THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17296, 7 November 1921, Page 4

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. SATURDAY. - . (Before Mr Wy vera Wilson, S.M.) . DRUNKENNESS. Kenneth McLeod, a second offender, »i» convicted *ad diechsiged foe drunkenness. *f William HiU, charged with' being drunk whil* ia charge of ft horse and eab, was con- • victtd .aid fined 61. i VAGRANCY. Annie Anderson wis charged with being an id]* »nd disordsily parson, in that ah* 'habitually consorted with reputed thieves and ptottitatea. She was convicted and ordered to coma up tor «ent*nc* when called on, ptaridejd an* remained in the Salvation ■■; Army Ham* for ajx months. . /■ . Mafgi* McDermott was charged with being an isoomgibla xogu*, » that ahe/habitually '.'! consortia' with reputed thieve* and prostitute*, apd had been previously convicted o( . being a> rogue and vagabond. She was sentowed to fix month*' impnaonment with hard lafcour.. '. v Els]* Dun», alias May "William*, alias Eva Bromilow, was aleo charged with being an 1 idle and disorderly person in that aha h»bi- ■.- tu*Uy consorted with thievea and prosti- • tut«*v Bhs> was ordered to com* up for sen* tenoe when called on, on condition she remained in the Salvation Army Home for " three months. 2 Edward DobioMcGe* appeared on a similar - chart*: H* WW »m»nded t J* appear on ■ Kvrmba l*th, hail being allowed, aelf in £IOO and' two sureties oi 4100. '' i 'ri\y.;y\-A.:i. BANGIQRA, .. . : .'... '■'■•■''■•■ (Bsfor* Jit C. 1., Jennings, J.P.) ■■'-• James King, alia* Jama* Ryan, was con- -• victed on fr.enrg* «rf drunkenness and di».charted. On * further charge of having wUfSS&awd to the vshie of JBU 3a 6d two ■\2Btf*sp», th* property j! Mrs May noasberougS, he waa remanded for aeren ..day*... ■..:."•"•':'••" -'.-. IN OTHER PLACES. / PRISONERS SENTENCED. v (rWW aMOCUWON WtB0H»«8.) WELLINGTON. November 5. M th* SwremoCourt William Barongtoo mW«! indecent assault on a boy. was «rt*md to seven years* imprisonment, with toafuW. Prisoner, had been preV viotfarT«»neted for a «milar offence. Jcaepfi'Ceoil Amatxpng,for indecent a«su£ Vm otdewd to bo detained for four years •TanSSSai- ■■ , I*m« Cain, fear theft from received, two. y*»w' wfomafcy* treatment. M»uiice7 PMflcX.' Duffy, charged iritS hwaiing into premitea and theft, was sentenced to two years and ft half probation. John Biatex and Norman .Oswald Smith w« charged with receiving stolen goods- The fomnar waa sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Further oonsKlsratioii will be give* to Smith's cas* on Wednesday. Frod- . erisk John Smith, for theft of money, received three years' reformative treatment. DUNBDIN, November 8. At the Supremo Court Allan Mitchell Aitohison ws* found guilty of assaulting Constable. RMs* with intent to commit grievous bodily hairnvaad with causing bodily, hurraThe Crows Prosecutor described prisoner as *. dsogeroue man, with «. record for assaulting poUoeaen, Mr Justice Chapman, in imposing * •enteoce of five ye***/ hard labour, commented on. the excessive brutality of the aasaoß as the eonatftUa while Be woa eerv- | - ing .* «ummaos. Mad one blow fallen in j a slightly different direction the constable would have been lulled. I