MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

> (before Mr. 'W.. 'G) Riddell,. S.M.) , :V ■.' ■^'HARDLy;^W;'-WHAT;3rjiypiD.";^ . !A:giil ,qf riineteon plcaSei :guilty to,hi.ying exposed, ; her.newly-born'child at .Sennran;,- m suoti aWayas would -pause injury to, its health. Mr.. J.'; J. "Derine appeared for aconsed ;..: ~; ;; :• Chief-Dctectivo Broberg' 'said that, the, girl 4 parents, Wellington. '-Her .mother.was a hdrd-working, respectable wornan, but her father'was "not , 'much ; .Good.";Accused _nad been committed to tin, orphanage, and had been licensed but .three months, ago: tp. the , .service of: a .lady it :Seatoun. ; While' Kef. mistress waa'absent from home on December, 1, shei gavebirth to a feuialo child, which .was . found iindor a tree near the house. It was nono the, worso for its-experiehcpl andmother and .child had since been cared for by; the Solvation Army. He .personally.knew. a. lady,;, by yrhom accused ,'had -been .employed, ■ and she sppKe very highly of the girl s ability' imd. character.' Mr.' Define said thkt the. girl-harilly- knew what ;she l ; |id. Sho had.been anxibu.3,that:her mistress siibuld'not kio*.what'had.'happoneq. She .was still under the .charge of the Education Department, an d being repentant, might be spared fuither punishment.': She bably 1 bo iput.iilto:. ono'of the \ in6titunone. (foudsel pointed 'ait that• the girls charactef; , ' except' for. this, lapse, was irroproaob.able, and :|her- lato mistress at, Seatouft .was wflliDgltO'jtake .her back.- ■~ ■■•• .■■::■:, :-/;.«; The,toaßistrato.wartied tho:mrh andordeied her tosbmeup for sentence when called.upon. ■,-• :■.•'■■'-'/'-.'[■;■■.•'.-■ '-.■■•■-■ -'■ ■•■ •.•-■;■■: ; i- -i: ~/.:\

/';.:;/ ; iijj :TWOvB]DEGLARIES. ;;. ■■ yi/-\ ■.'.-'i Edwin t'oulds pleaded, guilty ip.;ihfo_ch'argesof breakiij'j and ehtqring and theft: -The, first chargb - was that ho; eutered , the:. houso ( .oJ Charles' Thomas Harold' Brown, at PaeVakaiiki, andstplH-32 ss.' worth of property,-, belonging, to Guyf*?.tham.. : His : second .offence was' 1 the burglary-'tW tho Wellington -Cleaning Company.'s pr6mis(js.-iKi"»ai,. which;,-ho;? admitted .having. stolenC-Jp/jediitt, postage;stamps, ; and, aid-: in cash, ,thp';Froperty. ,°* - Albert /John Wbito and another.' ? '' v , '-■'■ ■; •.".'■.. - ■'-,■.■■'. v , '- V;; '■ - Detectivo Catsells istated that accused,, when a3ked■ regarding'tho:J?aekakariW matter re r , plied; .".Correct; I .broke in the door, with a log 'of wood." : -;-,',.-.'■-•.■•■: ■..'•..':'.■■■;'.!'!;■.''■■•■■..■:'■;■.'•.■■•..; •■: : : ; Connolly.gayo ovidencp that acoused admitted^to him.that he ; had 'stolen , the.stamps, and money from' the '.Wellington Cleaning. Cpmpaiiy,::in whose employ./hb' had been , at one time. , ■■"" ■■ ■'?,''•■'-''■ ■'■'■■ ■''■"■' ■'■.'"' " :y ■'" ■•' '■■ ,;, i ! ; . • i Accused, was committed ,to. thp Supreme Court fbrJentence. ; r ■■■ '^.l.'iX'' : -'= ■ ''s - : -

;';:;':'.;■',:; ,;.-:.■ OTHER 'CASps. , ::v :-' ; - V:';';.;.: !A first'oifehder- foT'oipnkensess,'was , ordered to'pay 10s. 6d/medical : .espen'ee3, in default :'43. hours .was convicted .■ and discharged,, .'and .a..third, who did not appear," was fined 10s;, ■ in' default 2-t.hours. Hugh. M'Dougall; alias' Adams,-, who admitted having. been';fbund>.drtuik bnLambt'pfl Eailwiy Station, :Svas'fined 205., or seven'days.- ', :Hsnry, Britcliff was 'charged; withj the. com : , missibt" : 'of' a' se'rioris- oSen'cp .'at, Christchurch in,' January, last. On. ihe.appUca.tionof Chief-; Detective'Broberg, accnsed ; was.rpirianded. until Ijecemb'er 29.''..'.., : -'i>: -.,-. j/;..'..: '.1-'-''■■■.,' ''.;'■■;■...' ■'/■■.