MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20921, 31 July 1933, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

SATURDAY. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) TWO CHARGES. James Murray, a labourer, aged 27. was charged with being drunk and with using obscene language m L,oJombo street on Friday. He wa*> f"'n 10s, in default 24 hours impiisonment. for drunkenness. »nd 10s ni cofault 24 hours' imprisonment, for using obscene language. LABOUR'CLERK ASSAULTED. Trevor Llewellyn Tapp, a relic* worker, aged 40, pleaded guiUy *« ' charge of assaulting Gustaf Adolph Hoglund, at the Labour Bureau offices on Friday. He was convicted and oidered to come up for sentence within' six months, if called upon. Sub-Inspector G. B. Edwards said that Hoglund was a clerk in the Labour Bureau in St. Asaph street Tapp had asked why a sum of £1 2s 6d had been deducted from his pay, and on being told that his wife had received the money, since she was living apan from him, and had to keep the clul- ■ dren had objected. The position had] been explained to him, but he had | attempted lo strike Hoglund lnc police had been called in and Tapp had made another attempt to strike | him, and had then gone away He had not been arrested because he naa j given his word to appear in court that j morning. ~ , , . , Tapp told the Magistrate that lie had not been drinking. He did not know why he had tried to strike the clerk, but added that he was suffering from neurasthenia. The Magistrate said he did not want to send him to gaol. However. by convicting him and ordering him to ] come up for sentence, he would keep some hold on him. CHILDREN'S COURT. ; (Before Mr IT. A. Young, S.M., and Mr W. M. West, J.P.I Four boys were fined Is each on charges of riding bicycles in city streets without lights. LEESTON. (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) UNLICENSED CAR. Gordon Marcus Doyle was charged that on June 17 he used a motor-vehicle which did not have the current year s registration plates attached; that he drove a motor-vehicle when not holding a driver's license; and that on the Leeston-Southbridge road he drove a motor-vehicle at a speed which might have been a danger to the public. A plea of guilty to each charge was made on behalf of defendant by his counsel, Mr A. W. Smithson. The Magistrate imposed a line of £3 2s Gd, the cost of registration, on the first charge, and court costs 10s; a line of ss, the amount of driver s license fee on the second, and court costs 10s; and a fine of £2 on the charge of dangerous driving, with court costs 15s. JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. Robert Hampton, threshing-mill proprietor (Mr A. S. Lyons), claimed £4l 14s 8d from Frank H. Christian (Mill J Goodman) for work done. Plaintiff stated that the- original account was for more than £(SO and that defendant had paid £2l, disclaiming liability for the balance, which he contended should be paid by James Burt, who had authorised the work while in charge of the property. After hearing the evidence the Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, £4l 14s Bd, with costs. '