THE COURTS. SUPREME COURT. MAGISTERIAL.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16703, 11 December 1919, Page 4

THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT.

MAGISTERIAL.

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■ TJo>:o }(<.•*:* T. K. frier: >r.cl II Norton, l.T.'t- , T> RT~N K E N N E 5 •?. T-in ■•FHwre were rarh convicted ar.' .5;, ;r. C< Loirs' :ann.<'swn! AH-A'^T. Artiit..- p'.r.'.drd not suiltv \o Hit, •"ommittod i:i aMuult en Dor.<tlr Phillip-. Thr corrcpluir.ini ih*t ihe ,?cf:i«<xi I'iarded wish br at hor humc :r. (■' -Oct. 1 1'I'm',* tn ins rcnr:;t shi told him bo would invo io leave the plac Tlim ho jcftifed to f : ->. savisir he would jmvi 'i l:e thrown o,u to Uo uo* rid of. }Ji won irto tho dinir~-:oom. -vhor" ho fot. f-.ro t.> > iu-hjon. Just nft«ru'3rds ho punched wit r.e»s in tho {set. .ind threw her down ;:i lh. t' "JTc, recdorir.e li-»r uncoiwiauf. Or TVhctler was rolled in to giro nwlical utter, tioii As ;i rasitlt cf the iirsauit witness w.n i>xi!.v »*>•« t!:c ::na» aud otter part of the body. Accuer-d t-> wi'nnss: Didn't eoizo : plate and a ehair to throw at roc"—Ycy, <-i«i it to protect myself. Detoctivo-Sorßeant Gibt-jn stated thi "iir.i he rr; i <vi at the houso ho found th' liM vitoe-is lyin;» on a. bed with a blcedin, no*" Tho ncrusod saifl thiit what he hod don< •ran in re'i-detcnrv, and under provocation Tha f:r>u;p:i;.'i-.ant had bocr. drinkinj, nnd be c?use vj:n«*« bad stopped to <rptak to hi "> :fo in t!:e street c .tmplsinan*. got joalnu a:ul oxcitod. TVlwr 4 the ljcnci. had anno-jneed their in tontion to convict. Sub-Inspector MulUzve; s-aid thai tli«> ncciH-od ws* an out-and-su WMter. and hnd Icon tr.'inp to drive ih< 'Tr.ylainar.t out on tho Ho wr« a present living epart from his wife an< tumilv, ard trmild not assist in their main tcnanw. He was now aM-esptipg to blackei the complainant's character. A sontoirco of tuo months' itupiisonnies with hard labour was imposed. . AN EXTENSIVE JOKE. TNcuid Milicr. Ail-erf Gecrsre and Thoina; Mneeo.*, Wi'ro joimly with tbnt it <3rrl thi"/ <ii' ! ro'j Stanley Jsl:,ke v-;-.y oi :i uak-Ji and cluir,, ;• handkerchief, : i-<-i:ri!, :iiid fispi-iiK. of :t I 'l.il value o £~! Jn rd. .iihl at the farce time di;l ii.-< j>?rwnal r ioienco hir.i. Mr C". S. Thoaiis. who appeared for tlx: .ic ctifxid, that .ls ti;o ra?c wil« imi in uirtab]« one as it f toed lio nouid supges: tha tho evidence of th<- '.-of.ipi.iiri.uit ehouM L-lt'.-:i:d beforo tlw cl?p<v>i'.:or.<> w? taken fo tho higher Omrf. It van li!ielv after tlii v.as h'-jrd th,it tho fhnrce be r--Jucv( to ono cf ccinmor. rt-^mit. This c'Cir.V! who a?r.v:fl to. Tiio <vmpl»i:iß.n:, who rr.'iidc-s rrith fai< father at. Jliccarton. Kaid that on ()h> dati of the charge ho was prooe-?dins «Jon~ th< I'iccarton road. Tlx? ihreo iiccu?e<3 pa?foc hiiu on bicyclc*. and cal!<\i out to him. Wit >Kin took no i:ot-cf, and on )ih wnv baol a littlo later Miller hit hi:u in tho tno.ill antl knoc!:ed him down, the two others scarcli :n~ hiai. and taking til-? a-rticl" from hint It was Miller who took tlt«- vrutch from him One of them lo!d witness that if lui en it anything about tho rtibljcry thoy would mnr der him. Tliey told •a - itne« that they wer< "crack Christchnrch thieves." 110 --ot tlx watch back thu foilowir-R morninp. Ho kr.2* Musson pretty well, as they had goco U [ sciiool tojrethor. To Mr Thomai: It did not striko vitnoa that the accused had been having a lark vritl him. It Avas not a f.ict that other I ado ii liiccarton wero in tho habit of playing joko on him. Ho got tho v.-atch bock tho Ties day at about 11 a.m. ll* thought it Strang that the watch should havo Von returns tho next day without tho aixpenoo H< did not bdiove tho aecusotl wh«n tltoy tol< hitii they woro crack Clir:?tchurch tliieree. \ At this stagt- tho charja vras rcduccd t< on" of common nseault. Mr ThorniLi said that the oomplainan wm not of keon intellocl, sr.d the voun; fellow.4 of tho district were in tho habit o playinp jokes 'on him. Tho throe accuse* rolled him in the gTOfs and took the watel off him. Miller, ho.vevor, returned H tb following morniug, but forpot to pcad - bacl tho handkerchief and pencil, which at tb time ho placcd in liis pockct. Tho tiipono probably ?ot lost when the complainant wu on tho graas. 'ihcro had been ut no titr. l any idea of robbery, tho whole btieiDess Ik i:i£ in the nctuie cf u joko. Th<y admilte< that thev lnvd committed a foolish action and had lczmed a losson thry wero r.ot likel; to forpot. _ Stib-I:ifpector said tho state inent'j of tho three nrcumd practioally tallici with the evidoncc piven. Ho believed tha !hey ehould be givou a Tho com plainant had not intoiferoti with them, am tbov had no right to molesl liirn. Tho Bench pointed out. that the accuse< were liablo to two mouthy impriaonmcnt However, they did not. deaine to eend tb accused to gaol, ard would inflict a fins o £3 cach, with co«ti. EANCIOHA. Boforo Messrs TV. MoGrucr and TV. G Wbit«id«, J.T."?, Samuel Wilson, of Scftor was fined £3 for using obsccco lansuago. AKAI'OA. lUiiore Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) In the civil caio V. l»o Liovio v. S. T/ f.ievre, claim for £60 15* on a judgmcn summons. *jii order was ma'le for tho pay mont of I'M forthwith, I" on Jati'jary Ist February Int. and March Ist, a.nd tho bal atiw3 March .'list. Ji'.bwra Hahn sued Ferdinand Hahn :o ma-intonance. Mr J. TVillia:n« appeared fo complainant. Aa order waj made for 25s pel week and cost'. The Truant Officer took action against iw< parents in tho Eastern Bays for lieglectin; to send children refpilarly to eehool. Tin fir*t was fined 3s and coats, and tho othoi caso was tdjourned for two months. Jtejj. Mason and 11. J. Tibbotts, charcct with furious drivicrr on a public road a Okair.'s Bay, vcro convicted and ordered t< pay 23« coits cach. ilio Akaroa Horoush Council-' prooeedo against two rosidents lor allodia;: hories t( bo a! larjo in tho borough. Both wen f:n«d IDs snd coot*. The Akaroa County Courci! proceedct against 17 residents in tfyo county for per mittins cattle to van ier. Tho defendant were fined sums ranging Irtim 03 to 20s an< cojts.