MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21646, 3 December 1935, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Us%:[ . ' -'MONDAY (Before Mr E. C. Lewev, SJM.) £&',?■ 'V'bbmakded.on bail ■?^'BdWard-John Royal (Mr R. Twyne- > charged with stealing jewellery *■ at £ls, was remanded till De■TtSoi *2s° and one sure< y - ol £2so ' ? I?" DRUNKENNESS' AND CRUELTY '. >: John Thomas Moore pleaded guilty tvto charges of being drunk in charge Vl-rf-a horca and cart and of cruelty to la .horse. D. J. White, inspector for Hthe Society for Prevention of Cruelty jfe£-tto Animals, said that the animal was fc-lin a bad condition and should be delft sfaroyed. Sub-Inspector D. A. McLean B Jraid that Moore had previously been Ifin.trouble for drunkenness. E& Moore was fined £!T and ordered to Ilitbay costs on the first charge and IsttSlered to pay. costs on the second. WAn order'was made for? the destrucijion of the ■ horse ~ „ .-;'_, ./NAMES SUPPRESSED ■''* tWo xrieni whose names*were ordered to be suppressed,' were convicted and ajscbargea on a. charge, of fighting, ??' Intoxicated- in charge :i Phlilip James 'Kelly' (Mr C. V. LesU^t&y- pleaded not'guilty to a charge Sjfofr-being intoxicated, in charge of a ■ • D: A. Mac Lean said Ipiitt evidence.-that the defendant, who W was .a .taxi-driver, had been brought 4'~ to the police station on Saturday even'X ing. ■ Tests were piveri, which indi- *'-"• cated that he was intoxicated. He was 0 later medically examined. .-"" ■ The medical report was produced. r. ; ,- John Charles James, traffic inspecr'ttor, said, that he had spoken to acts *cused on the stand after a complaint f Mbad been made by.a passenger. He =* * had then -taken him to the station. # - ■ .'Kelly, in evidence, said that he had Igtjnad 40-years' experience and had been Bh driving .taxis .since 1909. He was a §&■ returned soldier and had suffered in*V juries in the war/ He admitted having W had only a small amount of stout beW'- fore the trouble arose. iSi' .Kelly was convicted and ordered to fileame-up for sentence if called upon m within 12 months and had his license ff£"V ..-MAINTENANCE COURT ,; (Before Mr F. P. Reid, S.M.) V-i' Robert Cowan, for disobedience of rs « maintenance order was convicted <*■- land discharged. Richard Ealam was w jelso convicted and discharged for 'a -"- foimilar offence. . (' *i William Sutherland Harrison, for '- disobedience of an order, was convicted :. land sentenced to 14 days* imprison- ' meat, issue of the warrant to be sus- '' - mended as long as Is a week is paid i.''Sfl the arrears, in addition to the ./• amount of the current order. ■j i Campbell Macdonald was sentenced ii ko three months' imprisonment for Ji "Idisobedience- of an order, issue of the ' (warrant-to be suspended as long as 2s. 6d a week is paid off the arrears, « ta addition to the amount of the cur- « ieot. orders