THE PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1938. MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22445, 5 July 1938, Page 6

THE PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1938.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

MONDAY ' (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS A statutory first offender was convicted and fined 10s, and ordered to pay costs, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness in Hereford street on Saturday. REMANDED ON BAIL Edward Allan Dunn was charged with stealing a motor-tyre valued at £5 7s, the property of the Timaru Borough Council, at Timaru, on June 28 Detective-Sergeant T. E. Holmes asked for a remand to next Monday. When the accused asked for ball, Detective-Sergeant Holmes said he had got away from the detective office and had had to be chased down the street and brought back. . The remand was granted, and ball fixed in self for £ 100, with one surety of £ 100, accused to report to the police. MAINTENANCE CASES (Before Mr F. Reid, S.M.) BREACHES OF ORDERS Frederick John Stevens, for a breach of a maintenance order through failure to pay was convicted and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, the warrant .to be suspended as long as 2s (id a week is paid off the arrears in addition to.the amount of the current order. ■ « , , » For a similar offence, Robert Augustus Terris was convicted and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended as long as 2s fid a week is paid off the arrears in addition to the amount of the current order. APPLICATION GRANTED

An application by Ellen G. Frew for separation and maintenance orders against John Thomas Frew was granted. Maintenance was fixed at £2 a week.