MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 13

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

ALLEGED DYNAMITERS IN . COURT ' In tho.Magistrate's-Court yesterday, • before Mr. D. G.:A. Cooper, S.M., a furcher .charge was. preferred ' against Rob- : qrt Stockbridge' and- William; James Stockbridge" (alias,iDevonport), the two men who aro allegcd.to have dynamited ; the Miramar Borough Council's, strongroom, .' The. additional'! charge was -that on or about August' 22 they broke' and entered the Miramar Golf .Club house, and stole about £18 in money, 150 table knives, 100 - forks, 96 spoons, 2 tins of tongues, and .3 tins of condensed'milk of a total value of £33, the property of Maud Asb. On the application of :ChiefDetective Boddam,' both were remanded to September-2;'-, One of'the accused asked that the bail be lighter than that imposed tho previous day,.v Chief-Detec-tivo Boddam asked ' tho Magistrate _ to mako the' bail " substantial, at -which His Worship doubled the previous day's' bail, mating, it £200, with two sureties of £100. 5 ' OTHER CASES. - A young woman named Eva Grace Toohill was remanded for a week in the • care of the. Salvation Army on the two ; following oharges(l) On July 6 steal- ' ing a pair of boots," valued at 18s. Gd., the property of Mr, Bernard Page ; (2) . at tower Hutt ; tlie theft of• various ar- . tides, of feminine attire, a pair of earrings, valued at £1,. and £3;in money, the property of - Marion Darrisgn- MaBon. Mr. P. W,. Jackson appeared for accused. • • ; • • John Browne'was convicted and discharged oh l a. charge of drunkenness," and lined £3, in default one month's jm- - priaonment, on a charge 'of 'indecency 1 in Manners Street. ' . On a oharge: of helpless drunkenness at Pongaroa; Richard Fulton was con- ■ victed and'ordered to pay £5 12s. trav- ; ; ellihg;. and medical expnses incidental ' to; his offence. . Hanson,- who was arrested : by the.military police, was fined £3, with' the option of one month's imprisonment;. < for using obscene language, and 205,,- ,or' \ three days' imprisonment, l for break- , ing'; his ' ; ; Joseph Stanley was fined Is., with • costs £1 Bs., for using abusive languago • to a Harbour Board official, on the : Queen's .Wharf.,-..' ! Norman Campbell was fined £1, with i costs 75., in default three days' impris- j onment, . for breaking his prohibition order. .-' ■' ; - , For drunkenness, Evelyn Barr, George , Murray, andf Eugene Mahoney ; \were j oach fined. 10s., in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment,' while Gertrude ; Hughes was - sent to Pakatoa for twelve ; months. ; Three. first T offending inebri- i ates were dealt with. , '.

DEFAULTING TERRITORIALS.

, The weekly .-batch of . Territorials 1 charged/with failing to , attend drill -was j a large one. The following were fined • 10s., with costs 7s,i iii default forty- 1 oight hours' military detention: —James 1 Joseph M'Gratli, Frederick Oswald Bold, ■ Ath'ol - Letliam Thomson, William Brownlie; Henry Otto Wright, ' . Campbell,' Arthur Wolsey\ Cooke, and; ' ■ Claud Edward Dentice. - Similarly, < charged, Robert William Bell Stijes was < filled 55.,, with costs 75., or twenty-four 1 hours' military detentidn; Edwin James ' and Claude William Smith each < convicted: and discharged. The infor- ] mation , against Stanley Forrester was .3 dismissed, _ while the Magistrat-e resorv- ] ed his decision:in respect to tho case of 1 Harry Parker. In this case Mr. H. E. < Evans, who appeared, for Parker, held that the _ information "failing to attend , drill,"- did not sav "failing without lawful| jxeuse," and, was therefore void. His Worship agreed that no offence had ' .been disclosed, but reserved his decision.. ;

BY-LAW BREACHES.

A. Sheppard was fined 205., with costs £1 Bs., for commencing the erection of .a building at Eastbourne without a per'mit. Mr. H. E. Anderson appeared for'informant, the Eastbourne Borough Council, and Mr. P. W. Jackson for defendant. The information against Walter Gardner of driving Ins motor-car in Willis Street in a manner dangerous to tlio public was dismissed. "- Mr. P. AV. Jackson: appeared'for Gardner. For committing breaches of > the vehicular by-laws George Shirtcliffo was fined 10s., with costs 75., and. C. C. James fined 55., with costs 7s. Henry -Francis ,M'llroy was fined 55., with costs 7s.,'on each of two charges: (1) Allowing-a horse to' remain in Martin Street with no one in charge; (2) leaving a cart in the-samo'street with no one in charge. For allowing livo stock to wander tho following were penalised Harry Coinpton, fined 55., with costs 18s.; Henry Mitchell, £1, costs 135.; Georgo Beyon,' 55., costs' 75.: John Hamilton, 10s., costs lis.; William Hedges,\ 10s., costs : Vs.; and Frank M'Parland, 55.,-costs IIS. ■ ■ '* - For failing to' register dogs as proscribed by-the by-laws, Charles Dick 'was'fined 10s.', with'costs 19s. 6d.; John Cameron ■ fined 10s., costs 17s. 6d;; and' Josiah Lush, fined 10s,. cost» 9si