THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20314, 13 August 1931, Page 3

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. WEDNESDAY. (Uiuoi'j Mr H. A. S.M. VOUXG MAN CHAUGKU WITH ASSA L'LT. Aii-hur Francis Bailey, jun.. IS yea:?., ; \va:> chained tnat, on July 4th, at Christchurch, ho unlawfully assaulted liis mother, ■ tho iniormant, Olive May .Bailey, und "with r.tirjfj provoking and insulting language t> •.vards the ftarnc complainant, v;ho on bot:i ciuirges made a complaint for sureties of the pcucu. 'j'ljo defondauu did no! appear :n Com-, ant! "Mr \\\ J. Stacay, who appeared for tho iniormant, stated that Bailey had b ccji flouting and eoorning- tho idea of coming to Couit, and had'openly stated t-bat ho not think the Court had any jurisdiction over him. The defendant had had to maintain hio mother, Mr Stuccy said, and had i in a really dangerous way to her. Tie had I also knocked about his brotlic:"?. The informant, Olive May Bailey, stated 1 "iH&fc defendant '.vas her son, and until a few i ni»i!)th3 ago bad lived in her hcuso,. Sho ! had three other children, and was separatjd | irrni her husband. Her son had been earn- ; ".n* £i! t and had boen ordered to oay her ! !.-;i Cd a week. This ho had not yjai<J. 'On I Of.c. occasion lie hud taken tier by tho tliro.it 1 I an 1 ordered Lor to out. him tomes bread. .11" • : had then started to lnt hor with u, brush., j Sho hid had to obtain police protection. 0- [ another occasion, throe months a£o, ho had : objected to r. proposal to move to cheaper | living quarters. and had thrown a tablej knife at her The knitu had gone through I thi? muscle of qno of her legs and tho wound had had to he Pitched. Ho had loit home after the liist assault,, tlireo weeks a,r;o, and witness did no' tlium that be v.'culd come bach. , On tho charge of assan'.t defendant was j convicted and ordered to csmo up for' b&b- ---: toncn when called upon wilhin'twelve months, 1 o;i condition thnt he doe* .not, enter t.ie heme ot' his mother or mo'cat her. Hi; wa" ! also ordered to pay costs, j Oil tho charge of using provoking and' in; sultinfr lanstwr'o the hearing wa3 adjourned for three month.-. KTCSIANDED. Patrick Kmmett Minogue, aged ID. charged with the theft at Sumner on August 11th of in money, the property of Ethel Fairthorvie, ar ; (l with the thoit at Sumner on the Homo ; diito of 13 in money, the property of Kath- ! lean Foley, pleaded guilty to both chargo-i, • and was remanded until Friday. | Senior-Sergeant .Fox stated that the two l i?ItU had gene to Snrnr.er for tho day, and J h.i'l left some clothing behind th?m while j they climbed Cave Rock. The money had j bson rtolen from their clothes, and accused I Imd admitted the theft. It ".as understood ' that another offence• would he charged ; a:*y;nst him. and a vein a ill wot a.'ked for. i ' ' ; kangioka. [ . Before Sir K. I>. Mosiey. S.M.i I Breaches ot the Licensing Act —JuUa Kvt- ; lyn Ivorr waa charged, being other than I tho licensee, 'with supplying liquor •at i tho Plough -Hotel on Sunday. July 2(>th, ; and on a, socond charge of supplying' liquor j to two young men on Sunday. July 261 h. A i plea of guilty was entered. Defendant wan j convicted and fined i'j .and co3ts 30s on cacli John Watson Kerr pleaded suilty to the same charges, and was convicted and fined £5 and cokti 10s on each charge. Arnold Richard Taylor, -39 years of a,'re, and Trevor Wolfiley Taylor, IS years of age, pleaded guilty to procuring .liquor on Sunday, July 20tli. Defendants were each fined 20s and costs. An application for the suppression of their 1 names was not granted. ; Unregistered Tractor—George Warner j Jackson, for permitting a motor-tractor to bo used without being refistcred, pleaded guilty and was fined 20s and costs 12s. Civil Cases—Judgment for plaintiffs by default was civon in the following cases:— Xorth Canterbury Electric Power Board. -v. M. Fj Hill for £2l Its Gd and Court costs £1 10s,. solicitor's fees £2 lis Gd. In a judgment summons case 'G. J. S'tono was ordered to pay A. J. Parris the sum of .£l2 Os Od forthwith, in default I'i days' imprisonment.