MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21907, 7 October 1936, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY 5 (Before Mr E. C. levwy. SJIL)

LIGHTING IH PIE STALL For striking a nlghtwatcbman, Charles Crist, in a pie Stan Manchester street on October 6, William Allan was fined £4, in default 30 days imprisonment. He pleaded guilty under provocation. , „ ~ Sub-Inspector D. A. Mac Lean said that when Crist went to the pie stall at about 1,80 a.m., Allatf was there and was pushing two other men about Me left the still for a lew moments and when he returned Crist was look* ing away. Without warning Allan struck hum so severely on the mouth that one tooth was forced through his lip. “What is the matter with the accused?" asked the magistrate. “It is his breeding,” replied the Subinspector. , Allah: He grabbed me round the neck and I hit him afterwards. “You are building up a record by the look of it,” remarked the magistf When the accused was fined and ordered to pay costs he asked lor time to pay, but his request was refused. GUILTY OF FALSE-PRETENCES Pleading guilty to obtaining £l7 13s 6d and rations valued at 10s from the Labour Department by false pretences, Wilson Fairest was ordered to appear for sentence within three years, if called upon, and to make restitution of £lB 3s 6d. , . Chief-Detective Dunlop said that Fairest, a married man, with five children, had been on relief for two years, and was later on sustenance, receiving £2 0s a week. He was permitted to earn £3 10s a week before any reduction was made in his relief, and he had to furnish weekly statements Of his receipts, Of 12 such declarations, only one showed any private earnings. In the period he had earned £3O 12s lid, and had declared only 6s Bd. His weekly receipts had varied from £3 5s to £6 12s sd. The magistrate said the offence was “plain, common or garden theft," for which the punishment was not light, but he hesitated to send to prison one who had previbulsy borne a good character. THEFT OF LEAD A youhg man, Edward James Steward, was placed on probation for 12 months for the theft of lead valued at £6 from Chaston and Mantell, Ltd. Chief-Detective Dunlop said Steward was employed by ' his father, a metal dealer. He had insufficient money to pay the due Instalment on his motor-cycle and stole the lead, which he sold for £4 17s. The metal itself had been recovered. For the accused, Mr D. W. Russell said Steward had not previously been in court, and had borne a good chdrsctcr. Mr W. H. Darby, probation officer, said the motor-cycle was the cause of the trouble. . . "You are only a boy still, said the magistrate, “and you must take this opportunity to pull yourself together." A condition of probation was that Steward should not ride the motorcycle, and he was ordered to make restitution of £4 17s. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) Judgment for. plaintiff by default with costs was given in the following cases:—

Bowmans, Ltd., v. R. J. Smith, £7 2s 8d; Lionel Strathmore Radford v. Bernard Rennell, £1 3s; Robert Francis, Ltd., v, Walton George Thomas, £7 Is 3d; Booth, Mac Donald, and Company, Ltd., v. J. Puti, £6 18s 8d; H. Flavel and Son v. William Madden, £1 15s 6d; A. G. Sherwood, trading as A, G. Sher- ■ wood and Company, v. G.H, Pegley, £2 16s; Henry Kingston v. Cecil Selwyn Sapsford, £l2 Is; H. W. Alston, V. Wilmott, and I. E. Wilmott, trading as Silver Radio and Television Agencies, v. J. F. L. Johnson, £3 Os lid; George Bland, jun., v. Cecil Fronting, £3; Radio Finance Company, Ltd,, v. William Basil Printz, 7s; E. S. Burgess v Clifford Horace Ton-ue, £4 9s 3d; same v. Catherine O’Connor and Dehis O’Connor, costs only; Clements and Judkins v. Adams Hardware, Ltd., £7 7s sd. i JUDGMENT SUMMONSES 1

R. H. Logan was ordered to pay T. L. Jones, trading as T. L. Jones and Company, £4 3s 5d forthwith, In default four days’ imprisonment, warrant to be suspended as long as defendant paid 10? a week, first payment on October 13.

Peter Beyers was ordered to pay the Public Trustee, as the executor of the estate of Christina Cole, £3 6s forthwith, in default four days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as he paid 5s a week, the first payment to be made on October 13.