MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

POLICE CASES,

(Before Jlr : . W. G. Eiddolli'oS.M.)

. : A SHOP ASSISTANT'S IiAPJSE. A" youtli, pleaded guilty to having, bet-ween, December 15 ;and March 16, : ; and different dates, stolen goods' valued at £3 35., 6d., the property of Ins'employers. His Worship gave accused a lengthy warning, and convicted and ordered him to como up for . sentence'when called upon. Accused .was alsoordered to repay the sum 6f £] 13s. 6di, value of goods not recovered;' SEAMAN DISOfcEYS ORDERS. : An able seaman, ■ named Frederick Allen, pleaded not guilty to a charge of.'iwilfur disobedience of the lawful commands fof the chiof officer of the steamer Tokomaru. The officers, of the vessel stated that defendant had been ' giving- trouble 1 on - board"the ship for spmo'; considerable, .time. ....When!ordered to turn to by the" chief; ojßeev on Monday defendant refused to do the work required of him. -5Vf-:vvV ■ .'Defendant coptended.that-, tho order ho dispbeyed.:was.nQt'a 1 lasfiil .command. : j; ; His> Worship,;; held ' that' on': the ovidonce as lie put forward-no/.defprico. to thofsta'tements made .by^tho^offi^ers^.of;'-tljp ship,<>•-He; would lie penalised/iri-^lie;"si:jn of £2j Aid - costs 75., ajid ordered' to'forfeit two'rdays l ' pay, in : default,,; sevon days' imprisonment. "Well, you needn't pay/' remarked defendant, defiantly, to tho captain, "for I.won't." ' '' MISCELLANEOUS. Peter TLU'nbulHivas'cKarged that on June 13, at Invercargill, lie failed to provide for tho maintenance of his illegitimate child, and was remanded to appear at Invercargill on March 24.1 A middle-aged man, Arthur Roddy, was remanded to March; 25 on a charge of at-tempting-to 'commit offence at Miraniar. • o . . Wallace , Herbert; Stewart',;,appeared in answer" to a bliarge of- having;'" oil, or about August. 16, 1907, at Wellington, forged the name of H. V. S. Griffiths to a receiot for £5. ss. '. Defendant was : remanded until Marolf.2s, bail..being allowed m.tho sum of £100, and tivo sureties of £o0 each. . / •'•""Joseph' Stringer : was convicted and fined 20y,' ' with'. the-alternative of .seven days' imprisonment, for. insobriety.-.