THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17941, 8 December 1923, Page 8

THE COURTS.

; *— — I MAGISTERIAL. | I ■•» v | I FRIDAT. i j 'Before Mr Wyverr. Wilson, S.M.) j ! DRUNKENNESS. ' Eidred I-.oaert Fauli was convicted and ' fined li>?, in default iS hours' imprisonment,, ; or. u. eir.'.rse of drunkenness, and for comI iniitiiiK .» breach of a. order he j ' vis convicted :.r.d fined iC-J, in default ibret ' i duvs" iiT.->':s».nmer-t. j 1 Robert" James Watsc::. wh o| appear-rd °" j ; two Eitikiiar charge', v.vh dealt with in a | I maintenance. , ! ; llaiilciii Sar*h btreeU-r was churned v.;itb j • failing 'j maintain her ii.ekritiiHite chi_i<i, j • who :« r.r. ir.:iiaiu of iho Chris tchuroh lit- j ! coiving .'.Ccuia, the umoi'r.t of arrears LK-iii{? | | manded t.. appear 0:1 Ti:i;iduy Text. | j lit.;!; Alfred Muli. Sidney Granger, j iiiia il.-n.i-a Ctiar.cj v. ara weie _ jointly ] i charged v;Uli wurui.y aaaiagitig a. fence to ; i tho >alue c; 30s, V.i: :;ro t -.i*fty cf Johamiah ; i Guntor, thereby commie;m\j miscnie:. War.i ■ v.-s,s turther Wiai-jjea -.v.Ui damaging a . : , notice l.'Ouid tr.e property of the Christehuivh City Cour.ci;, to :he o: 7s • 6d. ilr.fi' and W'urd pleaded guilty i-tlt , Granger not guilty. : Cmsi; bio iiaik-tt' sa.u thai Giauger, m j a otatocent, ne wont, 1:1 the company ; of o-Thsr boys charged, to a paity, I'.nd j '■ v, hiie on the way they lifted some gates j : c-ff their hinges, and he admitted that ho j ' pulled i-.vo pickets oil a fence going to the ; jjuvty. Ccming back he v.-us accompanying a voung- £m, and was not with Ward and ! Muff wneu the damage with which they - were charged vrud e-siumilttd. i Senior-Sergeant F. Lewin said it appeared j j that the three young men when returning- ! from a imrtv hud had what they considered j '•fun." lind'they had damaged the lence. I Ward had taken dawn, from a, telegraph i ]>"! c, a sign marked '•School, drive slowly,' 1 j the property of the Christchurch City CounI cil. The sisrn had been damaged. The j vouth had "previously been before the I Court, and he was then implicated in a. i cvde their.. Nothing was previously known 1 about Mug. I Mr Jacobin, who appeared lor Ward, aid 1 the boy had been ndni-inished by his father, j and the amount of the damage had since j been paid. He asked thai, the names of th-> i aocuvxl be suppressed. j The Magistrate said the case against I 0 ranger would bs dismissed, as it had not ■ been shown that he had been in the eom- | pany of the others when the damage with I which thev were charged wai committed. ! His Worship refused to suppress the names i of the accused as, he said, a great part of j the punishment for acta of larrikim'sm wai ; to lot them bear the disgrace of boin;,' 1 known. Tiiey were each ordered to pay half ■of the da-mape d?ne to the fence, and Ward was also ordrrfd to pay 7s 6d, tho damage done t;- the siTiiboard. BY-LAW BREACHES. For cycling aL night v. ithout lijhts Ronald Bullivunl. Joan Ijuinsden, Auati.. S"em_mon3, ucl Clav" 'Starkev were each una lined 10.:. laT.iT.. i'. Mm M-ul-iuiy htie ta.cn o.uvicvt-a ana jiioert r.ana-u-jvnie w«o oonvici.ed ana fined L.J3 lor iiaviug 1:-' iioai, una oi lor cyc.xii.r oii, a looipatU. Kennetn jcow waa convicted and fined 20s for riding a motor-cycle without a ligni, and 403 tor uo-t having a, certincate of aoimy to arive. Stanley Clarke, John Hutton GrigE, Mid Rosaland.AUkins-.il were eaoii hned -ios lor motor-car apeedmg. Joseph T. tinight v;as lined 6a for leaving a car iinattsndtd. > For failing to chain the wheel of his cart Francis Noel .Lloyd v/as convicted and fined , Archie Mtinroe was oonvicted and fined 20s tor driving a ui-tor lorry without lights. , . , Henry Rigby was convicted and fined 40a for not having a- certificate of ability to drive his motor-cycle. James Howard M. Rountree was convicted and fined 20s for driving a horse and trap without providing a lisht to the George Andrews was convicted and fined 20i for°permittiug a person to drive a motorcycle without a certificate. Samuel J. Archbold -was • convicted, and fined ICs for leaving a car unattended in "Worcester street. . _, E Anderson, Herbert Browning, and Thomas H. Baker were each convicted and fined 5s for leaving cars unattended. ! Alfred W. Buxton waa convicted and fined 20a for using an unregistered motorcar, and 43s for driving without a certificate ot ° Donald Cunliffe was convicted and fined Id for driving a licenced vehicle when he wa3 not licensed. O Cmtchley was convioted and fined 4t)s for 'plying for hire as an omnibus driver without a. license. • n^n,M Frederick Freeman end Derrick GoaUd werelaoh convicted and fined 10s leaVing unlighted cara outside the Art <«««£■ P. Garnet was convicted and fined 6s for leavine a car unattended. Sm Harrison and- Melville-. Pengeily were «ach convicted and fined 40s for not Kavino- a certificate to ride a motor-cycle. Charles H. Knight was convicted and fined 20a for driving a car without having a certificate of ability. ■■■ , Percy Soott Ramsay and M. D. Agnes Wauohop were convicted and fined 6s for leaving a car unattended. _ Alfred Rhodes waa convicted and lined 4f» for driving a horse and cart at a dangerous speed, and 40s for driving past a etandConstance Harris was chargedft) irith permitting a building, situated nt North W, Papanui, to be occupied aa without having made provision for an adequate supply of water; (2) «th Wine stiflered a nuisance tc- continue on wS-f: %) with having permitted ? drain S> be in Estate to health; (4) vHth faUin- to provide a proper conveniA fine ~f 43s was imoosed m each case the Magistrate remartor that such Stiorl -^^gES 118 DEFENCE CAbEb. •Por failing to attend dull, the following h AlcUillm-ay, itxlward Roberta, Frederick Seelfn lieslie'shield (on .one cnarge With costs only on two other charges), Alick Comv t .Stewart (on one charge, with costs oaly on two others), and Arthut Edward Thompson (on each of two charges). \ The following were each nncd 20s and costs:-Samuel Birchfield (on each of two chaiges). VvTdiam Buckley, John David Carey (0.1 eaoii of three charges), Desmond James Courtney (on one charge with costs u> be paid on the throe charges preferred), and itobert Shireffs. Other fines inflicted were:—Cyril I. BalUvant 40s and costs on one chaige, and costs only on another charge, Ronald ciray £5 and costs. Eben John I'iniayson Parkes, Albert Edward Pierson (two charges), and Robert Goodchild were ordered to pay osts only. John Herbert Highum, and David Henry Joseph were convicted without penauy'. For failing to register when reaching the ago of fourteen years, Stanley Heffenden, George Frederick .-. ydney Frank Thompson, and INorraan -Vicholls were each fined 20s and costs. George and Stanl-.-y Heffenden were each fined 10s without costs on a similsr charge. Tho informations against Gorman Douglas Cox, Frederick Ernest Cogis, and Charles Samuel Dell v.-ere dismissed. On a. charge ct insabordmatioiij Heniy E. Worn was convicted, but sentence wau postponed. For failing to register change of address, Albert Henry Brough was convicted with : out penalty. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) CHINESE LITIGANTS. Reserved decision in the case in which Chang Chew Chong, commonly known as George Ciiew Lee, a fruiterer (Mr A. T. Donnelly and Mr W. A. White), claimed from Dow Gum. also a fruiterer (Mr E. W. White), the sum of £l6B, balance of money lent, was given. Judgment- was given lor the 'iP'la.iTifciS for the ftui amount, with costs. ASHBURTOX. \Beforo Mr E. 1). Mosle};, S.M.) Judgment for plaintiff by default waa given in T. P. Barber v. J. E. A'cwett, £4 lia lOd. A case neard on June Sth last, in which five 'boys were charged with stealing rabbit traps, . was again cailed. The police report on the boys was good, and txie charge was ■withdrawn. A. lad, P. E. ». Brown, pleaded guilty to killing Native game during tha close season, and was fined 10s. John Wesley, ior whom Mrs Wesley appeared, was charged on two informations with failing" to send two of his children to -school. Mrs Wesley explained that sickness was the cause of the bad attendance, but she had no knowledge of the girl's record. The Bench imposed a fine of 4s, without costs, on each information. John Joseph Dunlea, of Chertsey, proceeded- against William Gibson, claiming possession of a dwelling-house at Chertsey, also rent £7 4s. The rent had been paid into Court and the defendant waa, ordered to give nn possession on or before January 12th. The wife of Alfred E. Candj proceeded against him, claiming £43 10s arrears on a

