MAGISTRATE'S. COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 205, 24 May 1919, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S. COURT

VARIETY OF CASES

Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., presided over yesterday's sitting of the iiugistrate's Court.

Jiicnael liubler admitted mak : ng a iatse statement with . the intention of obtaining a permit to leave Kew Zealand, it appears mat the defendant, wbo is a mitluie-aged man, had the necessary'application lorm tilled in with statements whicn were not correct. H's Worship imposed a tine of Jil, in default 72 hours'' imprisonment.

On u eiuu'i'e of committing a huisanco on a train travelling between i'eatneraton ami Upper Jlutt, Joseph 'i'errance itiaiier was convicted and fined-J:2, with l!)s. costs, ih default seven days' imprisonment.

l'or driving ;i motor-car at without ugiits, .hrnest French was couvicted aim discharged. ior receiving liyuor purchased'by another man at tlio Cricketers' Arms Uotel, iiolju't Westrupp was convicted and 01uerefl to pay. costs 7s. George lyatcnmm was remanded till May 30 on] a charjju of stealing a razor, three shirts, and two pairs of sucks, i the property of John O'iveefe. Bail ivas allowed in the sum or_J;oO and two sureties ot Jt:!s each. On a charge of theft of two boxes of 'margarine, valued at £4 ltis., tile'property of George Thomas and C'u., George rurdoni was remanded till May 30, bail Ming allowed in the sum of .filOU and two sureties of A'so each. Annie. M'Nicoil pleaded guilty to a charge of being an idle mui disorderly person with insufficient lawful hieana of support, and was sentenced ' to three imprisonment with hard labour. Wilfred Gothard Soderland was convicted and discharged/' on a charge that, being an alien, he failed to give notice c 5S au thorities regarding his change of address. Acting Hub-Inspector Emerson stated that the defendant was a Swede, and that he was n bushman working in the country out from Wanganui. His whare was burnt out as the result of a/bush lire, and defendant subsequently contracted the influenza, and was seriously ill for some time. After the illness the defendant reported to him that he had lost his registration card,' and applied for a new one. At that time he was stopping in. an hotel in town, and whilst he was waiting for the .new certificate he changed his address. His Worship agreed that the offence was purely technical, and the defendant" had not deliberately committed the offence. It was not a case for a penalty. Fred. Hiltou, licensee of the National Hotol, : was charged with failure to afford the police immediate nitranee to the bar. Mr. I'. "(V. Jackson appeared for tne defendant, and denied v!'.« charge, it appears that a sergeaiit of police oalled at the hotel for the purpose of delivering a notice requiring hotels to be closed, and the door was shut its he was about to enter the premises.. The defendant stated , that there was no one in the bar at the time, and they were. not aware that it was the police who wore demanding admittance. lli6 Worship wad thrtre wns an element of doubt in the case, and the defendant was entitled to the benefit of such doubt. Th? information would be dismissed.

For failing to attend his drill parades, Allan Walloon was fined .£2,; in default fourteen' davs' military detention.' For; drunkenness, >■ Dorothy Margaret,: Baldwin was convicted and fined ill. For, a like offence, Walter Itichard Leary was convicted and discharged, and for a breach of his prohibition order ho was convicted and ordered (o pay medical expenses to the amount of 17s. Gd. James Hoßan-was fined ,£1 for a, broach ,of his prohibition order, and was convicted and discharged for drunkenness,