THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15536, 11 March 1916, Page 12

THE COURTS.

MAGISTEKIAL. fßefore T. A. B. Bailor, S.M.) DRLXKEXXESS. Four male first offenders for insobrioty were each fined ss, in default 12-L hours' imprisonment. John McSweeney, a fiftli offender, was .sentenced to It days' imprisonment, and a prohibition order was i.v-:unl agninst him. -Mary Johnston, lot, a third offence i:i drunkenness, wag sentenced to seven days* imprisonment, and a prohibition order was issued against her. Kdwnrd o.Connor was fined 10s. or IS "•ours.' imprisonment, for a second oIV.-iK-e of drunkenness. P.EMANDEi). Wiiiiam Alfred Mosdel] I.Mr Cassidy) wa- ivmanded till Wednesday next m a oimrti'ief usini indecent lanciuape in .Maue'ievter streei, heiiif; admitted to haii in the sum of iL'"i. UV-LAW BKKACriKS. ! Ci)jiri_erl with leaving a niulor-cycle at witiiout lights, Erne-,t Charles Ai milage «:is lined ."is and eost>. 1 1.'.--l'o Fairliaii-n was lined os and fest> for driving a r.iotor-eai- without iiiiht.--. and Is and cnsU for having no '•iiiirieate of ability t« drive. l-'or moloriii'i v,itl:nut a t;;il light, [•'nsnk .Matthews was lined .',<, and co-ts. I'Trie. Uawlings v,as fined 10s and costs for motoring at an excessive speed. For hoarding a moving train at C'iiristchmcl) Uailway Station. James Carey was lined 10s and costs. For allowing cattle to wander. Hohert Ellis and Thomas MeCausland were each lined 10< and costs. and George Tot hill was lined and costs. For allowing a barbed wire foneo to stand corti'ary to the Woolston Borough by-law. J. S. Guthrie (Mr L. Dougali) was tilled Is without costs. TXFECTED OUCHARnS. I'or hnving orchards affected with one of the. following diseases:—(al Codlin moth, Hi.i r.ius.-el scale, (el red mite. (ie.es wove imposetl as follows:—Robert Arthur Carneuter. 40s and costs; f'eorge Capper, Willimn H. Gregg (Mr Goodman). Douglas McDonald liobertI son. and Jamos Henry Tompkins. 20s and eo>ts: William Harris and George William Parker, 10s and costs. TRUANCY. For failing to se'id their ehildren to school. Charles Keat and William Mehlbopt wpre each fined .*>«, and costs, and Jessie Roberts and Robert- Henderson os witiiout costs. "DAMAGE AND ASSAULT. Edward Carney and "Richard Carney were jointly charged with wilfully ! damaging a fence to the value of 10s, | the property of Arthur Uron. Edward Carney "was further charged with assaulting Arthur Uron. A plea if guilty was entered. On the chargo of "assault. Edward Carney was j lined £.j and costs, in default ! one month in gaol, and was conj virfed and discharged for damaging i the fence. Richard Carney was fined i "Os and costs, and ordered to make jjood the cost of the damage, or in default fourteen days. THEFT. George Forgeson, alias Georgeson, i was charged with stealing a wristlet j watch, valued at £5 os, the property ! of Richard .Sylvester Taylor, on Febi ruary "Jotlv last. Accused was sentenced |to six months' imprisonment, and two I years' reformative treatment.

ASHBURTOX ' (Before Mr V. S.M.) John Murray'was lined 30s and costs for riding a motor-cycle too fast, and for failing to have a number on the machine. * William Meaclem, for whom Mr Purnell appeared, was charged with soiling liquor to Horatio Edward Thompson on .February 22nd. A line of £-30 and costs was imposed. Benjamin Chambers t.Mv Buchanan) was charged with using abusive and insulting . language towards Alice Alabel Humphries (Mr Orbell) at Fairton. Defendant was fined <lfjs and costs. John Hickey ('Mr Buchanan) was ordered to pay 7« (id per w<;ek towards the maintenance of an illegitimate child. Ho was also ordered to nay ClO 10s medical expenses and nursing espouses.'and' £2 2s solicitor's fee, judgment was given for plaintiffs as under: —F. W. Lunt v. Josenli Hender.son, 0s 3d (costs 12s): C* E. R. Rondle v. G. V. Dimmick, 10s (id (costs 0s): same v. .E. T. Clarke, £3 7s (costs 10s). <■ ALLEGED INCEST. (fJIESS ASSOCIATION TELEGK.UI.) i NAPIER, March. 10. The trial of William John Graham, who \: accused of incest, w.i» concluded to-day. Tho "jury were unable to agree, and a new trial was ordered.