MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21733, 16 March 1936, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

* SATURDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) Doris Armstrong, a domestic, aged 28 (Mr E. A. Young), pleaded guilty to a charge of being an idle and disorderly person. Chief-Detective Dunlop said that accused’s husband was in jprison and she had been living with a Chinese. She had an eight-months-old baby, and her other children were in the care of the State. . Mr Young said that for some reason the Prisons Board had stopped the maintenance payments out of her husband’s prison earnings. She had no means, and had to work for toe Chinese to keep herself and her child. The chief-detective said that the payment of maintenance depended greatly on the mode of living of the woman concerned. The magistrate said that he thought the accused had better be looked after by the authorities. She was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. The child was later committed to the care of the State. CHILDREN’S COURT (Before Messrs F. F. Reid, S.M., and W. M. West, J.P., and Mrs T. Green, J. p .) A youth who pleaded not guilty to a charge of touting for taxi hire at the Christchurch railway station was convicted and fined 10s, this being his third offence. , , , i A boy, aged 12, was admonished and discharged for cycling on the footpath. For offences arising from the possession and transfer of a firearm three boys were convicted and discharged. The rifle was ordered to be confiscated. PHOENIX FLAT SCRATCH RACE (for dogs bom on or after March 1, 1935). 150 yards. First Heat—Hurricane 1, Gay Crusader 2. Royalist 3. Won by a length; with two lengths separating the next two dogs. All started. Time, 9 4-3 sec. , Second Heat—Sliver Jubilee 1, Thunderbolt 2, Homevale 3. Won by two lengths; same second and third. Time, 9 3-Ssec. Final Mrs L. McKendry’s Hurricane 1 F. C. Dunne’s Silver Jubilee .. 2 Thompson and Bates’s Gay Crusader .. ..3 A cldse finish. All started. Time, 9 3-5 sec. PRESIDENT’S OPEN FLAT HANDICAP. 200 Yards. First Heat—Silver Stag (9yds) 1, Gossoon (14yde) 2, Gale (12yds) 3. Won by a head, with a neck separating the next two dogs. All started. Time, 11 2-ssec. Second Heat—Master Roy (14yds) 1. Flying Sand (14yds) 2, Rea! Pal (9yds) 3. Won by half a length; same second and third. All started. Time, 11 2-ssec, Final Mrs J. Price’s Silver Stag ~ 1 C. J. Scott’s Gossoon ~2 R. Harper’s Flying Sand ..3 Won by a head; same second and third. All started. Time, 11 4-ssec. SPENCER LIGHT-WEIGHT • SCRATCH RACE, 200 Yards. J. R. D, Johns’s Quick Silver .. 1 J. W. Cooper’s Faith ..2 C. R. Hill’s Variant .. ~3 Won by a head; with half a length separating the next two dogs. Sweet Agnes and Saint Felix were scratched. Time, 12 2-ssec. COXON FREE-FOR-ALL. 200 Yards (all ‘ off scratch). J, R. D. Johns’s Charm. .. 1 Mrs J. Price’s Silver Stag ■ .. 2 J. Alnger’s Real Pal .. .. 3 Won by half a length; with a length between second and third. Sand Queen was scratched. Time, 12sec.