MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2241, 29 August 1914, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

DISHONEST BREAD CARTER ' CROP OP BY-LAW CASES A young man named Sydney Kenny who pleaded'guilty to four charges of theft of sums totalling £41 Is. 114 d. rrom Hart Langdon, grocer, of Brought ambtreet, was sentenced to, three months imprisonment on each charge ■ tho sentences to be concurrent. OTHER CASES'. ( Frederick Bell appeared on remand charged with the theft, of seven singlets' from the shop front of Woolf Schwartz. Wotliuig was ; previously knoivn agauist accused, and he,was ordered to come up. for sentence when called upon. ■'■■■••■,'.■ ■ . .-■ ■ .Frank Rumbald, was convicted and disohajged oh tho charge of assaulting Douglas Harrison, and fined.- 10s., : witK coste, for assaulting a man unknown. Iho cases wero tho result of a disturbance on a city taxi-cab stand. j A'seamen's "dispute, arising"out of difference .in' wages, and other things,, caused Matthew Wighton' to proceed against Herbert H. Hall for sureties of the.peace,, in that during the past six _ months defendant -had ■ used provoking and insulting language,' and done offensive acts in the presence of the. complainant. After hearing evidence j tho Magistrate ordered defendant ..to enter into •« recognisance of £20to keep the complainant. Mr. ■ 'D." S. ■; Smith 1 appeared: for : complainant. ■•'.■'■'

, An information against Charles Hinds for using threatening"behaviour in the bar of tho Panama , Hotel , was dismissed. . . '■.-.. ; • .'■ .-., ...,-. Louis'Durholt appeared on remand charged with drunkenness, and with damaging a pane of glass Valued at £2, the property of Frank Dakin. Ho had' previously pleaded guilty. Accused was sentenced to two,months'.im'prisbriinent,- and oi-dered-.to -make , good■ tho damage- or. spend a further .fourteen days in gaol. '.•■••'•... Joint 'Dooly was fined £2- or seven days for assaulting a police constable. Mary Smith and- John M'Carthy, prohibited persons, were each finod £2 for drunkenness. Tho alternatives'were lixod at one month and 14 days' im-, prisonment respectively. Teresa M'Cpnnoll, charged with drunkenness, and with being on licensed premises after houre, was convicted and discharged on the first- offence, and fined sb. or 24 hours on the second. John Walsh failed to appear on a charge of. drunkenness, and had his bail £1 estreated. . . Arthur Alexander Ancell appeared before Mr. W.G. Riddell, S.M., charged with a serious offence with resp&t to a littlo girl. After 'hearing the, evii dence, accused was committed to tho Supreme Court for trial. Bail was allowed in £100 and two siireties of £100. -, BY-LAW OASES. ■ Stephen Henry ' Mattr-rson pleaded not guilty to a chargo of leaving a motor-car unattended in 'Manners Street. 'He'/was defended by Mr. A. W. Blair. Mr. E. M. Beechey-appeared for-the prosecution. After hearnig evi-. dence the Magistrate said there was sufficient doubt in his mind to dismiss tlje information. ■ John Henry Meyer was charged with a teohnioal breach of the building regulation in that he. failed, to have an automatio catch on a lift. used in a building iff course of construction.' A nominal i>enalty of 55,, -with costs 75., was- imposed.' n '■-.■. . ..- . Vivian Lloyd made no appeaiance to answer a charge of driving a motorcar over the Whitmore Street railway orossiiig' and failing to comply with the directions on' the notice board. He was fined £1, with : costs 195., or three days' gaol. • . . : . Herbert Cooper was fined 55., with costs 75., for' keeping a shop open on Sunday for the purpose of transacting business. . ■ ■

Harry Hawyard was convicted and discharged on the charge of driving a wagon on the Main-'Road, Karori, on the wrong side of the road, and was ordered to pay costs 215., .or spend three days m gaol for driving a wagon in the same locality without a light after dark. Albert Jas. Ebbett, Wm. Hobertoni and Leslie M'Piko were each charged with driving, motor-cars ■ after dark without'a tail light. Fines of Is. were inflicted on each of the first two offenders, .atid'us., with coste 7s. on the latter. , ■ , ;. . For having left an express miattend-. od in Grey Street, Frederick Marriott was filled os., with costs''7s!,'or" 24 hours' gaol. Henry Grell was convicted and disoharged for riding a bicycle in Vivian Street without a light after dark. Norman Irvine was fined 55., with/j costs 75., for leaving a bicycle in Wallace Street after dark without a light. •' Fred. Davis was similarly treated for allowing a horse to be at large in Tarauaki Street. , ' Wm. Jupp pleaded guilty of driving a motor-car without haying obtained a certificate as to efficiency. Ho was fined 55., with costs 7s. A irum'oer of cn£es were brought by the City Inspector against citizens for keeping unregistered dogs....' Janies Gordon was fined 105.,' with costs 75., in this respect, while a number of other charges wero withdrawn on the payment of costs. ; For allowing horses to bo at largo, 15rnest Hadley was ordered to pay coata ,75,, and Nora Jana .Eygn fined sk.t with- coats Ji,