MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 241, 6 July 1920, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES. •> Mr. E. Page, S.M., presided at 'ho Magistrate's Court yesterday. Louisa Tierney, S3 years of age, was convicted' of insobriety. At her request a prohibition order was issued against her, to lie in force for a period of twelve months. On a charge of loitering in Clyde Quay for immoral purposes, Tierney was convicted and ordered lo como up for sentence when called upon within 12 months, For insobriety, Char'.cs Slytes, Frederick Marriott, and William M'Carthy, each of whom had one previous eenriction, were fined 10s., with the option of 13 hours' imprisonment. • Archibald M'Naughton was fined lfls„ with the alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment, for insobriety. For committing a breach of his prohibition order, lie was fined £2, in default 6even days' imprisonment.

Arthur Sheriff, with four previous conjettons.against him for insobriety, was incd 205., in default three days' nnprislvment. A similar penalty was inliictad ■n him for comniill'ing a bieach of hi* irohi'bition order. For being disorderly while drunk, John ienjnmin May was fined 205.. with the iition of 21 hours' imprisonment. For esisting a constable ho was fiiiul .£3. in ho alternative seven davs' imprisonment. Thomas Forsyth was lined 20s •, in deault 43 hours' imprisonment, for resistng Constable T. Coward. Two young men went to the Carl lon lote'. at an early hour on Sunday mornng and attempted to gain admittance, put were prevented from > doing so by he nighhvatchman. When they got jack into the street, there was another lerson there, and this person was asaulted by the two accused. The nightraveliman took off his. coat to vender as-, istanec, and somebody stole the coat. ( iVheu the police came up the man who ,vas- assaulted disappeared, and Hie two iccused were arrested. They pleaded "uilty to a charge of assaulting some lerson unknown, and were each lined Xi md costs 15b., in default seven days mprisonment. ■ A remand to Wednesday was granted n the oaso of Seddon David W. Webb, vho was charged with assaulting Alfred H. Mason. Bail was allowed in .£2!) and mo surety of .£25. William Llovd was'charged with having m July 3 assaulted Jonnthan Jones, (4 ,*enrs of age, 60 as to cause him actuiul iodi)y liurm. Inspector Kmensoii stated hat the old man had several ribs broken, md was in a bad way. There uight be. •omplicatidns. He asked for a remand 'or a week, and the icmand was granted. \u application for bail was refused in .ho meantime.. A remand to Monday was pranted in Ihe case- of Tom Cox, who was charged ivith the theft of a blanket, valued at 17«. 6d.', the property of Mary Pans. A bootmaker named Charles C. Cnpps was charged with the theft of on overcoat valued at £5, the properly of Sheeley Atkinson. .On the application of Deteolive Ward he was remanded to Indny. Bail was allowed in X 75, and one suretr if .£75. Frederick Murphy and* .Charges S. Ha".l, members of the crew of the s.s. Surrey, were charged with tho theft of lour, magnetos valued at iOO, the property of Ihe New Zealand and African Steam Ship Co. Tlicv were remanded to Wednesday on the application of Chief Detective Ward; Jose Mcndez, a Chilian, and a member of the crew of tho. American schooner William Burnhain, was charged with asfaulting .Tohn Nicoll, the second niato of the vessel. It appeared that the ollicer told the seaman, who was smoking in the 'forecastle, to get on with his work. The latter replied that he would get to work when ho was ready, and when spoken to again struck the mate, a how in the face. Mr. J. F. B. Stevenson ap- - peared for the accused. The captain of ihe vessel said that the discipline on the vessel had been very good until this voyage, and it had been very bad since the vessel-came into port. Counsel for accused raised a question ns to the jurisdiction of the Court, and after hearing evidence the Magistrate adjourned the matter until Wednesday in order to consider tho legal point.

MAINTENANCE. Christina Kelly was granted nsepant- a te'nn from her husband, John Kelly, n™ was given, the* custody of the children. John Kelly was ordered to pay Ms. week. !y towards the support of his wire.