THE COURTS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15156, 21 December 1914, Page 4

THE COURTS.

MAGISTJBBIAL.

(Before Mr H. W; Bishop, S.i£.) . DIIUN&ENNESS. three first offenders were each fined ■as; in default 24 hours' imprisonment, i 'John O ! Oonnell and oharles Westbn I were fined 10s, in default 48 hours; for soeond offences of drunkenness. John Patrick Kelly was sentenced to seven .days , . hard labour for a third ofi foiico of drunkenness. . . ATTEMPTING SUICIDE. Win. MeClusky, 6S_ years of age, charged \vith attempting to commit suicide, was ordered, to come up for sontoace when called upon, on condition that he went back to .the hospital until jho recovered completely. As drink was Js% tho boiiioai of his condition ho v/as prohibited. ! LTTTELTON. j . .. .. .__ (Before W. C. Cleary and L. ,A. Stringer, J.P.s). ATTEMPTED COMMUNICATION WITH PRISONERS. GcorKo 'William Richards was charged l with loitering sbonfc Simeon Qnay, Lvtteltba, \rhcro certain nrisbners M'ei'o ein.plpy.cd, and attempting to conjmuniI cato with them. • Mr A;'Donnelly appeared for defondi \yho pleaded not guilty: j' .Sshior-Scrgeaut Ryan stated that I Ilichardsi who wae released from prison iso recently as Tuesday lust, went to ; Simeon Quny at 10.30 a.m. on Thiirs- • dny, and endcai-oureil to got into coni vorsatiou with the i7risoner*. Ho was ivarnetl of tho seriousness of his notion by tho Warder in chaigo. and subsequently errosied. , v Warder Partington said'ho was looking after a gang of ten prisoners on the day in question. Richards came ay.d in spite cf being ordered atvay hj witness cominencad taikinp; with the ccavicw. A .constable subsequently cams alonjr. and Richards was arrested, being released on bail later in the day. The same afternoon ho reiunied to

■ no oivuio ui.uuwa liU IC.UriIGU lO Simeon Quay, and abused tho warder, Kitd teaninoj over the road called ont to the convicts who were working bo- j !ou\ "It cost, totno £'-'0 bail to see voa boys, but I'm liero again." ■ Ho was fined £5; iritli tho alterative "f.a month's imnrieoament. On beinj ro!ei«jed ho yrz& rearrested ntiido tlio courthouso on a charge of lmnkcnnesK, and-ordered to undergo a week's mcdicrtl otservatioa. SOUTHBUIDGE. At, llio Sonthbriclgo Coiirt George Ridden, Arthur Greonwobd, Patrick 3la'tt<»ry, Frederick Hannaford, George Abbott, Edward Gcorgo Hubbard, William Adams, and Ernest Clemeab In«;ood wero charged with driving vehicles ; through tho towuehip without display- ' ing lights. Tho cases wero befor© tho

ttio Justices stated that ho did not oaro to proceed with the hearing Until he was Satisfied ac _to the ralidity of the etmthbridgc Tottii Board's by-laws. The cages were accordingly adjouensd for a fortnipjit so that enquiries could be made to ascertain V/hother the by-laws (whteh had been adopted thirty year* ago and revised sixteen years ago) h&<3 been gazetted and. were in order. l>r. Withers and Mr 11. B. B. AVillis were tho presiding Justices. The Bonch stated that the matter had been referred to Mr H. W. Btfehop, S.M., for his and the reply received was that in all cases of breaches of by-laws the Court accopted as evidence of tho validity of such by-laws the production in court 6f a sealed copy, either by the prosecutor Or the clerk of the Court. B. (I. Hubbard, chairman of the Bb£ird, was convicted and fine<? Os arid costs for driving his inotbr-car without a light, and the others were merely convicted and ordered to pay costs. The Bench suggested that the two local bodies in tho district, ...the Southbridgo Town Board and tho Ellesniero County Council, should confer with the object of bringing tho wholo district Aindor ono sob of bj--laws.