MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 36, 6 November 1917, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

NOT A COUET OF HONOUB.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday-Mr. S 3 M'Oartkv. S.H.. presided aod heard the police and maintenance cases. . Dr Alfred A'ormnn Jones, dental suigcon for whom Mr. T. iVcave appeared, proceeded against his brother-in-law, s>ei-Scant-Major W. D. Wilkinson, of the Now Zealand Engineers, for whom Mr. H.,1O'Leary appoared, on a charge of ibsa «": The incident occurred on September J. and nroso out of a domestic auarrol. Wiiwneon was on a visit to Br. and M>V,°X and it appears that complainant became annoyed because some water was bi It oil the bathroom floor, arid he. it wan alleged, became very vifilcut in his litiiKiiaße. The defendant stated that he aaid to complainant- "If it'were not that you are ina-i----ricd to my sister 1 would knock you down." Defendant further stated that complainant said he waa prepared to moot the defendant where and when lie pleased. It was the habit of Dr. .Tones, who lives beyond the Lower Hutl, to tako Hie Upper Hutt train and detrain at MMHues station, but on the evening of me day in. question, Jones left tho train at the Lower Hutt and walked homcivarni). Defendant, in anticipation of complainant getting out at the Melllngs atation, went there, but not finding him, walked along tin- "Belmont Road, where, the two met. lno defendant, in his evidence, stated tnat i>b tiieii said to complainant: "I am veany to accept your challenge. Will you fight.- . Both of them took o!5 their overcoats and thorn was a battle, in which Jones Mb worsted. The Magistrate, in giving hie decision, said that the asKKiiit nnisc out of the unseemly altercation wlucli iook place iu the morning in complainani.s house. He would not, ]i°i»"or,. ro^ r _*V the domcßtio oliarrels.; The Court was not going lo say that, the informant gol. whdt he deserved. Tlip Court, should not be used as a court of honour for rovslerers. What took place in thn evening wasi , n unlawful act, and the defendant would ftn

dier, was charged that on Noreuiljor 3 he did unlawfully interfere with Darnel Croff ; ther, provost scrKcimt-iiiajor, New Zealana military police, while in the execution 01 his duty; also that he did inoito.Jidwarp Jolm ilorgan to rosiat Consta.blos C. u. Putt and 1(. IWarlanp in tho cxecutiou of their duty. Hγ. l>. S. IC. Macassey, who appeared for the Crown, asked for a remand to Wednesday. Noyembßr 14, whicl was cranted. Bail was lixed at £iO, aue. two sureties of £25 each. , . A remand for.a wuolt wae Branted.in the case of William Wood, who was charged with wearing a military uniform without permission. . A sentence of six months' imprisonment ivas imposed on William Haydou. who nleiided guilty to usius obscene laiißuaite 111 MolcßwortU Street, and for. being louud drunk ho was convicted aim discharged. For using obscene lanffuago in Taranaki Street George Jl'Kenzie was flucd £5. in default one month's imprisonment John Eeuben Insrain, for committing a grossly indecent act in Tory Street, was Uued. 205., with the alternative! of wtTing seven days in gaol, ami for insobriety lw was convicted and discharged. . For insobriety, James Ward, auainst whom thero were prerious convictions, was fined 605., in default seven days imprisonment, and two first. onenders vrere fined 20s. each, with the option of 48 hours, imprisonment, and another first oßeudcr was fined 10s., in default M hours imprisonment. ' .

MAINTENANCE CASES.

"Maintenance cases were dealt 'mth as follow :-Euth Whitins was ordered to nay 55., instead o£ 10a., weekly, towards tJio support of a child. Thomas hntwlustle was ordered, to pay 3s. 4d. per week towards tho support of a sirl. John Harper Page was ordered to nay ss. a \f'uak lov each of his two children who arc in an industrial school. , For disobeying a maintenance order Albert Walter Cook, whose .arrears .amounted to £17. was sentenced to six months imprisonment, warrant not to issue unless npulied for by complainant, and the maintenance order , whs increased from 20a. to 30s. per wiftk. Frederick Edwards, whose arrears totalled 155., was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. John Joseph Buckley was ordered to pay Ids. towards the support o£ hie three candrcu.