THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15396, 29 September 1915, Page 2

THE COURTS.

« MAGISTERIAL (Before'Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Henry Frost appeared on remand, charged with drunkenness and with a broach of his prohibition. order. Ho pleaded {juilty, and was convicted and discharged. Thomas Chapman, charged with drunkenness lor the fifth time in six months, was conricted and sentenced to fomteou days' hard labour. John Campbell, a second offender, was convicted of drunkenness and fined 10-vor-in default 13 hours' imprisonment. Matilda Ewing, charged with a breach of a prohibition order, was coavictod and discharged. ' ALLEGED FORGERY. Lucy Pullman was charged with that, on August 10th, alio did forge tho name of L. Davis to a receipt for a money-order telegram i§v 10s. Tho police applied for a remand, winch was granted, bail beinw allowed, accused in £50, and one surety ai £50. MAINTENANCE CASES. A. T. Laney was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, in default of • complying with his maintenance order. Peter EC. Miller was ordered to pay £2 5s per week towards tho support of his wife and child. Rebecca Richardson was granted a reparation order against her husband,

CharW Graham Richardson. Michael OConucll, in arrears £32, rcnd £'30 19s for tho maintenance of two illegitimate- children, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, on each ;harge, with hard labour, tho sentence to be suspended providing XI a week tvas paid oS the arrears. Beatrice Louisa Shore, in arrears £31 Ms for tho maintenance of a child, tvas sentenced to three months' imirisonment, the sentence to be suspended providing 7s 5d a week was paid jff tho arrears. Ruby Vickcry was ordered to pay n a. week towards tho support of a ;hild in a Receiving Home. Patrick O'Malley applied for tbo •ancollation of an order for the main:enanoe of his son. Tho application vas granted, and tho arrears on tho irder remitted.

A POSTAL OFFENCE. (rEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAU.) WELLINGTON. September 23. Annie Rudd was to-day convicted b Ir Cooper, S.M., on a charge of send ng to tho Minister of Justice a posta •acket which contained grossdy abusiv •ords. The information tvas laid b •onstable Price, of Kilbirnie, abou ;hom Rudd had communicated in offen iv «i°, , i ms to sevora l h 'gn police official i Wellington. The letters were in th< atnre of serious complaints against th> onstablc. A fine of £10 was imposed ASSAULT. (TRTSS 4MOCIATTON TKtIGRAM.) BUNEDIN, Sentember 28. An unusual assault case was disposec r at the Police Court to-day, whei rtliur Jardino liOckio was sentenced t< ro months' imprisonment for assault Z -Mrs Lshorwood, about 70 years o ?e, on the night of the 15th inst ockio canght Mrs Usher wood by tin iroat and throw her down, severely uising her. There was no suggestiof indecency. 'Ihe case for tho defenct ns that accused had two or three hiskics on an empty stomach, and reembered nothing moro until tho nexi ormnc. when he awoke in the police lis. Further evidence, however, owed that accused had at least five biskies, and was very drunk. The agjstrato described the assault as a ry bad one.