counsel asked for a remand "so that tin- husband can como hero and proceed against his wifo." A remand for a week was granted.

LYTTELTON.

(Before Messrs W. C. Cleary. an<| F. W. Andorson, J.P.'s.) THEFT. Arthur Wynyard and Harold Donald Moore, two well, dressed young fellows, with, however, many "aliases.' were charged with having, on November 6th, at Lyttelton, stolen two umbrellas, tho property of William J. Cairne. They pleaded not guilty. Evidence showed tnat the accused, ono of whom has a bad record, stayed at an hotel in Lyttelton for several days, representing themselves as being purser and steward respectively of the Aornngi, and stating that they waro awaiting orders from tho Union Co. WhiJe staying there they stole tho two umbrellas. Th_ Bench remarked that such characters as the accused were a menace to society, and must be severely dealt with. They wore each convicted nnd sentenced to two months' impr eonment. OBSTRUCTING A PARADE. A lad named Clinton Miller Bates was charged with having obstructed a paratlo of tho Lyttelton Senior Cadeta on November sth. He pleaded not guilty. Evidence went to show thnt the boy had only lately attended drill, as hjjs parents had previously kept him away on account of the rowdiness of other boys. It was stated, ho-wever, that Bates was one of tlie worst offenders at the piracies. Ho wa_ severely cautioned and discharged.