MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TELEGRAPH MESSENGER'S LAPSE. Messrs. I. Salcli and D. Keir, J.P.'b, presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, and' dealt with the police cases. lYank Rowlingson (for whom Mr. C: A. L, Treadwcll appeared) was charged that about May 18, at Greytown, he committed forgery by issuing a cheque for £2, purporting to be signed by one E. Lynch. On the application of counsel he was remanded for a week.

A remand to Friday was granted on the application of Mr. J. F. B. Stevenson, in the case of Frederick Armitage, who wbb charged with obtaining an ovcrcoat value £12, the. property of Thomas F. Coyne, by means of false pretence. Bail was allowed in' £25, and two sureties of £10 each.

Two youths—Alfred Charles Love and John Olson—were charged that (1) cn June 29 they broke and entered tho dwelling of William G. Caldwell, farmer, Waikauae, and stole goods to the value of £5 14s. 6d„ (2) between June 22 and 29, at Waikanae, they broke and entered the premises of Thomas Stewart and stole goods to th« value of £16 10b., the property of Thomas Stewart and Morgi liopata; (3) on July 6, at Karori, they stole from the house of Alice Wickman, money and tobacco value 165., the property of John Olliver; (4) on July 14, they broke and entered tho promises ot Arthur' John Pcard, Ohiro Road, and stolo a- coat and a cheque-book value 25b., tho property of A. J. Peard. The two ladß absconded from tho Weraroa Training Farm and walked down to Wellington. They committed thefts cn route, and on arrival in the city committed tho thefts at Karori and Ohiro Road. They pleaded guilty to all charges, and wero committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. William Lloyd (for whom Mr. 0. A. li. Treadwcll appeared) was charged with assaulting an elderly man named Jonathan Jones ao as to cause h!m actual bodilj' harm. * Dr. R. 0. Begg, who was called in when the man was injured, said that Jones had severe bruises on the right side, and one rib was fracturd; the injuries could have been caused by coming m contact with the top of a table, The complainant Baid he was employed at tlie Phoenix Boardinghousc, and cn July 3 the accused came to the place. He was then under tho Influence of liquor; ho was behaving in an offensive manner at the table, and witncsß asked him to go out. The man declined to do so, and then assaulted witness. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution, tho case was reduced to oru, of commtm {i«sault, of which Lloyd was convicted. _ He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. For drunkenneM, Martin Samuel Eon (convicted of hiß second oflence) was fined 20s„ and Mary Patterson was fined 10s„ in de. fault 48 hours' Imprisonment. Keith Upton Poole, who had been employed as a temporary telegraph messenper at the G.P.0.. appeared before Mr. W. G. Ritldell, S.M., in the Magistrates Court vestcrday morning charged with having failed to deliver 258 telegrams, also with the theft of a brooch, valuo oOs., the property o( William J, P. Martin. For tho police it was stated that complaints were made by the addressees of two telegrams, and when the records wero examined suspicion fell on Poole. Eventually the lad admitted that ho had retained possession of the telcerams. Subsequent inquiries led to the discovery of 108 telegrams in hiß lodgings, and a further lot of 147 in another boardmghoUßC, and thrco telegrams were found in the lads possession The brooch was stolen from Sayei sion. The brooch was stolen from 'Saves Court. Poole pleaded guilty to tho charges. On the first he was convictod and ordered to como up for sentence when called upon within a period of 12 months, and for the theft ho was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. The Magistrate recommended that the lad should be Bent to the Weraroa. Training Farm.