MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 187, 4 May 1920, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

PETTY THEFTS A young ■ married man pleaded guilty to petty thefts of cash from the shop of ■i local.'milk vendor. Several witnesses testified to the. previous excellent character of accused and it' was promised that the money would he refunded. Mr. Paste, 5.M.,; commented on the fact that, the " thefts, though small, had, boon numerous, and imposed a sentence of 21' days' imprisonment. > & CARGO HHOAOITRE CONVICTED. .'.Samuel Whitley-was sent-to gaol for 2i days on a .-charge-ot stealing thrrn pairs of denim trousers, valued at 2?5.. 'the proporty of Johnston and Co. John Carlson., .who was convicted on a charge:of rcenivin? some of the goods in question nuim ing them to havo heen stolen, was sen fenced to six weeks' imnrisonmeni. Oarh son. it was explained, had a previous eon' viction against him.. Whitley ooniv'tte'i the theft mi the steamer Invcrcnrgill, of the orew of which vessel ho wa6 a member. .-•?'.-■ NOWHERE TO GO.' Convictions for .vagrancy were entered against. I6a Lee and Catherine Ma lkin Lee was sent to enol-'fnr three months. iln the case of Malkin', who was .described .as incorrigible. a..sont,enc<\ bfg&lx months' Imprisonment was imnoscd. Hoih accused -were well.known to the police,'«nd they had been sleeping out nt nights in the reserve n't• Unvn'nath'. They liad.no money, and on wet niirlits .they loite ing by, a man in-. Taranaki • S^eot-"l-'AR TOO COMMON." '.Joseph Jones was sent to KO.nl for 14 oVys on n charf" of obstructing ConstaMp James Miller while th" latter was Iri-lha nit of arresting a- man for drunkenness. Ir : -iynte"cin? Jones, the "Magistrate stated that this class of offence'was becoming'.'. far ton ■■ common. ..'•' OASER. Charged; with being PA 17s, In "«?i>»wi tmtht a maintenance order. John Cordon v;ai sen'oneed to one mouth's imnrtson . mentj the warrant to be swrnnjnlwl so long as h» nnvs.3ss. a welt of the ar ' rear». Vsli'! Kenneth Taylo", al«o guilty of disobeying a maintenance order.' was sentenced to. a month's 'imprisonment, thewarrant to he suspended «o-long js-he-pays 40s. a week. OTHER POLTCE CARES. Laciilnn M'thlvrc and William Deck, who had engaged in a stand-un fight on . I«imMon Quay, were each fined £2. with . th» option of.three, dhys'-imprlsornutJiiii. • For being drunk while in charge of a' vch'cle in Molesworth Street' James M'lnto"h was fined 20s. For insobriety. John Shine (four time's previously convicted) was fined £3, with the alternative of seven dnvs' Incarceration. Henry Richard Holding (two pre- . vious'.convictions) was' ordered to'.'p?jr'.' a fine of ! .20.i' Nora. (one previous conviction) was fined 10s. ' Edward Ellis, an ex-member of the crew of the Corinthlc, was,remanded to appear of Tiraaru on a charge of having broken and entered the - shop of James Craigie and stolen therefrom a suit of clothes and-a handbag, of a total value of £22