THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. (Before Mr Wyrern S.M.) VAGRANCY. Mary Simpson did not appear 011 i a ciiarcc of keeping a house of. 111 -*; 1 "? in Chester stroot. In connexion v. th the charge, charges of consorting w r, Destitute were preferred Mary Agnes Josephine ThomasO and Annie Mc-Grath. alias -- - sidy, and Catherine Davis ahas Murrain. while Henry Shaw I.Mr Hunt., nn similar grounds, was charged wi ■ bein- an idle and disorderly person. Pleas of fruiUy -were entered. Servant Lopdell and Constable ' n . v ' lor p;r.To evidence to the effect c ,S" during the pa.-t lew ironth.s they ...ri had occasion to visit the premises .'n Chester wtret-t nn several ocrasuvis. They had found the woman bir ; n>son usually under the influence oi litjuoi. while 'the other persons charged had attimes bfi'ii in tiio hou.se. Tho «c----ei:spd Simpson, it was stated, was the wife of a soldier at the front, fioni whom she was d r awini an allowance. _ •'lt most desirable at a time or national j.trinirenev such as the present that idaees like this should be clcared cut bv -ho policf.'' remarked tho Magistrate, in convict inc: all the .'.censed. Simpson. M'Grath, anil Davis ivero each renteneod to one month s imprisonment. while Shaw and Llovo were oi'd'>"«l to conip v.p for sentence when clied on v. - 'thin six months, a prohibition order boms issued against each. ASSAULT. •Tose.-i'i F[arlcy (Jlr C;issidO was eharped with bavin'.; assaulted Charles Larnre bv striking hiin with his fist. Tl:e evidence went to show that Hurler "vas having an alrercatien with ma Jvotiirr i« one of (he rooms of tho Masonic Hotel. When the licensee. Mr Lam.'e. went alr,n<r to see what was the mat tor. and endeavoured to ralm the troubled wafers he received a "low from the defencl-'nt. __ Jhe poheo Mr Laiiw ur.vn ? ~o n d eitarneler. and considered that he had lost Ids liead foi* fhe moment. Hnrlev delh-<vai a statement in Court to tT.r- effect. that his brother ( as n ntn io **« vioy/s ,r!i coiiTi to wa.» did not coincide with bw own. The fdtereaii«n iirope o?«*" defendant 'itVii 3 slioukl '">0 in k!.ki and tW no shirkers werewanted in 'be family. . A rom'iei.io" r-'crwd' ;!. and tiCfendant was ordered to v.av costs. FA I r.TXC TO ENTiOL. James Sir.ith. charged with failing to enrol under the Military Service Act. said ho thoughhe «as exempt, .-nvin;: to his oeetipn'io:i •*>■! n fireman in an overseas vessel. Tie bad only been in Xeiv Zealand n. month. Ho was Canadian subject. ami had oiToiM»d lisniseli for service to tho T; niton States. Defendant was eonvit.-ted and fined *!os, the Magistrate remarking on too t'ar-rcaehm.r efl'oet of the conviction, which rendered defendant liable to be called up without going to tkp ballot. BY-LAW JiKEACITES. George Uulioi (Mr Taylor) was fined 20s, without costs. o n a charge of driving a motor-ear over a railway crossing; in front of an approaching tram. Albert Small was fined 10s and costs for cycling on tho p:ith in Sydenham Park, and a similar penalty was imposed on Daniel George for riding a motor-cycle through t?ie Park. Having left a motor-car unattended in a street in Biccarton. James Ji. Maxwell was fined 5s and costs. Alice Parkinson, charged with driving a motor-car without a certificate of ability, was convictcd and ordered to pay costs. George Kenninmouth. for driving; cattle in Mandeville street, was fined 10s and costs. , TRUANCY CASES. Charged with failing to send Lis children to school regularly, Robert Hamilton was fined £1 and costs. Mrs •J. Smith and \V. Mnssou were each fined 2s on. similar chargcs. DAIIFIELD. (Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.Mj) For failing to attend drill G. T. duller and John Salvidge were each fined 40s and costs, and 10. liawko convicted and discharged. A charge against W. C. Beavall was withdi'awn bv tho Defence Department. For failing to render peitonal service. I'. F. C. Francis was fined 10s and costs. In Gibbs Pros. v. McLaughlin, claim £49 7s 2d for threshing, judgment was given for the amount uaid i 1.1 to court, £4G 17s 9d, less 1- f J.s solicitors' exncnsc.s. In Yvin. 15- Tlout v. Samuel Shockman, claim £43 iOs. damagx-'s for sheep worried by delendant s judgment was given for £22 10s and Co 16s costs.