MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M.) HORSE. Patrick Ring, who pleaded not guilty, was fined ,£1 with costs £2 2s. on a charge of/'his having cruelly ill-treated a horse—it was. alleged, among other things, that Ring had beaten the animal over the head with a'stick. ' ' . BY-LAW CASES. , - For having allowed stock to zander at large, Alfred Bradley was fined 55., with , costs 75.; George Bradley, 55., with costs 75.; Norman' Ellice, 55,, with costs 75.; Thomas. Hitchbox, 10s., with costs 75.;Nora'By an, 55., with costs 75.; Victor Russo, 55., with costs 75.; and 'William Brown was ordered to pay costs, 7s. A fine of 10s„ with costs 75., was entered against Walter Miles for hawking without a license. " PROHIBITED. BAIT. X "'James Hansby was fined £2 for having used a.prohibited bait when trout fishing at Kaiwarra. He stated to the Court that he was quite new to the country. ' THE DEFENCE ACT. Convictions were recorded against, and in most cases fines wfere imposed on, the following for breaches of the Defence Act: Llewelyn Mitchell Deslandes, Joseph Michael Faul, Percy . Ronald Harvey, John Sickling, Hubert Thomas Hicks, Frank M. Jenkins, E.' A. W. Sergent, Thomas :Ward ; Swenson, G. Short, .F: T. , .Jones, V. F. Anderson, S. Clayden, John Burns, Norman Cummins, Michael Dec, : Timothy .Foley, ..John .-.Albert Hagan, Gordon .k.~ ■Hesdjfen 1 ,-"'Hubert, XSftSeajUv fen, Leslie. Kiiig, Thomas Kiniiis,' Edgar T.civer,. G., Manifold, Frederick Millman, William Nelson, Walter-Pointon, Albert Roberts; and Jamfes Wilkins. ; ; ' OTKER CASES. For. insobriety, William Barker was fined-10s., r Bernard Cave, . .10s.; andDaniels (alias Dan .Tun); £2.' was fined £3 for having committed a breach of his prohibition order. •William Scott was fined £2 iot- haying assaulted ■ Arthur'H. Potter, and £2 ' for having used obscene language. ■' ■*' Harry Asquith and Joseph Barrett were each' fined for having stolen 2cwt. of coal'belonging to the Westport Coal Co. William J. S. Hayward, on a charge to the effect, that he had failed to keep proper wages • and overtime books, • was committed and ordered to pay Court costs (75.). . v.