THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18546, 23 November 1925, Page 5

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. SATURDAY. (B-i'oro Mr H. Y. Widdowspn, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A woman. charged with drunkenness for the lirst lime, who had been hailed out of the lock-up in 2Cs, was convicted and fined Mint amount, in default 18 hours' impriscnuicr.:. REMANDED. On a chargo ct having stolen £2 lis Td the ;-..-opor;;.- <,f Richard" Ronchi, at Black'■*at"i ;u ( eiol.er lust. a young man, Samuel Arthur L?e, butcher, Chri-sichurch, was rera.ndel io ar-pcir in Grcvmoutli on Novcni"SPIRIT Of MISCHIEF." t "Tiii3 sc;nii t. have b;cn dene in a spirit °> iiusciiio;, ' ta;U his worsiuj alter Healing U.c cwJer.cc in the c;uo in v.hicil a itj-ycai-olci U.y, pub.ication ct whose name was su;iprcs...u, D.eaa-u guilty lo having -ttcrtipiua to steal a sh mngs worth 01* chaco.al.es, the pr, perty ct X city 'proprietor t>i :i swcei onc ; > anil is.da ioumain. Police M&lcincir.s ci.sc!cs;d the fact that the bo/, in company with a cousin, placeJ socib fi.ed down halfpennies and small Jcrtijn to no into a sniiling-in-the-slot chocolate machine in the fcquare, with a view to obtaining n :>tiek?t 01 chocolates. However, the proprietor of the shop had the back of the machine so constructed and ;laccd that he could see each coin as it was dropx>sd into the slot. Mr K. Twyneharu, who appeared for the laJ, said the boy had done the filing down of the coins, while 'his cousin had- obtained the idea from B, fellow schoolboy, who had successfully operated- the machine with a Dutch coin. His Wore!)in told the la-d that before he ever did snythirg wrong again he must rrfl->ct a while and think of his rmther and other.-,. He was not gnng to enter a conviction against the hoy's name. Instead, he would extend It him the benefits of the Probation Act and discharge . him without conviction. In thp Juvenile Court the cousin of the other l;>d was similarlv charged and he admitted the offence. He did not know why they had done it., be said, but he supposed it was because th?v had nothing el*e t° d .°- His "Worship admonished the lad and discharged him. . JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Tho caw in which a 14-year-old boy pleaded guilty to having stolen 6s from his emplcyers was adjourned for six months, during which time the l.id will be under the control of the Juvenile Probation Officer. For having cvclod at night without a li-ht a 10-vcar-old boy was ordered tc pay c ; sts. A fiiiilar <havge against another lad was dismissed.