MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Bofore Mr. W. G: Riddell, S.M.) - POLICE CASES. • THREATENING BEHAVIOUR. ■ " Guilty under provocation," was the plea sntqied - by. a young man., named David p Hriep,. charged with using threatening be- . haviouron -Willis Street with intent to provoke a'breach of the peace. -,TVid«iic6_:tfas' given that, defendant, who was'.alleged to be under the influence "of liquor, wont into Goodall's Cafo on Fridav evening, and after finishing his lhoal walked round the. dmmgroom aiid persisted in talk ing; to.the.,customers. He .iras, put out,of the shop, by tho- proprietor, 1 , and eventually wanted-,to iighfc liim. on the footpath, with tljovrcsiilfc Mi at a largo crowd of people . gathered; and tlie polico interfered. ,;o'Brioh'stated that ho went into the restaurant, with a friond.' After ho had finished nis-mb&l he put on his hat, and tlie proprietor, came along and ordered'him to tako it \ when defendant, was standing on the footpath, outside the restaurant,' the proprietor hit him, whereupon ho .(defendant) stood in a'fighting attitude, and thfi'police came oil the scene.' Hii Worship held that the weight of evidence was against defendant, who would bo convicted, and fined; 205., in default-'seven ■ days imprisonment. T . ' A COURT ORDER. : TW a n.v h ° I < ! icd , « ea { a f'<V? man,' John Thomas 0 l\oi j, pleadod guilty to a charge laid by the police of having failed to comply with an order of. the Court to pay £1 a i wools. towards tlie 'maintenance of his wife and font- children. . . The police alleged that defendant was trying to;get'away from New Zealand and leave »nd dependent on State institutions. Defendant's family was in soro straits,'-; and ho had contribntecl nothing towards support for somo. considerable time. past. bub-Inspector. O'Donovan pressed for. penalty as.'aj warning to people Of tho same class that their first duty was to.their family.' "A mandiko this," said tho ciiih-Inspector,' indicating -accused, • "is a woi'so criminal than a * man who pilfers a few shill-.iigs." ■ Accused denied that he-intended leaving the Dominion. He: had not contributed to his. Family's support,' Hut ho had not been in good health of'late. ,Ho had-no intentiou of leaving Now Zealand, which ho could have llr oc . oas '° D » bad he desired. ■ .V , . i'P ' m l'fsod, a sentence of two months imprisonment with bard labour: \ " MISCELLANEOUS. George Tree, charged with disobeying an order of the Court at Christchurch for tho mamfonanco of mis wife, Edith Mary Tree, was, remanded, to appear at Christchurch ou January 51. .. .Mary ; convicted and sentenced to -nno.,-months, imprisonment for habitual drunkenness. ..Tesse Tyler was convicted and fined 10s., in default 48 hours' imprisouinont for 7 insobrißty K and John William Wilson was eonvictpa ajy] discharged on a similar ohargp„V Two- first offendm wero convicted-and-jined ra default. -18 hours' imprisonmont, and gfla.wa? convicted and discharged.

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