MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2128, 21 April 1914, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

—*- CBWAWWN CASES SEVENTEEN MSN BROUGHT UP. As tho result of the- police raid or vertaia premises in Haining Strcel j.irly on Sunday morning, seventect 3hincsc appeared before- Sir. D, G. A 2<joper, S.M., at the Magistrate , ! 3ourt yesterday toaiiswer charges un ier the Gaming Act. All Yep was charged that, being the jccupier df certain premised (No. 1! Haining Street) lie used the same as s 3ftmm»3U gaming house. Ah Geo wai charged with assisting i» the manage inent of this, house, and Jog Leej Yc< 3ee, Gw, Ah turn, Jim Mec, t/e< tog, Tin Bow, Alt 'Woiig. Ah Sam 3h& Toiigf Ah Yung, Tai Lee, .Wong Ah Hoe, and Ah Yuan, were lruMnda »Uy charged with 'being found on ' th< premises, ■■••* i ' Mr. .T. F. AY. DicfcsoMi *hf» appearet for n.H accused applied, for a remand ta i week, and also.asked fof bail^ Inspector Hendrey had no oftjectior bo tins ooWss being foltewcd. The Magistrate granted tail as fol tows:—Ah Yep flnd Ah .Gee, £100 cash tlio othef defendants,'£6'etch. ~ HAZARDS ON THE:WHA»F. Jwsoph Belliamin pleaded ga'Atj to ; charge of ha'vitig played a game . o. chance, te tfit, haisarde. • Inspector Hendroy statod thattlio dc fejidftiit had teen -cauriit pining tlr< game on the niWf.' '11)6 .gamo has be Dofne a nuisance on tho sVatefrctit,' stated-«ho ittspector. "Scouts aro pu out and-Cvi?ry possiblo , precaution i, takein to prevent disGovery. . In spib of repeated-fiufes. this form of gartiblfaf is still common." Mr. Dicksan, who eppeatedi for th< defendant, stated tliavhis cKent was i married man with two children, am tiia wa? his firet appearance won tho Oettrfc. ' • ■ ~■ . Under• tlwcircunistanccs the- Magvs trate imposed a fine of £1, iit iMaui thtee days'' imprisonmesb- • MAINTENANCE CASES. \ Herbert Ernest Ry&n,,wh©.«a.s'"£2S: in arrears in respect to a. maintonane , ofdw, was sentenced to six jnouthd , ' iin prrsdiiment., the vmianb to b;j Sußpend ed so long as dcfendajit paid £1 p«: v.-eek on. tho present order arid 2&, 6d por week'towards decreasing tho ar rears. -.-.. .; • • ■ Other mainteuanee cases were as fol low :■—Hugh was sentenced t< ono saoHth's imt>Tisonment, the wa.rran: to bft Buspfindcd So Jong as he paid £ per week: Arthur La.tfl.ing waa eehtene e& to oiie month's iijiprisoiiment,' tb vairant- to. \x> suspended so loAvbM h ,pays"£l per. tv-eeki Robert ..A.Jl'Oallua was sentenced to "two months ,, ' ittiprifiO!) ment, tiie warrant-to.bo.&itspendod s< long in he pays £1 per week off a,r rears, in addition to compiying-' ftitl 'the presijftt order? Francis Yvm> Col< was ordered to pay £1 per. week to wards tho support of his wife; Alfrei IMtchard was- ertasd to pas 10s. »e week toivarde the support ot hm wife MISCELLANEOUS. Jtfh.il Sinclair, who pleaded' guilty U tho'theft of a Meyole valued at £o, thi property of soma person utikfttpwii, *» remnndea , lot sentence for a. week. For a breach of hie prohibition orde: Joseph Johnston tfas fined £i. : .. Mzftboth Buelttnaeter ttpjwawd' ,fo seiitenio on tt ch-arge of being *n idl and disst-deriy pftrsfln. Sfe. tm. (Jo:tj ■"? for *?"■ temT6 v wfieri ■cSlteS 'ii|Shvon conditaoi that sh» remains in. the SlaAddJa Ho* (Ohristctercii)' fot a- .period of tfrolv months, ; .. ' . /. ■ - ; ,'- For ins.obri(Sty Siia Wm Frederick Montague tfefer etoh fined £1 and' Jinxes Eeir,, Nerll. . ptifr.in," ani Alexander 1 SPDonald. tore fiiiod 10s eaeji,. •.,:...-..