MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22336, 25 February 1938, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) CHARGE OF ASSAULT Thomas Hill (Mr D. W. Russell) appeared on a charge of having assaulted Bertram Charles Ball. He pleaded not guilty, and after hearing evidence the Magistrate said he would give him the benefit of the doubt and dismiss the information. PREMISES AS GAMING HOUSE A fine of £2O, in default three months’ imprisonment, and an order for costs, was Imposed on William Newsome, who was charged with having used the premises at 6 Manchester street, of which he is the occupier, as a common gaming house. On a similar charge Leslie Scrimshaw and David Bain were each fined £2O, in default three months’ imprisonment. REMANDED ON THEFT CHARGES Gladys Margaretha Hauschild (Mr D. J. Hewitt), who pleaded guilty to a number of charges of theft, was remanded for a week for a report from the probation officer. The charges were as follows; —From Florence Emily Robinson, the theft of an engagement ring, valued at £5, a quantity of foodstuffs valued at £l, and a gold chain and pendant valued at £2; from Lilian Rose Hartley, two evening frocks, two silk frocks, one costume, other articles of clothing, a brooch, and a dress case, of a total value of £l4 15s. NAME SUPPRESSED A young man, whose name was Ordered to be suppressed, was fined £lO, in default three -months’ imprisonment with hard labour, for having been found on enclosed premises at night without intent to commit an offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE On a charge of using obscene language in a public place, Charles Neilson pleaded not guilty. He was ordered to enter into a bond for £2O to keep the peace. t FOUND ON LICENSED PREMISES Charged with having been found on the licensed premises of the Oxford Hotel after hours and with having given a false name and address, Clarence Johnson, who made a voluntary appearance, pleaded guilty. Johrison was fined £1 on each charge, and was ordered to pay costs. John Patrick Sheehy was fined £1 and ordered to pay costs for having been found on the premises of the Oxford Hotel after hours. DRUNKENNESS William Percy Olds, on his second conviction of being found drunk in a public place within six months, was fined 20s, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. CONVICTED AND DISCHARGED William Laurence Loughlin was charged with being found drunk in a public place and with breaking a pane of glass valued at 10s, in a building in Chester street. Mr J: D. Hutchison, who appeared for accused, said that restitution had been made to ihe owner of the broken window. Loughlin was about to undergo an examination for a head injury suffered during the war when he was struck by shrapnel. On both changes accused was convicted and discharged. RACE TICKET PURCHASE What the Magistrate. Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., described as an unusual case was heard when Albert Wallace Robinson was convicted and ordered to pay costs for having asked a person to purchase two race tickets for him from the New Brighton Trotting Club’s totalisator on December 4. “What offence is this?” asked the Magistrate. “If I ask someone to buy a ticket for me, is that an offence? It is certainly a new one on me.’’ Mr M. W. Simes, representing Robinson, Who did not appear, assured the Magistrate that the action constituted an offence, since nobody but the actual purchaser was allowed to procure race tickets. The intending purchaser could not get gnyone else to obtain the tickets for him. He must get them himself or be liable to a penalty. “This sort of thing goes on hundreds of times at a race meeting,” Mr Simes said. He added that the matter was not generally known, and should, perhaps, be given wider publicity. CIVIL COURT (Before Mr F. F, Reid, S.M.) Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was given in each of the following undefended civil cases:— Harley G. Ostler v. M. Harris, £lO 7s 6d; A. W. Spence v. W. J. Brightmore, 8s 6d; Supply Stores, Ltd. v. William Jack Bowes, £3 15s 4d; A. G. Healing and Company, Ltd. v. E. H. Hart, £3 17s Id; the New Zealand Grinding and Gear Company, Ltd. v. R. Birkett, £1 2s 3d; the Christchurch Press Company, Ltd. v. R. A. Shaw, £3 4s 7d; Perfection* Ice Cream Company, Ltd. v. E. W. Pellow, £9 11s 3d.