THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL :^?I.V WED^*E3DAY. (Before Mr S. E. McCarthy. SJt> DRTJNKESraS 3 - A m ale first oßj»a«.'~ >^l Sffl"t fli*d Sβ. in defanlt 24 % *°™*"g% or 43 A female first oficTider anea - ' hours' imprisonment. _. ~ IC -p RAILWAY BY-LAW CASE. On • charge of torta* class railway ticket to icted SraSW -Sγto W untin, to £, 178 ASSATJLT. ; ins a friopd at the rg«7 was running along B^. ln ?." le v v t b o waisthand, the porter eeued lum. V^ c^ e coat. The topetusof d den stop resuHed in his 6^l °? ln ;J bU)W on etriking the porter an open-handed blow fe wae imposed, with^ooeta INDECENT EXPOSUKE. Edward Hamilton Price (Mr R A. Cntt; bert) pleaded not pulty tea charge of ha m indecently exposed himself in the Strati Picture Theatre. A of^.^^w imprisonment wae imposed, with hard iidout. SHOP-LIFTING. victsd and ordered to come up i°r eentenoe when callecl upon. DISMISSED. . A charge of having, <**?%**&}*£. etolen 80 cauliflowers, valued **, 8 0s, tno pTOJSSr of Frederick Hill, wae preferred emmet Jack Newton and William Henry Pile. After evidence, the MagisW the information against Pilo to B^, out, and dismissed the charge as&wst IsewtOn* REMANDED. Edward Martin Hend aged 39, *PP e on remand, charged with havm? etolen 80 bame and six rolled hams, valued at £120 8s the property of T. H. -Green and Co, Ik., Addington. Ho wae aleo charged wth haviW broken, and entered the premises of Green end Co. He wae further *«»«£** *° appear «n Wednesday next, bail being: reftlSed" ALLEGED CRUELTY. . Davia James White, inspector for tb* Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Anirfals, charged Frederick ATps and Michael Percaeky (Mr F. D. Sargent) with havyigi cruelly ill-treated a mare by working it in yoke while the animal woe Buffering from soree on the shoulder. The chargel against Percasky was diemissed. Arpe was fined £2. (Before Messrs W. H. Norton and J. Reynolds, J.P.'e.) COMMITTED FOB SENTENCE. Ernest James Taylor, alias Wileon, aged. A3, was charged with having, between March 18th end 27th obtained, by fraud credit to the extent of £10 from Jane Guthrie. He was also charged with having, with intent to defraud, obtained 'by means of a. valueless cheque, fromA.Arthur Roeo, the sum of £10; with October Ist, obtained two paire of boots and £13 7s in money from Daniel Cueack by tnee-ne of a valueless cheque; with having, by Eimiloi meane, on October 6th, obtained a bicycle and £7 10e in money from Walter Edward Kiddey; with, having, on April 9th. obtained o lady's overcoat and £6 0s 6d in money from Clarie Brown j with having , , on October let, obtained a> suit of clothes, a velour hat, and £3 18s in money from Walter Edward Scott; with having, on April 26th, obtained two pairs of boots end £6 7e Gd from Frank Palk. The accused, who pleaded guilty to all the charges, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. AKAROA. (Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) T. Mitchell, charged with assaulting , a constable in the execution of~hia auty, was convicted and discharged. J. McCree and D. Jack, charged with being found on licensed premises after closing hours, were each fined 10s and ooste. H. Le liievro was fined 20s and ooste on a charge .of riding a mj'.or-cycie without lights. On a further charge of exceeding the borough "epeed limit he was fined 40s and coete. 18. G. Mora, for permitting a horse to wander in. the borough, was fined 6e and costs. —■ R. Suoknefl and A. H. B. Cooke were charged with the theft of a quantity of fish. Sucknell was fined 10s and costs, and the case against Cooke was dismissed. In the case of T. E. Taylor and Oft., Ltd. v. Harold Wright, a claim for £57 4e sd, judgment was given for plaimliff. The eamo firm was given judgment for £13 12s 4d against R. - Shadbolt. Judgment la both cases was by default. A. J. Turner claimed from W. litage poeeeedon of a tenement end £12 15s rent. An order was made for possession by' January and for payment of the rent claimed.