MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

••■■.:■■ (Before Mr. W. G. EiddeH,'S.M.) - : '--' .THE CAREER OF piASDE Sit-VA. ■;■■ Dins do Silva, a short, swarthy-looking foreigner, appeared in: tho .dock to answer to ten Separate charges of stealing from one Noah Cohen, by whom tho Reused had been employed as a travelling: hawker of jewellery. The- articles specified in the charge-sheet. to have been '.appropriated totalled £M 10s; in value, and, as- stated in evidenco by ChiefDetective. Broberg, involved separate offences at various'places in New Zealand, spread over a considerable period. Accused pleaded guilty. ■ Chief-Detective Broberc said, that the accused had not /previously- been before the Court, but was known as a man of bad reputei He-had been given about £300 worth Of jewellery' to hawk about the country, but had led a fast life, drinking, gambling, had run short of cash, and .taken to pawning and selling articles of .-jewellery; Most of the articles had sinco been recovered. .".-•,. .. . -' \ ' Accused was convicted and sentenced to oue year's imprisonment on each- charge,; the terms to be concurrent. ■ -, ':'• /'■'■■.■ . The' chief-dotectiye asked for an: order for the return.,'of the pawned articles on payment of the. valiie. of tho pledges.:' ""'.': :".. "■.. Mr. O'Leary.rwho appeared for Noah Cohen, submitted that the fioods should be surrendered without payment,', The statute' allowed it. The facts were that certain pawnbrokers had 6howri great, carelessness in receiving the -articles .-'in pledge, and: his client should, not on that account.'be rdquited to red%;n ,'•.. .... Chief-Detective Bribers having adduced evidence in rebuttal, his Worship, 6aid the OTidpnco of the . chief-detective on the N >T>oint must hold, and his application would therefore, be granted..; , : . ; , :: . *?\

".;'....;' -AN IRRESPONSIBLE DRIYEE. ; ; David Barry and:Mary , ,Tane.Barry appeared'; on:, remand, tho former charged .with, having been drunk, while, in'charpq.of a-vehicle, and! the latter with' furiou*- driving. ■ . ' :. It was stated in evidence by Sub-Inspector Norwood that the pace -at which the. vehicle Was; being driven in Willis -Street on rritlay; last, was .not'only :.ab'normally fast, but ata certain stage the driving became' very-erratic. Both accused wero'intoxicated; . ,'■■'■ -■' ~' -'.•' •;••' ■.Subsequently this charge against David Barry ■was..amended to one of, drunkenness:only, and upon that ho.was convicted and fined 55., with the' option- of .24..hours' 'imprisohiflent.. Mary Jane Barry, was convicted of ' furious drivinfi '■and fined'2o«.,-with the option of seven .days I imprisonment.'' : i -v. : \.'.\: . ' ; ':.■ ,'....'.'.'■ ..'".

■':. '.:;'■: ;>'--.-a fbactiotjs;inebriate.:;■ ■.: ■;' ,- ■ Guy Oockburn. ■ (once proviou^ly ■,■''..convicted) bedanie:inebriated on- D«ceinber-.18,-he was- subsequently -arrested- on three,charges: First, that second, : that he.did wilfully, damage Bobert'Millar's, vest, thereby, spoiling '.property to' the value of : 205.; and •third, that he i. did ■ unlawfully assault,, one. : George Perkinson,: biting his iiDßers. .Accused ■pleaded guilty to the cnarge of,drunkenness, admitted-damaEinß-Millar's vest-and expressed his; willingness to make good the amount qt the damage, but' said ho J\ad no. recollection. that he bad: bitten: George Perkinson's fingers. /.On the .first,'.count; accused ivas, convicted and fined; 105., : With the.' option of 48; hours'. imprisonment; on. the' second, he. was convicted, .fined: 203., and. ortlercd' to pay also tho valuo Of,:the vest, ,205.,;..0r,' in default,, go to .prison ■for 1-JV days;,for; biting. Pcrkirisoii's .fingers, he was convicted and. senteuced to. 14' days , ■•■;■!. : .-\V' : . / v . ; : ; :-.•■'■..' ■ ; ,

