MAGISTRATE'S. COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S. COURT.

• ' v. POLICE CASES. (Before 3lr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., on .. Monday.) . DTITOJKEN?TES3. ;! . ' •'■ •Two first-offoftding inebr&fc3were coiivieted and discharged. Two' others were fined 55., in default 2*l hours' imprisonment 7 ; 'ono .was fined 55., in default 4S . hours' imprisonment; and one was fined 6s.,.'in default 24 hours' imprisonment. William Maher was fined 20s.,'.in default seven, days' imprisonment, upon a charge of flruiilronnor.ci. PAK-A-POO. i

.-;:! f Tlirqe;■ Chinamen, All Young,'Ah diotr, and Joe Kee, appeared for sentence upon a chargo of selling a pak-a-noo ticket to William October 25. .' ', ...Mr.' Hcrdmau 'appeared for the defendants,. and urged, lit mitigation that.they were merely paid agents,. not/principals,' anil 'tliey • recoived a com'mihsion of a penny nor ticket. TheV- meri > wore ' poor,:, and "they ; nad never been before the Court before.' Counsel pointed out that the penalty in this offence was £200, but for betting with an infant it was £100, and the latter was just as heinous as the former, and he submitted .that as bookmakers had ■ boon fined £5 for betting with minors, that a fine of £10 would meet this case. Ho pointed out that' the bookmaker looked for his prey, hut the European gambler in Chinese lotteries went to the Chinamen.. One of the defendants was married and had two children. ■ His Worship 'said that the Chinamen had pleaded guilty; and even, if they woro only agents, they were accessories, and from the number of eases that had appeared in Court they had a good idea of the penalty. There was? a difference in the penalties' for-the offences mentioned, biit ttiat was a matter fpr.tho. Legislature, not for .the Court, to inquire into. •' Each defendant was fined £25 and costs 75., in default six .weeks' imprisonment. ■ ; A . BROKEN NOSE. . 'A charge! "of assault was ; brought ngaiiist Alexander Sinclair Paton by Charles Roydon Lightband. Mr. Wilford appeared for the prosecution. Defendant did not appear. Complainant • said that tho defendant struck him and broke his ,nose. . Constable Carmody stated that Paton admitted the charge to him. ' A fine of £3 was "imposed, with! costs amounting to £2 2s';, in'default 21 days' imprisonment. ■ ' MAINTENANCE. For disobeying, an order to pay- 17s. Gd. per'week towards tho maintenance of his wife and child, tho arrears amounting to £19 2s. Gd., Thomas Chapman was sentenced to one month's imprisonnbnt, tho warrant to be suspended .so long as ho paid 7s. 6d. per week off tho arreaiß. Charles Guroto, for disobeying an order of tho Court to contribute 15s. per week towards the maintenance of his wife, Margaret Gurote, was sentenced.to one month's imprisonment,' tho" warrant to be suspended so long as defendant paid . 15s. per week off the arrears. An order to-pay ss. per week towards the maintenance of his wife, and 2s. Gd. per week for his .'child, was ■ mado against James Charles Ambrose. An application -for summary separation was brought by -Frances Louisa Nicholl against hor' hu'sbniid,- Cecil Constantino Nicholl. Mr. O'Lcary, appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Cook for defendant. Evidcnco was given at length .by a number of witnesses as to cruelty on' tho part of defendant. His Worship did not grant the application, but he ordered defondant to pay 10s. towards tho maintenance of.his wife. .".

A CHILD'S RELIGION. Thejiearing of an application brought. b.y 'Phillip Sparrow, the brother of ftoatrieo Sparrow, an innialo of til a St. Joseph's Orphanage, to havn an order juado by a magistrate on March 11, directing that "the child 1)0 brought up in the Catholic religion, varied on tho ground that tho child was of Protestant persuasion, was continued, Tllo ovidencc of the foster parent,. Mrs. Horon, had been taken a fortnight ago, and tho matter was adjourned until, yesterday in order'to enable the evidence of. the brother to bo given. A further adjournment until Friday was granted in ordor that the proof of the brother's age might bo obtained. Mr. Toogood represented plaintiff, and -Mr. ])cVino appeared for defendant.- .:

MISCELLANEOUS. For a breach of a prohibition order Thomas Orel was lined £3, and costs 75., in default seven days' imprisonment. ' .lames Wilson was fined £5, in default 21 days' imprisonment, for committing a grossly indecent act in-Taranaki Place. A young man named Owen Cecil Meyrick appeared on a charge of attempting to commit an unnatural olfcnoe. Mr. Wilford appeared for the accused, and asked for a short remand. He stated that accused was not answerable for what lie was doing. A remand until Wednesday was granted, hail, in one surety of £100) and two of £50, being allowed. Bail was forthcoming. Louis Phillip was charged with stealing two brushes!, valued at 25., the property r.i' Nathaniel Manhirc. A fine of 20s. was imposed, in default seven days' imprisonment. The expenses of a witness, amounting to 45., were allowed. '• Upon a charge of stealing an overcoat, valued at £2 ss. Gd., belonging to George and George, Walter Gerber, alias Hill, alias Norman, was sentenced to sis weeks' 1 imprisonment with hard labour. A charge was brought under Section 85 of the Land Act by Peter Hc.vcs, Superintendent for tlio Advances to Settlers Department, against John White Thompson, for failing to furnish a return of his land and mortgages. Mr. Myers appeared for the prosecution. Defendant was fined £2, and costs £1 18s.. Gd. A COMMISSION CASE. Judgment was given by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.j in a case in which Harcourt and Co. and Richard Aslicr Harden sued Thomas Henry Whishaw to recover £104 18s. for commission on the sale of, a property at Kimbolton. The Magistrate held - that it could not he said that the plaintiffs brought about the relation of buyer and seller, and what services rendered by them, if any, wore too . remote to entitle them to commission, judgment would be for tho dcfcudaut with costs. .. ...