MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 302, 15 September 1908, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

—: $ POLICE CASE 3. ' f (Before Mr. W. G. Riddcll, S.M.) .. ;!:■ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A.'young man named Frank Watson, dcscrib'ed- as,, ii 'law elork, pleadod guilt)' to a charge of Having attempted to commit suicide ■ on, September 4. Siib-Inspcctdr Piiair stated that'accused arrived in Wellington in May. Ho had wbrk for a time, but got out of employment, and became depressed, and drank a solution 'of match-heads. The application of the-stomacii-pump by Dr. Boyd had satisfac-tory-results. Acciised was convicted and ordered', to-come up ; for sentence when called upon'. . ■s-:; ■/; ■:'■■'' A STREET ROW. A young man nam'ed Alexander Moore pleaded guilty to a charge of having, on tembor 12, unlawfully 'assaulted Jas. Create It wis . stated by the pohcc that prosceutor ■ was' going-, tip Taranaki Street at 11 o'clock on 'Satiirddy. l night, .when lie .met defendant and another man. An altercation ensued over a- bottle of-beer, and defendant struck Crease ■ and knocked him down A: conviction and'fine of. 405., in default fourteen days' imprisonment, was imposed. Dofefidant was also ordered to pay doctor's .expenses £1 Is. Mr. Levvey appeared for defendant. • ' . •' y • WOMEN'IX TROUBLE. Two weflrdressed young women, Ada Barrett and .Teresa Stevens, both pleaded not guilty.'to charges of importuning. After hearv ing evidence at length his Worship said the evidence was practically that of the two accused against that .of; the two constables. It. was perfectly clear that either the constables had committed perjury, or the two. accused had done certain statements could not be reconciled in any way. Both the accused must . be J.corivicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.., ... A middle-aged woman named Susan Sinimiss, : chatged with importuning, was con- . vioted/and ordered r to come up for sentenco when called upon' on ; condition that she went into the-Salvation Army ..Home for a period of three months. V LANGUAGE. 'An elderly man named John Patrick Coylo was charged (1) with insobriety, and (2) with having..used indecent language. Accused pleaded riot guilty to the second charge, but after'hearing the'evidence his Worship entered a; conviction and fine of £4 and costs , 185.,-'iri default 21 days' imprisonment. On the: .charge' of insobriety, a conviction and fine of'ss., : in default 24 hours' imprisonment was, imposed. David'.Qiiinn failed to appear in answer to ft-charge'of having, on August 15, used obscene language in , Thomdon Quay, also to haying; on the same date unlawfully assaulted Henry ;Needham. Evidence for the prosecution /snowed that' accused aiid the complain- : ant'were both expressmen, and . were outside the,. Government Railway Station, where accused attacked Needham without provocation ariaSs'ed. the language complained of. .On tlio accused was sentenced to 21 days';'imprisonment, and on-, the'second information : a conviction and fine of 205., and costs 305., in default seven days' imprison-' nient, was imposed. " ■ . • '■ i-:';:-.. MISCELLANEOUS. '- r -!A'r.well-dressed young man named Ernest ■ George: ;Kelly,- alias "Flash" Kelly, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having been found by night "without lawful excuse in the dwelling of;Jas.;M'Millan, Lome Street. On tho application of the police, a remand was granted l until Friday,. bail being allowed in the sum qf:,£2s and ono su'retj of £25. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared Tor.', tlio^defence. . Wm'.> Maher, charged with insobriety, was convicted'and : fined 20s., ; with'the' ; alternative of'sevOT days' imprisonment." Nellie Lang- ' vadj John ;stapleton, and Henry Greenfield, ; similarly "charged, were each convicted; and J fined'lOs:'; irt' de'fault 48 'hours' .imprisoriment."" i Joseph : -M'Leod, charged with having been, found; in a state of helpless drunkenness, was ' convicted and discharged, on condition that ■he paid ithe ssm'of 255. expensed. " 'Seven 'first'offenders were charged, six, who'failed to appear, being convicted and fined 10s., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. The seventh . was .convicted and discharged. ■ s <; A prohibition order, to have twelve months' currency in :he Wellington, Newtown, and. Hutt licensing districts, was issued against Arthur 1 Edward Tonks. ■'' )r v " '/V- v £; ; ; ;1 MAINTENANCE. "j' ; ; ; ; ' A {-.sentence' of one month's imprisonment ' wasi'en'tered against Wm.. Johnson" who did not appear in answer to"a' charge, ra .•ing;;''ani.. order for the maintenance of his wife,, aiid five children. . 11* ' ,• ■ Augustus Wm.. Bennetts, cliargcdi with dis- ( obeying, a. maintenance order, failed to ap- ; peiir, ,;and was convicted and sentenced to '14Vdays' iihprisonment, the warrant to bo suspended if the' amount due is paid be■fore'September 18. Frederick Wm.-Beale failed tO'{ appear in answer ,to . a charge of disobedience of an : order for the maintenance of his, wife, and ; a similar charge in reference to, his child. A sentence of ,14 days' imprisonment, was imposed on ' each charge. ' '. ■ APPLICATION FOR . SEPARATION. Ada Einily Ga'v applied for summary ' separation, from' Samuel James Gojv. After hearing-tlie evidence in support*,if tho; application the information was without! 'Costs/Mr.. Neave submitting-"that tho casqi was one . for the . Supremb t , Coui:t,' as under 'Section 11 of the Marrigfl Persons Sumtnary Separation Act, "if, in|hc opinion of'.the -Court, the matter in - question bc- , . the parties . . . would bo / more conveniently or properly dealt wjtli by tho Supreme; "Court, tho" Court .may< refuse to .make an order under the Act/aiid -in such case. ;rio appeal shall lie from, tfior decision .of the) Court." Mr. Blair > appeared for ; applicant. ■ .• w . r■. JUVENILE OFFEND||fest "THE CUOW-BASHERSirGANG." Four/representatives of * a ".band of youthful 1 offenders known as the' : "CHow-Bashers' Gang'V were paraded beforo, the Magistrate . to answer several charges concerned "in doing wilful damage to; various' Chinamen's,;windows in the vicinity of Torj' Street, Ghuznee: Street, and Dixon.'Street. The lads-raiigecl from 16 to 17 of age. "SubInspector Phair explained;' Wat the qualifications i for ■ adritission to "Chow-Bishers' --Gang'!--. were' that" the noniinee ..iniist have broken: the window of ;a'r''Chinaman's shop or. have thrown a .stone'jfajjto a.'sh'op'. ' Nu■.inerous" complaints had;j)'oen received from Chiniimen doing business" in , the district in which jthe gang operated,'and, a constablo in plain clothes was -instructed to watch for 'the offenders. Tlje' : rcsult Was that one of the boys was s\lrfiinoned, and ho gave they names of tho other . offenders. The ' total-amount of the ;'dainage done was csti- ■ mated at £4 Is. lldf 1 but the damaoo that had been done had ( ffeeh made good beforo the'lids came into 'Ctiurt.' '- ' '.His Worship warifed the boys to bo more careful, in future, and entered a conviction and dischargn in each case.