PETONE COURT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 123, 17 February 1921, Page 8

PETONE COURT

Tho monthly sitting of the Petone Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., presiding. Mary Price, for procuring liquor during the currency 'of her prohibition order, was fined 10s. and costs 7s. Tha case against T. Simpson, who had been charged with purchasing tho liquor for Price, was dismissed on the ground that defendant was not aware that Price was a prohibited person. Louisa Tierney, ou two charges of breaking her prohibition order was fined IDs. and 7s. costs on each, and for a similar oflenco Mary Johnston was fined £1 and 7s. costs. John Davis, who had been found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, was convicted and lined £1 and costs 7s.

Albert. Clarence Priest, the licensee of the Victoria Hotel, wa/ fined £5 for employing an unqualified nersou to servo in tho bar. and Mary Douglas, the person who had committed the oflenco, was fined a. like amount.

Driving a motor-lorry in front of a train at a railway crossirg cost P. Baldwin 40s. and costs £2 7a. For neglecting to have tho headlights tn his motor-car alight while it was standing outside an hotel Owen Spuckman was fined ss. and costa 7s. 11. Stringer, who drove a motor-cycle through the main street at. a dangerous speed, was fined £1 and costs 7s. Judgment for plaintil! by default was given in the following cases:—P. O. Shelton v. M. 1. I’Anson, for £2 ss. and costs 235. 6(1.. and D. M. Armstrong v. — Brierley, for £lB 7s„ with costs £2 14s. For falling to close his shop at the hour required by the Act, 11. Sharman was convicted and ordered to pay costs Bs. 6d„ and for selling cigarettes after 8.30 p.m. Hop Wall and Co. were fined 10s. and costs 7i, Exceeding the motor-car speed limit was responsible for B. Greeks and W. Johnson each being lined £1 and costs 7s. A motorcyclist, W. Peterson, for a similar breach, was lined 40s. and 7s. Tho case against V Riddil'ord was dismissed. Tenement cases were dealt with as follow:— Annie Muir was ordered to give up possession of a dwelling to J. Johnston in six weeks' time and pay arrears in rent amounting to £6 I2e. In six weeks’ time J. Martin is to vacate premises occupied by him in favour of Annie J. Marshall and puy costs £l. In the cases J. 11. D. Colquhoun v. R. Smith and E. Piercy v. A. Wilson, orders for possession were refused. T G. Lennox, who was charged with obtaining £5 12s. 6d. from T. A. Claughton, of Lower Hutt, by means of false representation, was convicted and lined £lO in default two months’ imprisonment. Accused was allowed 14 days in which to find the amount.