MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 459, 18 March 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

PASES

{Before Mr,' AY; Q. Kidctell, S,M.); . - . A number of person \vhp hail the ioliday in advance, \vere before tjio ye§terd;iy morp.jnr; tp answer tp charges- of drunkenness. One ißftle nud pno feinale first offender yere qud. discliargc(j, an(| anothpr.- male, withruq previous convictions , against him, V'as: convicted and fined 55., in 31 inVprisoniuenl.' On Honry \Vm. Siiiciair and Wm. Whiteside, alias M'JJiitly, his Worship fipes pf Ids.,';, or 43 hptifs iinpnsqnmppt. jllpyeucci M'Bonald \vas (jpuvicte'ct ai\« n)\cd 2Q§.', tp ;h----fault seven dm ! i'raprisimmont. On fi charge of being'an idje ijml (lisprdprly ' person,- • Writ Jane Jlj]|, ''flliais Bennett,. *|* convicted and renmnijed tq March 1!), with a . view , to'ascertaining "whftfiej accpimiioclatjon can be found for. hev in 'fefi HftWatipn Arpiy Home. " "' • .- For assaulting M«iy Oockhnrn, l\fttp AYi]spn, alias Bethune', was corivio'ted t>yid f'.Hfd 4P s; > I .with an alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. A XOTORIOTTS OFFENDER. . "Absolutely the womari of lier- clfiss in ■Wellington"'was the character given by SubInspeotor Bhair tq Jifinnie Aldridgel yho apt pegreel in tha'dpek ph a charge of 'loitering in Waterloo Qiiay. Accitse'il had i 2 previous conV victions against her njip\e,"the list including a large proportion of the plfences in the criminal calendar. • . The evidence in 'the . case showed that she did T.wy.-little.. wp,v!v t pniy .a week or bo occasionally, and tl(<m returned t(j her for-, mpr habits.'ln sentencing her his Worship said: "4-.ghprt sentence is of very little use tp 'an offender-like you."but the law (Toes'not allow me to impose - anything but short sen-, tonce. Tpii ■ will bo- cpn\4cted' and seiitcncei) to one month's imprisonment.'' , ' 4 CAB WINDOW. "I, suppose I have'to plead guilty whether I remember it or not'' was : tho answer pf Wm. Greie, in reply to a charge of 'being drunk and emasliing (the window of a cab. -His Worship accepted a plea of not guilty, and evidence was therefore called to sho\v, that Constable Wilton arrested accused for insobriety in '$annerq; fifcl' ce t' at .8.15 oi) Mptiday night. being cpnveyeq in i) call to the Polfpe Station ac'c,i)se(r t^carfle : yiqlent,,. awl kigljed'th'a windw of the 030, dajp,aging'it to the.extent" of 35'sl " • " . On the charge of' drunkenness a conviction i ai\d finp/of 55., in default 24 hours' ivuprigonment'yerel' impn'setl,^arid pn' the charge of damaging, the" cab'' window accused was convicted and fined 10s., and. ordered to pay expenses,: deluding thp damage to ftie, vehicle, tq thj', ainpunt pf 215., in default'seven days' .ipw pnsonment. : - ./ 'A 01? ?OQTS,.' > A charge of stealing a pair of boots, the pro T perty of Guy Cockburn, was prpfprred against Malcolm Bethune,* aliaiij' \ : ■ Guy .Cpckburn,' VabpurerV stated that,'on Mareh \if Jie-fpund accused ffld hjs wife in a room in"witness's' house'.' ■" Accused stated that he had. been invited there by'a'uian pained Quinn; who rented the. room, ' but witness ordered, him out and, on the "following Saturday, missed the pair qf boots. He identified theinas the pair accused was wearing. ■ Evidence, was alsp ! given .by.Mary Gockburn, wife of : the last and Constable Austin; Giving evidence on . his own behalf, accused , stated thatj he bought the boots' from a man named Quinn. Quinn,' was called and denied this. .A- cenvictipn and'sentence pf 21 days' imprispnment'were imppsed. ■ : MQUJJT COOK PpIJCI] COUfiT, . At the Mount Cook Police Court yesteplay, before Mr. , John Smith, J.P., Charles Stevens,' charged witl) ijispbripty, wrs pneji. ,'in ' fault, 48 hours' imprisonment. .' John O'Leary ponvicted and (Ji^hargpd;