MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 176, 20 April 1908, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr.: A. M'Artllur, S.M., on Saturday.) * POLICE CASES. •A- middkyaged rr.an named Robert M!Arthur pleaded not guilty to a charge of iridecprtcy/at" tho Botanical Gardens on April lGp> On:'jthe application/of the police, n .a remand}'was granted until Wednesday. / A: : rnaiiH>f-wavsman off ff.M.S.' Pegasus, . lAuisiFlahnery, pleaded not guilty (1) to a ch'ilrge;.of: ( insC)briety," and (2)' to damaging a cntb"; Window valued at. 10s, Eyiderico was , given * by'.rtho police that defendant was arV < rest&Kon'.the first charge,-, and whilst on the 'way,;to;tho'station in a cab commenccd fighting,yjrith the constable, - with, the result tint oito'Yif ( tho windows of tli'o cab was broken. Db;endant : wH6 convicted and discharged on tlie first! charge, and on the second was convicted '{■and ordered' to pay. tho cost of replacing" tho damaged window, 10s., and costs . 1 6s.V:'in 'default twenty-four hours', imprisonment,; ■ ' ■■ . -.. ." /Wo youths, seventeen and nineteen j;ears oft'ago,'-pleaded guilty to haying on April 11 stolen a .ijuantity of copper valued at £2 10s., thopropbrty of Robertson and Cp. Both 'bbys' weni. found-with tho copper in their $ps4essi&n > half an hour after midnight on April Tho coppcr had-been stored in a, BKd attached to the Phoenix Foundry, in Old: Customhouse Street, and had beeil securely, ldcked up. One of the lads had already pleaded guilty to the charge the previous njftifk, and had been remanded for sentejioe; BW.Worship' remanded both accused until i We3ngs'day_ to allow the police to mako furtßerinqiiiries as to their character. Bail was fix^-'ati£lo ; in each case. . | : A Noting married woman, Mary Roper, apBbahajiin; answer, to a chargo of having on . • M4fcji:.;B/ , at Potcine attempted to commit .Evidenco showed that defendant had been in ill-health and very depressed. His ' "Wdrship a "conviction and discharge, and-Zordered that tho medical: expenses incuri:^'should 1 ; be paid. • Kpf:insobriety 1 Wm. Sayers was .convicted . ondr-fihed l ss.', in default twenty-four' hours' imprisonment, and Stephen James Cairns and Williim'Wallace vr-ero each convicted and discharged.; Seven first offenders were brought forward)" ono being convicted and fined 10s., in default twenty-four hours': imprisonment; thr«.ft. f} nc, i or twenty-four hours' imprisonment; and three convicted and discharged.