MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 14

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

t (lleforo Mr. W. G. Eiddell, S M.) "" f SUNDAY REFRESHMENTS. f , Two Bly-giog cases were boforo tho Court, ) ' mo of the defendants, Alexander Lindsay, [ pleading guilty. Tho facts,, as stated by tho <■" BuWibpettoi, wore that ft man had boon obF served a fortnight ago to como out of Lindsay's jl house under the influonco'of liquor. Tho man ' had beon ai rested, had hoard of ! it and dcstioyed all tho liquor in his place t before tho polico mndoja laid., Last Snnday, i however, Coflbtablo Kennedy visited, tho house, \ and had no difficulty J in obtaining -liquor. » When a raid was made later 111 tho day, two S dorai bottle? ot beer nero found on the prc- ) ' mises, Lindsay was fined .£lO and costs 75., [ In default one mouth's impnsonmont, l Tho other defendant Alexander 'li'Leod,

pleaded not guilty, but evidenco was called to show that on Sunday, November 21, ho had sold liquor to Constable Price. As this was .hrs. second,.offence, ho was sontonced to six lYreekr imprisonment. , HOMEEESS. An.'old man named Samuel Cate," who had been-sleeping in tramshods and public reserves, was charged with bcmg an idle and disorderly poison, m that ho had insufficient lawful means of support. This was not by any means his first appearance, and his Worship innposed a sentence of three months' imprisonment. "MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A PLAGUE." Dressed in a manner well fitting his trade, Jas. Phillips, described by Inspector Doylo as a colloctoi of rubbish, entered a plea of not guilty to a chargo that on November 15 ho did' suffer' offensive rubbish to be on his premises in Manners Street, so as to causo an offensive smell. Dr. Frongley, in giving evidenco as to tho offensive nature of tho ,r collection," said that it might possibly have caused a plague by encouraging rats. Defendant averred that the collection was not his, the premises were* not occupied by him, and ho had had nothing whatever to do with, the rubbish. His Worship considered the case to be a bad one, and as defendant had offended in a : similar way many times, ho was fined £5 and costs' £2 13s. I STREET BETTING CHARGES. I Two charges of betbngon Lambton Quay woro preferred against Harry Johnson—(l) making a bet with James Cummwgs on the Matamau Dying Handicap at Damiewrke; (2) making a bet on tho Raumati Hurdles. Chief- . Detective Broborg applied for, and was granted, 1 an adjournment to December G. BLOWS. A young, man named Robert Robertson pleaded guilty to a. chargo of having used threatening behaviour in Cambridge Terrace on November IG, v hereby a breach of tho pcaco was occasioned. Sub-Inspector Norwood said that defendant and another man had been fighting,- but the other man had given a false, name and address, and tho police had not been able to get hold of him. : Defendant. excused himself by saying that the other man had assaulted him, and he Jiad retaliated. Ho was fined 20s, and costs 7s, in default seven days "GETTING SATISFACTION." Having leason to believe that a scandal was being spread *m regard to himself, Andrew Clouston (Air. V. Jackson) went to the houso of Thomas Moiri', to "got satisfaction," and he there assaulted Thomas Morris' and .Jane Morns, his wife Subsequently tho Morrises went to the court, and, represented by Mr. Fair, sought satistaction for the assault Clonston was convicted' and fined 20s. on each charge, with costs £1 Is, in default seven days' imprisonment. ; „ TO BE BIRCHED. i-Four juvenile •offenders pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing an oil lamp, valued at 7s. Gd., , the property of CampbeD • and ■•. Bourke. Three of them, aged 15 years, were ordered to recoivo six strokes of the birch, and to pay Is. each towards the cost of the lamp, the fourth, aged 16 years, being ordered to pay Is. 6d. towards the cost of tho lamp. Another juvenile, for usmg obscene langnage, was sentenced to receive sis strokes of the birch. OTHER CASES, James Reid, who pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language -1 m the Wellington 1 Hotel on November 20, was fined £i, and costs 133, m default 21 clays' imprisonment. For selling cigarettes after hours, J. Wong Wah and Co. weio fined 10s., and costs 7s, in default 4i hours' imprisonment. Patrick Cavonagh was again prosecuted by tho Onslow Borough Council (Mr. P. Jackson) for allowing sheep to> wander on tho public road. Ho was fined dOs'.'and costs'.£l Bs. For.; disobeying an order for, the maintenance of his wrfc, James M'Alpino was convicted and sentenced to sCTen days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended so long as 10s a week is paid off the arrears, of ,£2.

■• -Mary .-Hartnel},..charged.'with' importuning, wasi represonted -by ..Mr.iT.: ,W. Jackson/ -who' masked for a' remand h to "'December 6.. This wasgTwited,, bail being allowed in £10/ and' a similar :surety., : ,; . . - ; For insobrietv, twu first offenders were connoted and discharged, and one other was fined 55., in default 24' hours' imprisonment. \ ' ".-