MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

■,V; ;• !{Dcfore Mr/W. G.;Riddoll, S.M.);;, ■';.• - -TWO SERIOUS ASSAULTS. '•■<.'A'., strongly-btiilt 'nian. named David Bates' Was charged .that on Nbvomber, 30 ho did'assault. Margaret Sheehan so.'as to cause her actual bodily :harm.; ■ y ; ' : :. • Mr.' Meredith appeared for tho defenci and asked for a romnnd as he had just been ill; structed to appear., '~.'..■ • r;Sub-liispector,';Norwood opposed■'• the remand • as defendant, having; been remanded twice. air roadyj had had plenty, of opportunities'of engaging counsel.. -.: .'.,-.-.'.•;.■', ;'. '■;. ■ His Worship refused to' grant; another remand so the case was proceeded with. ...i. .:Dr. Simpson, house surgoon at.tho Wellington Hospital,, said that;ho examined-Margaret : Shechan when -sho-'was- taken to. tho hospital and found that she was suffering from severe bruises .about tho'bodyand faco, : and three oiits,' one.on;.the .left i.tw'o oh the brick of \the right .leg..'. Evidence : was : also called to prove tho assault: Margaret.Sheehan, in her ovidonce, stated that accused struck and kicked her and then cut hervyith a knife. .; ■ Mr. MereditU; asked that-the charge be.reducedtp.! one-of.Vconimon,assault,; ..His Worship agreed to.reduco the charge to-one. of aggravated assault; upon a: female, and ; to this accused pleaded guilty. . ...Out; of this :oharge arose another,-.as it appeared: that after Mrs.Sheohanihnd been as-saulted.-she went to :Mrs; Elizabeth Dowsett for protection. Accused followed ,her, and- on December, 2-assaulted Mrs, Dowsett. ■'•■*.,.■■.;•■ >■■;. : On.-the charge, of, assaulting' Mrs.: Sheehan licensed was sentenced r to four v months'•.imprisonment, and on the charge .'of .''.assaulting. Mrs. Dowsett, to one month, sentences to be concirrront. • ; -'■■. , : .,' ' Bcforo accused was taken aWay ;to gaol, Mrs. Sheehan went up and shook hands with him. _ V; ATTEMPTED. STJiciDEJ .;;: ,-.'.'.':',' "I plead-guilty,; but. I did.'not intend to do it, said John Driscoll;.when-.charged with having attempted to commit suicide on December 14. .'■;• .'.-" '....- "•'; :•.'-■ ;..;',-;.- V Sub-Inspector jforwood. asked for: a.' remand tovDcccmber 22, which .was granted..'.,-:"., ;vv . viV'Jr:MAINTENANCE. ;--;. ''■'/■)',.; ■ Alexander Aiteheson entered a guilty ..to,' 1 charges' of 'failing to. comply with maih ; .- ■tenance -orders, the arrears 'amounting to ,£27 6s. 1 :: On each charge a.sentonce of one month's imprisonment was imposed, sentences to bVcon'.current.'.; y'■ v- ■-.■'... ■'■■ ~.:./., : y-\'-y- . ■ ••'■ " ~';:: -■;,■:";■ othee; : '(.-\ : .< : yy \'Henry Taylor, alias Pegtopi rSleaded guilty to being an : incorrigiblo -. rogue in that! he had insufficient'lawful means; of, support and' had been'-previously convicted- of. being, a rogna and- vagabond. "Having' a .bad record for. vag-rancy,-defendant was sontenced to six months'' imprisonment. : : '% :' ■' -■■'■''■■•''■'.■i-'' : .':-v-"' " ■<;: One first-offending inebriate -was .convicted and .discharged, and another .was fined ss.i in dofault >t hours'..imprisonment. I: 1 ~,' ■: ■;; , ; ,y MOUNT; COOK POLICE;:c6dET.;; : At the' Mount Cook-Police Court yesterday, boforb'Mr.M;"'Si Lambert, J.P.V Holiry r Thomas pleaded guilty to - being: drunk' : , in\. Tarahaki Street.': He i had heon' four' times• convicted .on similar'charges.during six. months." This i.was his ; , fortieth conviction, and, he ■:. had: recentlyspent ;a year;in the.Pakatoa.Home. Acoused,- ; w;ho is a.strong 'able-bodied man,, was declared , an'habitual.-drnhkard,:,and'sentenced, to three months',lmprisonment.' Edwin .Foulds'jpleaded guilty to -'.drunkenness' in''' Cambridge' .Terrace;' andHwas finfcd 10s., with^the-alternative;of 48 hours, in ga01..; Walter iPatriok.Millane pleaded l guilty to. .being drunk 'and ; disorderly: in the early,, hours of'yesterday,; morning,':: and was. ■ fined.2os;i ; ..with;'the option of.-three;days' incarcerotion. ' An old man pleaded guilty.; to in-, sobriety, and,' this being liis.first; offence, he ' was .convicted and', discharged.:,;, ■£,';.-'; V.-y.. ■ ..,