MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 487, 21 April 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr/'W G. Riddoll, S.M.) _ FALSE PRETENCES. • 'A chargo of having, on April 16, obtained i tho sum of 6s. from ono: Michael _ Conway i •.V:.-.';: by.means of a falso .pretence, .with, intent, to dofraud,- w&s preferred against John Stewart. ' According to tho- statement: mado by Chief ; •; Doboctive Brobcrg,: > accused went. to :,:pom- •' plainant and represented that.he had lost v a box containing, deeds, and borrowed , ! ss.m :: ■ for the, alleged purpose• of ■ having duplicates of tho .papers' "made. • ■ Stewart was an .old .- • ; offender, whose misdeeds dated ■ from .189-i | v . ,to '1906, and included theft, and false pre-1 •tences. -A'senten'co of. three months' imprisonment was en'tored. 1 - ■ PUGNACIOUS. ' I "He was,'creating'a disturbance in Grey . -ifcreet, and. wanted.(io 'hght all: and sundry/' :* ©marked Station-Sergeant Darby, referring ■' . to a big, loosely-built - man, ..named.v..Peter 'I /.: Noilson,who pleaded:guilty", to a- charge; of .i ' . disorderly ■■: conduct" whilst . drunk. Accused asked for a chancei io go : to ; a job ion , a ■ ■ steamer, and his ■ -Worship entereda, con-1 -./. viction; . and fine- of 10a., in. default ?, days', imprisonment. . ' 1 ' AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. . Albert Taylor, who'stated that he had just com o down from the country, pleaded guilty - (1) 'to having> committed-, an aggravated . assault on one Elizabeth". Kompton, and (2) to having unlawfully ass&ijlted Walter Kempton'.' Referring: to the; first- charge,' accused, askod. for a. chance, .and intimated that he j would compensate tho woman if possible. In I . - ' asking: that a remand for sentence should : ba : made until April 26, Station-Sergeant I Darby .-.stated- that the woman : had been I • rather, seriously assaulted,: and :was unable I attend the Court. It was understood that i her noso was broken. , OTHER CASES. ';' ' ''A middle-aged man;'-named.Bernard -Smith," appeared in .answei' .to a charge: of-having,:! on April 17j criminally - assaulted a girl un-1 : i . . dor the age of 16.years;; On ! the application- :.' :of Chief, Detective,Brohcrg,: :a - remind -to i Wednesday next was granted. ~ ... . : ...-.One .first , offender -for. . drunkenness, who - failed to appear, was .fined . lOs.y and another ' was fined ss. , i -