MAGISTRATES COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 521, 31 May 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATES COURT.

■ (Before Mr.W. G-Kuldcll. S.M.) .... m ALLEGED THEFT OF A CHEQUE. r' : Edgar John Bi Clough appeared on remand. ;! In answer 'tp,a:charge;of.stealing.a •; '' '"John E. Bethwaite, ironmonger, Nelson, js.tatea !thatfhe .came; overto'Wellington .on _April;2o, -' and .remained until /April 21. On his. 'arrival : vhe' possessed ' the' oheque /(produced)/ which' he car'ried : in a wallet in. his: inside pocket.';,Wit- 1. ;nes3 ;saw accused on April 23,: and^had' known 'hith-before'ln NMson;;?''Witness >,itnd : .Clough 'visited a.. friend,' aridsubsequeritly'/had;- several; , drinkWUbut/Witness-.was .quite -;sober< . He .did, i;not v rive; accused (tho. nor! had'ho ;b'or-.' towed any .'money :■ from '/accused.- to go to the Vaces. i: -He: didilnot/owe ;accilsed' any money. .On '>:baclc.-• . intra) ationili that tho.Vcheque;had "been .put ' through'' th.e'ibank. vThi's \was: :th9, first, timo; that had .missed it, !nnd ; .he-reported the 'matter! ■' >;at -.poison!; • During the'; Clougtf iiv'efeitog'ether;'' witness ■ pulled' out"! the : ijivallet',, containing. the ,'cbeq ue, ; . and. ho !'may halve.'. dropped ' it. then. ■ ' Witness mad6,ottt;another ''chet]ut>, for, jfelO.Vand ;'acbused '.was/fd;6ash; : it ■ for'^him.^but.-;witness. • got it back and cashed it liimwslf. ; Under •' ;crossrexaininationj'::: lastintr\ '.'three-, ■quarters :pf \an .'li'o\ir,? witness admitted '.that he and'-'acoused were friendly, but he 'would not- ■ havs;;lent; Clough 'money.'.{When, the trouble arose,/it t was :quite likely that he would'; not" '■ haTOifrtit 'th« .nriritter iin ,tfie' liands of th® police •-! it -.he-hadiknown : it' was Cloujh. • He did not into 'a ! .'row; - and i.ha-rins . his ifljfc' out,'; ihoitremember. anyone, re.';iusing Jbl'cash'';a';ch.e.qnajfdr. : .him,: andi saying that :no over .hero on>. the' drunk..

4He 'did wine a lot of powder ..over one .of. th'e-girls. at the Hotel Cecil. \ He would not sweat lie did . not. . r. ; . ! " V Ellen'? Parsonage," licensee of- the ;Wliakatu .•Hotel, • Nelson,; and? mother-in-law,.' of '..the pre-, vious witness, 1 "also; gave evidence. rAt this stage .the; case > was adjourned .until ■;Jnne;2. CHARGE OP ASSAULT. 'PeterVWiiliamson .Tait,'; aVclert,'pastvmiddlo'' on a charge of having assaulted ,one David M'Call, a labourer, so as to cause him actual bodily harm. ,Station Sergeant vDarbjr; asked ' for a remand to June it, stating that the injured man : waa.iri hospital. Although 'no- serious. ;result a were expected, ha was . .not . in : a position to attend : the Court.-; Bail ; the sum of i£so, ..bnd .two .sureties; of>*£2s ;jeaohi\ T ~; y i\.; -"rfiVrj/ OTHER CASES. '^'vCath'eHrie ! '.THatbber.:ipieadS- , 'npt ; '-(^ltyV^to- i being, an incorrigible rogue- withinv the, mean- ' Ing of .the Police Offences Act, : 1908,; in, that she-' ■ had lawful -means of 'support and. ; had previously been'.convittttL a'rp'gue :rindvagabond.,-Station-;Sergeant-'-Darby informed the Court that accused.l)ad'24,'pfevipjjs' • convictions against herVf-.'^A'^sentenceiVofv-sw, Y months'' ;imprispnmeht.;was ).-% ■\/> GebrgßivWrn./'Jackso'^^^^^ V' victions against ; him'f6r drunkenness,' qiunofor-; ;?.;wbd',in;-answer; : t6 .the ; jaxty-first.'charge,' and; ';.^as,;;remanded; : for. \sentehce; until-'®June: 2, 1 in ; v...order .'.that,.inquiries' Vmight vbe 'rmade.r'as, 'to .Tfhethßr.vthira'jis'- aijy . room"'.for,' him 'in the V Pakatoa Inebriates'. Home. .= John Murphy- was r;;. ( ftned;2(b'^:iii;^fanlt^mVdft^'MprisbUeDi - for drunkenness,• and. Martha Stringer, and Wm. , yM'Kay, similarly charged.'wero each fined 10s., In dofault 48 hours' imprisonment." .' - ' ■; ,v.. > 'Two .first offenders'for,drunkenness-were.'each fined : 55.; / /Another.. . 'tfiarged. . t 'ii 'i-