MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

POLICE CA&ES.' (Before Mr. :W. G. RTddell;' S-M.) • ■ ■ - DRUNKENNESS. ■ ; T^o/first offenders for drunkenness were - convicted, and fined os. each; m "default' <Sj4 « hours' imprisonment..; 'iWilham rM'Kay arid 1 | j Joha Shannon; ,who had .been twice previously connoted: during the past six months,, were t»nvicted . Bind > fined 203.j in ; ■'■! 0' days'.'inipnsonriieiit.- U;;' i r SHIP DESERTION. ' ' ' William Joynes pleaded'guilty to n- charge : •. of--having, oil January.,-31,'.unlawfully..-do- ; serted'H.iMiS. .Challenger, at Wellington. The • j accused was. convicted,-and ordered to bo '■ y placed on board H.M.S. Pegasus, v• - • | t ALLEGED THEFT OF MONEYS. i .:--John■ Sidney .OEljnes-,was ;indicted .aon ' a ••••! p oliarge!of havmg,ion-,or about May 27-,"1907, ; j stblen the sum of/£ns,'-:tK'e/moneys- 1 of■'one , j! i David Sutherland. > Accused was remanded ■ 5 uiitibApril'29.".*':,.' v :: : - - ' /j E ' ALLEGED OBSCENE LANGUAGE I ''•Margaretl'.Webb-. admitted - been - drunh''in-Taraiiaki!Sti - ootj'but l domed'having ' used- having "■< : beonygiven- m Support',; of-vtlie' charges/ the • ! accused was convicted and.fined 10s.;-.in?dcf. , fault, 1 48 hoUrs'"imprisonment on-tho,first | charge,r|-andi:rem.ftnded until .'.this'/ morning- on . ..) ' the second charge,.in ordor.to. enable" her to. ; secure'the attendance'Of a witness. i .; v. CHARGE OP SLY' GROG-SELLING. A. ! : Jvm'. .Mf<sd6raol;t.; $ Witt, "efff"Xj>rii ■ • .97= •' ' ;' lawfully'soliO&r' ■ with • ' : i&^n^ier,;.^ow^in-WUkie|Mß3 : ;pi®:.. .•") Lambton''Quay?'ihVMeKliquor-W',. on'-kpril. ...I [{:}o\\ , .-. ''I Mfcused/'askiid jthat'thd ;iM5 o casCß. , 1 I. be; adjouYri<M until' Slay ;!; : There wero,- :; he ,'■' ' 'y stated, severalt charges, aud he ha(l r beeii ill- ' r struoted .to appear v 6nly. that morningi 'i ■'■■! , . Nonobjection was raised by. the polioe; and i ! tho accused .were remanded accordingly. v ' A SHAM DOCTOR John ..Williams,•• alias leftival''J. Hughee; .-1 ali4s ! Dn.! Hughes,i'faliass Bartlot,' ialias --Dr- I Roberts,''adniTttbd -.(l) vhaviMg,■■•on April l; 8 • . " < at Pctone, obtained from .'Abco Maud M'Cul- ■ i ! lough- threo::meals tovtho valuerc(f-3s:;'- by 1 i. faJstt.'protencos-;>1(2) having,, on,-April 15 s at' : i ■ I?etorie/. ; :unlawfully 'and'falsely' pretended-to •bo a doctor of medicine withmithe meaning iof tho Mediml" Practitioners'' R-cgiStration Act? 1809 i - I ,?Tho,.Chief Dotective-stated that accused • ; i represented, to-Mrs. M'Cullough, that he wis ' ~; an. anspwtor ' iu ' tho >'Railway : - Department. !• Ho arrwiged td stay-at her.place for a'week, ;but, after he had had imeals lhero:l» i J -regard to the: second ' 's offence,; accused reprosented that he.was Plk)feKor' Williims, ,M.D., of .Cul}a Stre<>t, and i i added that lio.had recommendcd to call 1 :ta\MTii:;;Say^j"inlft':i.vi^%';tfeiatiiig - her-. 1 •| for rheumatism. Mr,-' Savage-had , advanced j i£l to him, _and ho,ha/l goneito a [ | i where fevf.' 'shillings'. ' . iworth .of 'medicin^.^^jyirsr^Savage,'.however, ! 1 had '"refused to' ®scepl) : ffie medicine* or '• to'' be '; :treated' by , :.him. ..,In > New. South;. Wales 'ac- "S . ,been. convicted ■:twelve 'times''jfor J ; '' \ ■ .and false ptetenoeSiJ'ili®' seiiteiiices:. raiig-.j \ . ;ing. froni thi^'•m6nths^to'.four, ; years J v'aiid- , ,1 iiri-New Zealand •,ho hadi;been .convicted ..on: ;j , IchiiTges; of .having falsely. jepresentcd-himsolf:- . | ; .tq-,.b0 n ! duly qualified , mpdicali-practitioner,: S ; on two occasions,of .'false pro-.-. . j tences ? / ; ; :";Acoused-stated-that-sincor.hig last convic-" he; had. endeavoured torreff>rm.=- He had . 1 i 'dbiie'.hard work, to, whieh-Ke -was'not; used,: '■] but had lost his position oo .a M'airarapa :1 i sheep'station, owiug .to it .becoujing knoTvn ;! ithat he hadi been in gaol. K was not true-; "j •that-ho had':been' conyicted.of anyvoffenoe, • • in; New : South Wales. / •, « t -' • - " I '.On the first.charge,. i : victsd and 'sentenced:'to ,three ; '®iOTtfis'_im- .... prisoiiinent,' aAd'for the : second- 'oifenoe Jie was convicted and.finod foO, in dsfaul£j:threo. • > j months' imprisonmcart: the sentences.Vito be v • > concurreht. . -/ ; i I '■ 'j ALLEGED FORGERY. Tho same acoused was. then chaj-god .with, . . having,-at Pet-one on April 18, .forged. .the>. . Dame of G. Williamsito tv cheau« for .£lO on.; < i the : Bank of Australasia; and uttering , the,- .. •! samo'to Ethel Grant. ■■■■.-, .■. ■ ~.. , J On tho application of the Chief Detectivo, '■) 'ho'was-remanded-to -May-1. ; | 'i ■" •■ - _-. .