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Maintenance order to October 12th. Candy i: aid lie hud iraijuhed J.4U miles to <lLiend the caßt, whicn should never have coma on. .them always nuu been, and there■was sttlJ, a nwiij for Mis Candy. Later .ae said ne hud no intention 01 supporting a divorced woman, 'lliey had been divorced six months. 'lhe case had proceeded a. little lurcher vvnen Candy turned to Mr \j>r.li .Munsel ior complainant, and uci of being the cause of all the trouaie and of bieuning up his home. "It's a good job you're a crippie, or I'd put you in your phice," saiu Candy. The riench took a aenoxis view oi the defendant's attitude, and ordered a constable to remove him from tho box. He was oidered to apologise to the Court and to ilr .North, which he did, and the caso proceeded, but not until Mr ilosley had decorated Candy with the name of "insulting vagabond." lir Mosley said that an allowance had to ba made for . men from the backblocks, some of ■ whom did not know how to conduct themselves. Candy was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, the warrant to bt» suspended lor one month, and thereafter, on condition that he pays £1 per week. Candy was proceeding to explain that he could not pay .SI a week and keep himself out of 35s or £2 a week, when -\lr Mosley' sternly reminded him that the decision of the Court was final. . The following fines were inflicted, for Breeding:—F. 31. Austin, 20s; P. A, Elworthy, 40s; E. D. Chirnside. 40s; F. H. Brown, 40s; llarjori* McDonald, 20s.