MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1187, 24 July 1911, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., ■ ' ALLEGED STABBING AFFRAY. • ON BARQUE DUNCRAG. About' 10 o'clock on Friday niglit an alleged stabbing affray occurred on Iho Norwegian barque- Duncraf, and a man named Charles Swanson was, it is stated, severely injured" about'the-face. The injuries were sufficiently serious to; necessitate the at. tendance of a doctor (Dr. HenTy), who had to stitch tho wounds.' ■ . i: The sequel was the appearance before his Worship on , -Saturday morning of. a man named Julius Jorgenson, a seaman. ; on tho Duncrag, charged with having assaulted Swanson. and caused him bodily I On'tho application of ' Sub-Inspector ! Shcehan, the accused was remanded till I this afternoon. ; CHARGE OF THEFT. > Richard Dans, employed as a night), i watchman at the Pctouo Railway Worki shops, was charged with tho theft of a s quantity of timber and paint, a railway i carriage cushion, and two sheets of glass, ' of the total value of Jill, tho property of • tho New Zealand Government. Tho ac- ■ cused pleaded not guilty, and was veS nianded till July 28, bail being allowed in, tho sum of JC3O. Mr. J. J. M'Grath appeared for the accused. Another man, Wra. Mallinger, Was charged with having received the property alleged to have been stolen by Davis, well knowing- it to have been dishonestly obtained, lie plo-aded guilty, and was remanded for senteneo till July 28. OTHER CASES. ! A woman named Annio Jackson, charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, was - remanded till Wednesday, July 26. ! Four first-offending inebriates were convicted and discharged with a caution. A fino of 205., with tho option of seven. ! days' imprisonment, was imposed upon . Jacob Hague, convicted on a charge of ! drunkenness. : An inebriate named John Sheriff, who> ' was let off with a caution for having boen ' found in a drunken condition, wae '. mulcted in a fiuo of 40s. for resisting J arrest. _______^__