THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

; MAGISTERIAL. i i j SATURDAY. [ (Before Mr 11. P. Lawry, S.M.) i DRUNKENNESS. ■ James Millin. for drunkenness, was fi"ed i 20s. and costs, in default 4~ hours' imjTisonj men;. j REMANDLD. j A 20-year-old g ; rl, lor v. hem Mr 1.. J. ! Williamson appeared, was charged wi:h, c". j June 2eth, at Christchun-h, in incurring a j liability to William Ilard'ey, to the extent oi i'sl 7s 7d, obtaining credit by fraud. | She was nmanded until Friday next, and • her name was suppressed 4 r the meantime. i Ba ; ! was allowed iu i-o and o:e surety : Of ±"JS. < Alph Douglas '..rati:, rged . r '6 year-, w;i- ---; charged with being a rogue and vagabond :u i that he did impose upon Claude S:neU:e by ! a false representation with a vtew to ol<- [ taining i.15 in money. | He was remanded until Friday next. I DESERTER. Aage Ambrose Pederscn, a teaman. aged 27 years, of Denmark, was charged with being'absent from the m.s. Eei=e ilaersk without leave. Senior-Sergeant T. Shanahun said that Pedersen deserted from a Danish ship !n May, l'j'Js, and sine then he had been working about the 133y>. At the present lime he was working at Heathcote on a wood contract. The warrant was issued at the instigation of the captain of the ship. The N.Z. Shipping Co. did not know what to do with him. Their view was that some sort of punishment should be given to such men to act as s deterrent to others. Pedersen stated that he joined the ship in Canada. Senior-Sergeant Shanahan added that Pedersen had been Jiving a decent, reputable life, and was regarded as quite a good citizen. He was convicted and ordered to forfeit wages due to him from the ship. CHILDREN'S COURT. (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M., Mr W. it. West, J.P., and Mrs A. E. Herbert, J.P.) _ A girl aged 14 years was charged with stealing a cash bos and contents valued at £2 5a from a shop in the suburbs. Detective Findlay read a statement tha*, the girl made at the Police Station, to the effect that on June 20tb last, at 7 p.m. she entered the shop and tok the cash box from behind the counter. She. then proceeded to Moorhouse avenue, where sho abandoned the bos, and continued on with the £2 that it liad contained. The money was spent in fruit, chocolates, pictures, and other amusements. Evidence from the shopkeeper and a neighbouring witness was produced. The girl was ordered to be returned to the supervision of the Education Department, with the direction that she be placed under the care of the Reverend Mcther at Mount Magdala Restitution of the money was also ordered, payments to be arranged by the Child Welfare Officer. Other offenders were dealt with as allows : A bov a=red lGi years, riding without a liErht, fined ss; a boy, riding on footpath, fined is: a bov, riding without a hsrht, fined Is- a bov, ridin? without a light, fined 2s '6d; and a bey for having no bell on his bicycle was fined Is.