THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19212, 19 January 1928, Page 3

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL.

. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr H. V. Li-wry, S;M.) DRUNKENNESS. • Thomas Farrell, for drunkenness, . was fined the amount of his bail, 20.9, and ordered to pay 2a 6d cab hire, ( TROUT TOO SMALL. T. J. Lester pleaded guilty to taking a trout less than 9in in length, contrary to tlie Fishery Act. He was fined £2 ar.d costs. A HEAVY FINE. William Small, vrlio did not appear, vra3 charged with killing native game in a closed season. Evidence sho-.ved that .Small had shot a duck sitting on tlie water. Later it was found tha duck had eight young. It was ail offence which the Acclimatisation Society regarded as very serious. A fine of £lO and costs was imposed. MAINTENANCE,

Separation, , maintenance, and guardianship orders, were granted Margarot Beatrice Judd against her husband, John Michael Judd, maintenance being fixed at £2 2s 6d per week.

RANGIORA. (Before Mr E.' D. Mosley, S.IT.) John Robertson Campbell, 20 years of age, appeared on remand on a charge of the theft of £lO 15s from Mary . Anne Cairns, at the Jfandeville Hotel, Kaiapoi, on December 28th; also on a charge of the theft of £2 14s from Kathleen Dodd, housemaid at the Gust Hotel, on January 12tli, and £4 from David Rodgers, licensee of the Junction Hotel, Rangiora, on January 15th. He pleaded guilty, and was convicted and ordered to be detained in the Borstal Institute for a term not exceeding two years. • William Bryden, road contractor (Sefton), for failing to stop his motor-car at the High street crossing, Rangiora, when requested to do so by the railway crossing-keeper, was convicted and fined 40s and costs, £1 14s, BREACHES OF LICENSING LAWS.

for being found on licensed premises after hours on December 3rd without lawful excuse, Allen McGrath, who did not appear, was convicted and. fined 40s and costs. On a charge of giving a constable a wrong address, accused was convicted and discharged. James Fog arty, Robert Gilbert Lancelot Smith, and William Leslie Pawsey were also charged with being on licensed premises after hours, and were convi.cted and fined 20s each and costs 10s. Thomas Leslie Shields, DavidJThomas Lindsay, Kenneth- Collie, and Robert Henry Manning were also convicted and fined 10s each and costs 10s each. Thomas Barber, Leslie Hopkins, and Leslie Allen, who were represented by Mr E. D. R. Smith, pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and were convicted and ordered to pay costs only, 10s each. . ..

. Patrick O'Connor, licensee of the Ashley. Bank Hotel, was charged with permitting drunkenness on licensed premises,- selling liquor on licensed premises after hours, and opening his premises for the sale of liquor. Mr Thomas appeared for defendant, and pleaded galty to all charges, and asked for leniency. Defendant "was convicted, fined £5 and costs 10s on the first charge, and convicted and discharged on the second charge. For selling liquor after hours he was convicted and fined 40s and costs 10s. On the other chargeß he was convicted and discharged. • Owing to the good record of the defendant, and aB the license had since been sold, the Magistrate said he would not endorse the license. CIVIL CASES.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default waa given in the following cases: N. H. Jones v. I. Alsweller, £1 Is 3d, costs £1 7b; J. B.

Struthers v. Thomas Burt, £ls Is 4d. costs .£3 3s; W. Bowman v. F. J. Clarke, £ls 15s Sd, costs £3; W. Bowman v. X. Smel'ex, £3 12s, costs £1 8s 6d; Rangiora County Council v. W. T. Pitaua, £26 12s 4d, costs £4 6s: same v. W. T. Pitana. £3 13s 9d. costs £1 7s; J. L. Jamieson v. Robert Barr, £7 Is sd. co c ts £1 19s 6d; E. A. Bowman v. George McDonaM, £3 15s, costs £1 Us 6d: Rangiora Countv Council v. J. Kelly, £1 14s lid, costs lis: G. W. Watson v. Ancie McDonald, 12«." costs 8s: New Zealand Farmers' Co-operativo Association, £2 19s 2d, costs £1 3s 6d; Kew Zealand Farmers' Co-operative _ Association (Osford). v. James Cook. £2 los, costs £3 Us. . . , Harry .Murntt was charsca, on tne iciorrnation oi Jaines Wallace, ranger .to the Rangiora County Csiincil, with' "allowing cattle at large 'on December 26th. After hearing- the evidence-the case was dismissed. In a similar charge against George Murfitt for "allowing 17 bead of cattle and one goat to be at large on the Coldstream road on the same date a conviction was recorded, and accused was fined 10s and ordered to pay sd costs.

In the woods near Berlin are a large number' of "vacation recreation grounds! - set-, aside by the*, city for the benefit of its children. For. the sum of Is 6d a week youngsters .are transported daily to and from these parks, .atiijTaisTgfcett light 'jbuss»Jfcbile thera, j

A-pigeon is one of the most attenders at the Rumanian Baiicl >uu certs in the arcade at the North Piei Blackpool. Three times a day. prompt |y at the time for starting, it appear and perches high above the- stag?, ? seems to enjoy classical music; .nw fox-trots make it ruffle its feathers.