;-;:.i ; ! ; ;jYSSA'DM , ; : ; : ; ■ : :.'-Mi^-'Wo'HihiipV J :d6Bit-;yery..sharply''!witii -Wil-. pleaded '.:guilty '.to' having ■unlawfully. : assaulted ! , Constable .Datid Stew;art while, in .the. eiecution of his duty. ,'vSnbInspectbr, Norwbpdj on • behalf of. the police," .said that the accused had: kicked. the constable." .'Atcused; in/extciiuation of his ' : offenc6, ■' ox-.-,plairiod that''he wrs.drunk- at the' time, and did not. know .what, he-.was'..doing; 1 ,..He. WR3 .convicted 'and '-fined'. ,£3,. witlii" the '-option -of. -.'spending-.three , , tfecks.in' gaol. : ,■ -....,' ; ■. '-'■'. 'r ■''■■■

■ ,BKEACHES;OF ; THE 'LICENSING'ACT.'., f.'iiSevdrpi'.-i'personsV'-eppearcd'' iii. ; answer"■':to, charges of/having committed .broaches:'of the Licensing;: Act.: ; Three' young mon,■.••■.' Ernest Cdppardj.Donald'Georco.-Bankin, and;■ Frcder-' ick Young, pleaded guilty, to haying .been found. iiu.liceiised ; '.prcmises--th6':.Thistle-; Hotel—on ' Sunday, .December, 12,'i'and.'*eerf6 f eicli, convicted and .fined iOs.i .Court.'costs. 7sij : .ifitH'thO: option' of seven 'days'vimt>risonm;ehfc. '."■- •>'.)' •'"■■■■■' ■■■■,; ■"/. • Two '■■':.' other&irGerald'■'... : ; O'Dpriqgliue •.•'•.•; arid Daniel, Y.;\?hilp : "-wqre .each ,":. convicted '. ;: of Haying been-found in the I'alace Hotel after olosing hours on/ the evoning, of Saturday,' Docomber 11,'ari'd fined'2o3.;VCouit'^costs:9s., 1 with thp.i6pttpni.of: sey.eiildays'- imprisonment.. On an'jidditibnal. 'charge, of .hiving'given ;'a! false' name' and'address, O'Dpnpgliuo was convicted and.'fined,2os., , Court 1 costs 9s.', or,'-in default, seven days', imurisonment.;' '.:'.: ; .';'.. :' : . ■'•'■' v ;'•'.';■:

INSOBRIETY. Two first offenders wore convicted on charges of drunkenness, and lined 5s each, with the I option of 21 hours. Mary Rooney, with one previous conviction agaiwt her name, pleaded guilty to a charge ol diunkennes", and was faned 10s, with the option of 48 hours' imprisonment Lizzie Gilhbc, ■»ho had been twice previously convicted on chili ges of drunkenness, and described as an old offcndei, was convicted on a charge ol drunkenness, to which she pleaded guilty, and fined 20s, or, in default, a uook in prison. With ono previous conwetibn against his name, George Gray pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, cud was fined 10s, with the option of 48 houit, in prison Gornld Ottirson, who did not appear, was conuctod on a charge of drunkenness, and faned 10s, with tho option of 24 liburs' imprisonment. Harr) Ivcson, once pioviously convicted, pleaded guilty to n. charge o£ having been drunk, and was convicted and fined 10s, with tho option ot 48 hours' imprisonment. * Edward Collins alias Edward Donovan, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drank in Manners Street on Docember 11, and was connoted and ordered to pay 17b. Gd, costs of curative treatment, or, in delault, undergo 48 hourt>' imprisonment.

OTHER CASES. ' ■ To a charge of-having been drunk and disorderly in Taranaki Street on December 18, James Loich pleaded guilty, and was convicted and fined 405., with tho option of seven days' imprisonment. Ho denied having used indecent language on that occasion, but v the charge was proved, and ho was convicted asd fined 405., with' the option of fourteen days' , imprisonment. Thrco months' imprisonment was tho punishment meted out to Duncan M'Call, a farm labourer , -'from the Wavorlcy district, for a rather serious offenco on Thorndon Esplanade on Saturday last. A young man named William M'Mahon was oharged with having Criminally assaulted a littlo girl under four years of age, at Kilbirnie. on December 16. Mr. Jackson, who appeared for the accused, asked for and was granted a remand until Wednesday, December 22, bail being allowed at .£25, and ono surety of a similar amount, x