MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22387, 28 April 1938, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

WEDNESDAY

(Before Mr E. C. Lewey, S.M.) FALSE DECLARATIONS

William Richard Bavister, a kitchenhand, aged 45, pleaded guilty to two charges of having obtained £1 from the Employment Promotion Fund by falsely representing that his weakly income was £1 instead of £2. Subliispector W. E. Packer, said accused h*d committed the offences while in Wellington, and had received £8 altogether, His conduct'had not been good, and he had been concerned in previous frauds.. For Bavister, Mr J. K Moloney said he was illiterate, and had signed his wages book before it had been filled in.- - ■-

•Bavister was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years,- to' repay, the amount of £8 as directed by the Probation Officer, and to remain under the control of the Salvation Army until it was paid. He was convicted and discharged on the second charge.- • -

UNEMPLOYMENT LEVY NOT PAID. A fine of £5 arid an order for costs was the penalty imposed on John George Brown, Ladbrboks, for having failed to pay three instalments of the unemployment levy. "An officer of the Labour Department said that instalments due in May, .1935, August, 1936, and November, 1937. had not been paid and the total amount owing, including penalties, was £3 15s. FAILED TO CLOSE SHOP,

For having failed to close his shop at 5.30 pjn., Adam D. Smith was fined 2Q» and ordered to. pay. costs. • SOLD GOODS ON ANZAC DAY Thomas Edward Cairns pleaded guilty to having sold goods on Anzac Day in view of a public place. SubInspector Packer said Cairns had sold a penny packet of lollies, and the case was not a serious one.. A fine of 10s, with costs, was imposed.

DRUNKENNESS

Alfred James Massey, charged with having been found drunk in a public place, was convicted and ordered to bay the taxi hire before Saturday. MBSsey, who described himself as an old soldfcr, said he had heard tint war had broken out. "I broke out, too," he added. REMANDED

Harold Thomas Stringer, who was arrested yesterday afternoon, later appeared in Court charged with the theft of shirts and handkerchiefs valued at 17s 6d, the property of T. Armstrong and Company. He was remanded tp appear on May 12, and bail was allowed on his own recognisance ot £IOO, and one surety of £IOO, a condition being that he report daily to the police