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magisterial:TUESDAY. ; Mr E.D. Mosley, S.M.) *' DRUNKENNESS... ■ On a charge of drunkenness a. first offender was convicted. and ordered? to pay cab hire, 28 3d. . James Alexander , MacClintock, charged with being, drunk in' . High street on--Septem-ber ■ 10th,' was convicted and fined 20s and caT) hire, 2s, in default forty:'eight hours' imprisonment. REMANDED. On a charge of failing io provide maintenance i for his wife and infant child; Leslie Charles Thackwell was' remanded. to appear at-Wellington on Soptfember 12th.' . THEFT OP BICYCLE. William Torry, 22 "years of age, 'pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen, on November 28th, * 1927, a man's, valued at £lO, and an' oil-stone, .valued at*ss, the property .of Walter Gurdler.- ' Chief-Detective Carroll said'that Torry was out of-.work when he met* Gurdler, v who gave him shelter and secured him 8 job as a shearer;: Gurdler lent Torry his "bicycle to ride-'to Kaiapoi to work, and an. oil-stone. It was'arranged that Torry should put ■ the. bicycle on the train at Kaiapoi. t-He did not go to Kaiapoi, but sold'the stone for 2s, and a bag of tools and pump off the bicycle, and • disappeared. He - was arrested recently .at B«cks, in Central Otago, where he was working, as a labourer, ' He had 'the bicycle, m his possession. , "I had no intention of stealing the bicycle," -said Torry. -He had no money, and had to get some, and had intended to return the bicycle ,as soon as he had • got a job. Torry was admitted to probation for twelve months, and ordered to pay £B-, 5s within three months to Gurdler, and return .the bicycle. TWO CHARGES. . Major Flavell (Mr F. D.' Sargent) pleadked not. guilty to having been .found drunk in Moorhouse avenue and Madras street ,on September Bth, and with having - assaulted Sergeant Frederick Charles Harrison. Sergeant Harrison stated he was endeavouring to " disperse a disorderly crowd in Moorbouse avenue and Madras street at 10 p.m. on September Bth. Flavell showed fight, and grabbed him by the finger, which was.- broken in the scuffle. # Flavell- was ar* rested, and taken'to the police' station. Mr Safgent: There was no charge of assault laid in the original charge against Flavell. He was merely charged with drunkenness—and was not. aware, of. that., Flavell admitted having had a few . drinks September Bth. Sergeant Harri-. son came up, he grabbed his arms his knee twice in his back, and had twisted his wrist. ' • , -. "Flavell' was evidently, in a quarrelsome, druHken sta^e,- arid did what-he would not have done had he been. sober," said Mr Mosley. - ' - „ On the charge of drunkenness, Flavell was convicted and fined £1; .with cab fare 2s 6d, in .default twentv-four hours' imprisonment. On -the assault charge he was convicted apo fined £2, with 12s costs, ,i» default seven days' imprisonment. .. AN ASSAULT CHARGE.

George, Henry Gardner, George Edward Oribb, and Martin' Lawrence O'Malley ■ (Mr M. J. Burns) were charged with having assaulted William Claude Ockwood on August 15th.- " • : Chief-betective Carroll said that Mrs Gardner, -was boarding at the same house_ sb Ockwood in. Wordsworth street. Gardner had formed the impression. ;that ; his wife, was not, true to him, and at 1.30 a.m. on August 15th. armed with a "wooden club, a>. shield, and a. wedge, and accompa,nied 'by Oribb and O'Mal'ley, he entered the house by the window. He foufld .Ockwoqd aftd-attacked< fiim.• ', ' Ockwdodl a' dairyman. marified, admitted being '-in. the -same- room as. Jlrs Gardner. "He awoke 'ln ; a' davd' Mate,' his 'head-,having, been injured, - While; his shoulder was black and,-, blue. ~ He; hear,d, Gardner Js. voice, and ■later disco vered_a.diLb.by.'the window- where'. entry * had ,bepn ,effecte4. ; , T • • ' .' . ) .Gardner said'--heu went, \to-: the house to secure -feviden(;e.