THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18183, 20 September 1924, Page 5

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL.

I'RIDAY. (Before Messrs A. II.• Holiries and A. L. Gee, J.P.'s). ' DEUMKENNESS. / Two statutory first : offenders 'were convicted and discharged. George Prendergast, a third offender, was fined. 40s, in default 7 days' imprisonment. John Kelly, aged 72 years, was convicted for the 105 th timo mid sentenced to >4 day=* imprisonment with hard labour v This was his fourth offence within months. The police stated that he had fgilon into the Avon while drunk. • TKAM -AKD MOTOR COLLISION, j ' Orton Patrick Burke (-Mr A. B. Hobbs) j was charged with having driven a motor car negligently in Oxford, terrace. Mr Hobbs said that defendant would plead guilty. He had thought there was room to cross on the left side of a tram car in Oxford terrace, but a collision resulted. .Tho tram was only damaged to the extent of i)s (id, but the car was wrecked to the extent of £l5O. Defendant had been in hospital as a result of the accident. Sergeant Quariermain: Defendant vras more or less under the influence of liquor. That was the cause of the accident. . Mr Hobbs objected to that statement,, saying that • defendant was only charged with negligent driving. The Bench imposed a fiiiQ of 40a with, costs 2Cs. BY-LAW CASES. Arnold Colenso made a voluntary appearance in answer to a charge of having ridden a bicycle without lights and was fined 5s and costs. Stunley Hall, who had ridden a bicycle on the footpath, was fined 5s and costs. For allowing' chimnoya to catch fire tho following were each fined 5s and costs: — Benjamin Brookes, Minnie Graham, Mary P. Ingles, Charles Makepeace, John M. Mitchell, George Wars?. Bert Anderson was fined SOe and costs for pillion-riding on u inotor-cyclc. For cycling on the footpath Horace Smith was fined as and costs, George Henry Bowden 5s and costs, Leonard 0. Banks 103 and costs, John M. Barrett 5s and costs, Charles Harding costs 7s. For cycling at night without lights Albert ■Amos was fined • 20s and costs, Benjamin Booker ss, John if. Cameron ss, M. Boyer ss, John Cox ss. Joseph Dcyell ss, Hilda Groom costs 7s, William Habgood ss, Henry L. Hamilton 20s, Kenneth Hartley sk, Reginald Hodder ss, Harley Hurcombo sk, Arthur Leas ss, Jaek Jordan ss, Thomas Lynch ss, John R. Lester ss, Albert Rigby 55,. Percy Mortlock ss, Robert G. Moore ss, Charles Wright os. Walter G. Thomas us, Alexander McAlpine ss, _ Catherine Mcl.enaglian ss, Ray L. Collett us. Cliarl.?s Brown wan c'onvieted and lined 40s and costs for having cast "offensive matter on tho footpath. For leaving moto;' cars unattended Dorothy Chr.ystall, Dorothy .K. Bowden, and Sir Charles Campbell were each 10s and costs. ■

Uobert C-oUi was ordered to pay costs 7s for allowing a horse to wander. Stanley Fluerty was., lined 20s and costs for leaving a motor without lights. For a similar offence Crosby McCatisland was lined 10s and costs,' Lawrence Penlington 20s and costs, and V*, J. Wheeler 20s and cost.*. '■ "

William Miller (Mr F. W. Johnston) p'.eadod not guilty to charges of having driven a car negligently and on the wrong side in. Papanui. road.

The evidence showed that defendant liad knocked a boy cyclist down. M/ Johnston said that defendant was proceeding on his proper side of the road ut a moderate speed, when tho. cyclist shot ont fi-om Leinster road. Defendant edged further over towards the footpath and pulled up in seven- feet, but could not avoid an accident. The charges were dismissed by the Bench.

C'uthuurt N". Hamilton, for leaving a car without a tail lisht, was convicted and discharged. -

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PRISe*fEl$S SENTENCED. (FEE£3 ASSCCIATIOK TSI.IOiAiI.) pCXEDIX, Seuieni'jer 19. Ia tha f-'unrcic Court, lienr/ James Roekiil, ior courcitlius an •unnatural alfecce, \v;ts sentjneed to tnree years' reformative trcj-linent., and John Sflwyn Matthews, agrod pixl-een, ;•« Maori, for breaking ard entering liy night,' to three years' rcionnjitive trea> cient.