MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 502, 8 May 1909, Page 15

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

t s \ (Before Mr. W. G. Rkldill, S.M.) FOUND IN THE GARDEN. ' POLICE ATTRACTED BY SNORES y;:.::-"Hearing some person' snoring in the gar- • don, tho constablo went in and found tho accused asloop vmdof .tho'trefs." .Such was •,r tlio oxplunotioa jof Sub-Inspcctor Phair *• • to, how an old'man,- named William Moore, ■was arrested on a charge of being, a. rogue ■■■■■ and vagabond, -within the meaning of taa • Polico Offoncwj Act. lO®, -in that hs .was found by night, at 0.30 p.m.', without liwful : excuse, 'in the garden of Mr. R. H. Biskop's prennsea, Thorndtm .Quay,, .. / ■ -ft.! Aocus&i admitted that he. .was sleepinc in -tho garden, but;indignantly denied tn» sue-: ; pestion that be was a rogue and vagabond, jHo mentioned that h» ltaf £10 due,to htm. His Worship remarked that the acre fact 1 that ■ accused had been ' found sleeping in ~the garden made him a rogue and vagabond •,witbin : the meaning of tho . Act, whether ■ he' had money or, not. Accused wbuld be - Convieted, and oritered to come up for sonteiico whon called on. TIRED 01*, THE COUNTRY ' Thomas Albert Lopper, .a:man,undor.middle age, was charged with, being au. incoi;?. ; tigiblo roguo withm -tho moaning ■of . tho Polico Olferioes 'Act, ,1908, Un-that- ho -had : insufficient lawful means .of support, and had been previously convicted of. Jboing a roguo and vagabond. , , i' AcoMed oleoted .to bo tried by a jury, ■ but later said ho did not carojhow, .tho. oaso ■was dealt with. 'He was tired of thO'.MUiir. ;.ctry,v'and',cpuld^ii^- , Bet!-put ; pf.ji^thi9T.,ooiiltl V:'do 'what';they,.likedwith',-hlm.';^.On ■ : plication of the police a remand to . Wednes- :, day nest was granted.. ' ; 1 . ~ After considering-things for,|a, ; fcw. hours,, accused decided to alter his decision, _atid to ■> bo 1 tried 'summarily. s i: As -'a'.result, .he '-was brought boforo tho Court in the .afternoon, and pleaded guilty to tho charge. ' Sub-Inspeotor Phair informed , t»o, vourt ■ that-accuse<l: had-,only, beotl .discharged from gaol on ]?obruary 11. Ho had vious convictions against him, including theft from a dwelling; being illegally on premises, - assault ami robbery,: vacancy .(8 charges), and drunkenness..-: Aeetistd had:beeti : sleeping , out at Kaiwarra,Crofton, and Jobnsonvillo. ■ Continual complaints had oonio to.hand from ' ladies;, who liad. been frightened, by vagrants in the districts named. . i , - • --His Worship-remarked that accused had immorou? convictions against him, and, would be sentenced :to twelve months'; imprisonment.-; THREE UNDESIRABLES CONVICTED. . Vagrancy ctiarges preferred ag.iinst '■ '.three strongrlooktng.joiing. mon, John ~Pe*'r.- . son, John Byrno, Androw Cu,thbertsoni romandod, from Thtltsday.: :.Pearsfltt ■ and ■ were charged (1) with having insuf- > fic.ient lawful moans of support; and (2) with habitually consorting ' With- roputcd thieves ' and prostitutes;- 1 \ Cuthbortson :was ~ chargcd •'with- habitually, consorting. with ■■ .reputed ■i.thieves .and'::'prostitute«; Tho three -defend- - iants; pleaded ..not guilty, f ; Evidence was - given : ■ by Detective Cassolls and ConstabW Stevens that the : . accused-. Men had been ' living. l in. a houso of ill-fame for the past few weoks, and'had been doing little or no work.' . All three'state<l that'they had been work- • sought;' .. rp - gi'bund' for ;tho. charges;... Byrn® 'jexhibi; - a damaged linger. l to account for bis abstinenco from work.' His Worship held -that-eacn of tho men must?boi convicted- of-consorting, but Byrno would'be given^the-beneht'of_ tho fact that his injured hnger ; prevented him. 'from Tforking.. Pearson,,.would he convicted .and sentenced to ' thfeo. months' imprisonnient on i each charge,-the .sentences to bo concurrent, ilyrno would bo sentenced-to-three months' • lmphSonmeniPfor (ioilSort'iMg, -ahd;the other. ■ information: against 'htm would bo dismissed. - would be',sentenced to one .nionth's'imprisonment. - Mr. Meredith- ap- ■ peare'd 'for JByrnOiand iCuthbertspnjitandJ.Mr.: , O'Lcary appeared for Pearson. ■ AN UNUSUAL CHARGE. Robert'Heoterson failed -to appear' on ,a .. shargo of singing an. obscoinS Bong within the- hearing of persons passing in a public piaco, Penrose Avenues After hearing tho '■ evidence for- the prosecution, his Worship dismissed, tho i information,.holding that .the ■ Court could not conviot under the, seotion, as tho song was. not heard by : passers-by; although several persons in houses-had heard , WANDEIUNG STOCEj. For allowing stock to wander on the public 'streets, hnes woro:imposed as' under:— ErneStßrake, Cecil Graham," Robert Hare, Jas.'ffi-Mooro, and Joseph AValker, and • costs>7s'. ,each;,Johru Bassett, Robert Doug- . lasj' Gilbert Haro,' Albert-Nealon, -Elizabeth . Robertson, and Frank Walker, and costs 75.: each; Helon •; Cotter,' .Mary Fealey, and \Ym; <A. Hart,, ordered to pay costs 7s. each. BREACH OF THE .RAILWAY-; BY-LAWS. Mrs.', Agnes Rowlands, who pleaded not guilty ,to naving. trftvolled -in a Government , railway carriage from iTo Aro .to. Petono, '% -withoutVJiaviiig ./paid: the proper: faro, was lined Is., and costs 9s. ,