- was responsible ■for» 'the Vriftr between£Ws-'.wife t and • himself. When ' he" entered the beSfroom •he ..saw • red," and attacked Ockwopd. It was on the advice of a solicitor that he took Cribb and O'Malley along as witnesses, ; v • •'Oribb and O'Malley are-discharged, said the Magistrate., ''There I nothing agaihst them." The Magistrate refused an application .to suppress; their names. "There is nothing.'against' there can'be no stigma: on their namesi , . "Thiß Is not a Court of morals," said Mr Mosley "It is; ai Oourtiof . I feel the moral,, aspect of ten creeps-through the door, much as one, would like' to exclude it. His' sympathy- lay with' the accused. There could be none if or - Ockwopd, -;\jho got < What he" desemd. "Gardner Vas' convicted ana discharged. - :' • ; COMMITTED. FOB. SENTENCE. ;

George Wil?ojs (Mr Russell), car , agent, Ashburton, was .'charged that while. | an ;;adjudged bankrupt,-and. before, he »ao . obtained a discharge, be obtained, credit to the extent of £2O and upwards" from the Vatuum Oil "Proprietary, Chrjstchurch, without informmgitthat hewas an undischarged bankrupt. . , ~ _ When adjudged a bankrupt at Timaru, Wilcox's statement,'showod that £6124 wasowing to forty-two unsecured creditors,. and that his 4 asset's were £2062. - The principal creditors ■ Motors,' Ltd., £4866; Vacuum • Oil; .Proprietary,' £420; A. S. Patterson and. -.C0., J8895; British,/ Imperial Oil Co., £810: Michelin Tyre Co., £128; Maoriland Motors, £SOO. - • Wilcox '-p'eaded guilty, and* was committed to the Supreme' Court for sentence. Bail of £2OO was allowed in accused' b : own recognlsance. •. . (Before Mr'H. A. Youngj S.M.) < CIVIL JURISDIQTION. ■Judgment -was given for . plaintiffs by default- in the following casesi-—H; O. < D. Meares and J; H. Williams v. Roka Mananui, £18; Is Id; Herbert Kettle and Stanley Kruse v. George Whiteside; £lB4-Bs,Bd; H. Barter v.-L'. Andrews;-i£4; A. Hughes and Co* v. J.~McKensie; £4 15 s; A. R. Mercer v.; Henry Roberts, £1 2s 6d; Heron -and Stewart v. 'G. It. Campbell, £1 17a 6d; ,ff, H. Stephens v.' W. Bowden, £8 Is 3d; L. P. Williams v. S. H.'E.Perrin,£2 2s; Manning and Dorreen v. William Orme Harvey, £28,116s 4d; Dbwnings; Ltd.,- v. L. Oummings, £l_ lis 6d; 'Royal Arch Service -Station l v. \A; B. Walls, £1 6s 2d; -Thomas" Thurston HarrjsOn-.. v. Leonard William Tosswill, £8 18s 9d; Booth, Mac Donald and Co.,Lta., v. A. M. Trotter, £25 14s. 6d| E. Reee#' Ltd., v. G. P. Genn, £l4-Is; J. Chockby T. George Johnston, £710s; J. 0. Dixon v. T. Laffeyy £1 7s lOd; Staniland; Ltd. r v., G. ; Blair,. £2 lis 7d; same v: G. Fairbairn, £ls .16s 8d; Graham, Wilson,-;and Smellie ,v. J. A. Shottj;~£7 ■_>. Is 9d;" Booth, "Macdonald and'-Co., Lfd., v. ;D. Hickey, 18s 8d; same v." J.' 0. Montefiore, £3'6s; Pyne, Gould, and Guinness, Ltd.,. y. J. CaTson; £2 17a 7d; H/ H. 0. George Bennett. £64; JJ H. Wilson and Co.v. R. B. Swann, £l4 16s 7d; J. J. Niven and Co., Ltd., v. J. Grant Mackie, £25 19s 6d; W. Duder v. George Cross, trading as Oxford Manufacturing Co.;, £25. ' ■ Henry Henderson was ordered, to pay N. and U. Crosbie the sum of £27 10s forthwith, in default thirty days' imprisonment. "• ' i John -Dickson,', proprietor of .. Dixieland, Christchuwb (Mr H. S. J. Goodman), claimed ■froii Margaret Wacked. .of - 224| Barbadoes 'street, Christchurch, the ; sum, of £2 lis 6d, being the- balance of airtount due by defendant 0 to plaintiff , for thip cosjt; of the wedding 'breakfast of defendant's daughter. Judgment, was given for the plaintiff for the full ■amount.- '