MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 21, 19 October 1918, Page 13

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

PETTY THEFTS

SEVERAL PERSONS CHARGED

Mr. E.T. Frazer, SiM., p're'sided- at ;ho Magistrate's Court yesterday, .and' lealt with the police, cases. :'■ ' . ._:

■ .Margaret .■.Wntsbn was'charged that, on October 16, at AVellington, she 'did , steal- £7-lls. 4Jd;, the property' of' Arthur-.William 'Saxton'.' Cliief-Uetec--tive ..Boddam- stated .that the. accusedwas in the'employ of-the complainant, and worked.during the day, but did: not sleep on the promises. On. leaving the house on the evening of October 16 she took the handbag .which .contained, the "liioneyl'.She •'abstracted' the money oiid thre\f away, the bag. Th&..whole of the money except ■£llls:;.4id-.liad.b.een: recovered. ChietrDe'tective there was -nothing-' previously known; against the. accused.. The girl pleade'd' ■'guilty, arid when ; questioned :by .the Magistrate she said she . was. leaving 'her employment that evening, and seeing> the bag she took it.'She wanted the money, to. buy■.''lingerie,, as she_ was:, going tu be raarriod in a-fortnight-. The Magistrate said thai'the-girl had -evidently. taken ■the/'mone.y .urtder des- : peration, wanting tKe mbiiey.for,special purposes. -Slip was convicted-and placed on probation-for a period of : two yeare, and was ordered to "refund'.£l\ lls.. 4Jd. withiii. a moftth.. ■.- ■ ■. -. ■ ■'

For using obscene-language'in.Cour-tenay Place, Florence M'Kay was fined £2,' in. default seven days 1 -' imprison-; uient., ',•.■'.. ■ : s-. . : .'■■' ■. ; ...:

For iiisbb'rieft one first offender •waefined,ss,,: in d?fault.24,hourts' imprison--meut; who failed'-to appear, hid-his bail of 10s. s estreated; and;a third, a soldier, was convicted and. ordered to be' handed over to, the military authorities. •■ ' ; '•;,- . .'•" ... ■'■'

:Arthur Hemming Mudgway manded to appear, at-the Lower Hutv on Monday oii-a charge of steahng £U from' the person of Arthur H. Greeks. On a charge of stealing one gold ling of the value of £2 105.,' the property of John Burke, lleginald John Adolph was remanded to Wednesday, and tail was allowedin £100a-nd two sureties of £50 each. -■'.-' .:.. :.; ' . . ■ . '.' David W Arthur Todd ,was that, on' May. 7, at-Taihape, he-did. steal one box ■and. contents, and -ona valiso and■■ contents; of the .vaMo.pf.. £140, the. property of Grace Richardson. On, the' application of, Chiof-De-■; tective^Boddam. the accused was ,! ie-; .-manded to Wednesday. ■. - ;■' ; ' .',, •.. v Charles, Piper :was. fined £5,. ia de-,. fault one moiith'.a imprisonment, -on :a charge of receiving from Alexander Colville a quantity of- ship's stores, of the value of 4sV 4'd,,, the,:property..ot. the . Union Steam Ship Company, knowing the .same to have been. dishonestly, obtained'.-'--. ;, . ''•" '■','. ' : For comniitling. a , breach of his' pro-. hibitipn order, George Bowden. was fined £3, with the. alternative of ..seven days' imprisonment. •-; ' ■» ■■ y '^ m ■•'■' . Cecilia Parkinson, being a prohibited; person, was charged with procuring a bottle of whisky, and-was convicted and fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment. .On a'.second, charge of being found on licensed premises she was convioted and discharged; ,' ' Harry Blair Paten, for committing a breach of : his prohibition order, was fined £1, in default 72 hours' detention. ■• . ■-"■-.. . - : ; Jiin Young, aCliinamaii, was cliarged that, being" a.Tegistercd . ; .alieiy : and iiaving changed his , place of ; _ab"ode, he' did fair to givo written notice of Ins new place of-abode. The''accused was registered iii Napier/aiid'came' to .'Wei-, lington. Accused said ho was rot aware that ho; had to report.. :Ho was convicted and ordered to pay costs.'' "■ For failing;:- M..' itterid: -.d1i11,,, : Pctheram'y a Tehitorial,:'.was'ic.onviosed.

and fined 10s., and 7s. in default seven deys , military--'detention. L. Booth, driver, pleaded guilty. TOworking'two horses whilo they; were w'-. 1 fit-for■• Work, and A.. M'W'ifliams, the owner of ihe ; .h6rees,:>vas charged;mtlv permitting the animals to,; bo worked, while, they were, -unfit. . The ; • latter, pleaded -not-'guilty,--and-,said-that tuei working «f the , horses,"in- ;tlve cireumA. stances was. the .result of a, piiro' accident. Booth, was :fined £2 and costsj m" default soveii , days'- detention, and tho.;chnrge against-.M'Willlams was d% ; missed. ■. ■-■ _ < ■.-. . •■-..-■