MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23858, 29 January 1943, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THURSDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) BIGAMY CHARGE Elizabeth Mary Anderson, a domestic, aged 28, charged with committing bigamy, was remanded until February 5 to appear at Invercargill. CHANGE OF ADDRESS For failing to notify the Director of National Service of a change of address. Hilton Roy Adams, a labourer, aged 40, enrolled in the National Reserve, was fined 2fls. On a similar charge, Frederick Dudley was ordered to pay costs only. Mr A. C. Brasslngton asked for an adjournment until February 12 for a similar charge against Erbon Percy Nicholson. IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM William James McDonald, who pleaded guilty to being in possession of a .22 calibre rifle without a permit, was ordered to pay costs. . CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR Appearing in Court for the second time since December 17 for failing to render military training required of him as a member of the Home Guard, Stanley Baird, a labourer, pleaded guilty. "This man is a genuine conscientious objector, said Mr J. K. Moloney, who appeared for Baird. , . . “1 don’t care if he is or not: he has deliberately defied the Court. 111 settle this,” said the Magistrate. “He is rather up against It and d d not realise what he had to do, said Mr Moloney. The Magistrate said he would give Baird another chance in allowing him until February 25 to attend parades' or show cause. MILK VENDOR FINED Albert John McNab, a milk vendor, was fined £o. A sample of milk supplied by McNab was round to contain 18 per cent, of water. Mr C. S, Thomas, who appeared for McNab, slated that he could give no explanation whatever about live water being in the milk. It was possible, he said, that water had been ieit in one of the milk drums returned to the vendor. The amount ot water was so large that McNab could never be suspected of having added it deliberately, said Mr Thomas, who also said that his record was excellent. LIGHT IN BLACK-OUT Frances Robinson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of showing a light in a black-out, was ordered to pay costs only. THREW STONES FROM TRAIN Two youths, Ronald William Wanstall, aged 17 and William Neil blechman, aged 18 pleaded guilty to a charge of having thrown stones from a railway carriage. It was stated by the police that the boys had collected stones and thrown them indiscriminately from the train windows. Complaints had been received from fruitgrowers that glasshouses had been broken, though the boys were not charged with being the culprits. They were ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months, and to pay costs.