MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 160, 1 April 1922, Page 2

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THE FIREARMS ACT i BREACH BY CHINAMAN A charge of unlawfully having firearms in his possession was brought against Wong Ack, who appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Hie defendant stated that it was a trophy he had had for many years, and he had no cartridges or bullets or ammunition of any kind for it. It had ' lain at the bottom of a box and he had forgotten all about it. - DetectiveSergeant Boddam said that it was discovered in tho course of a raid and was a very dangerous weapon. Defendant, who could speak and write English fluently, had been charged at one time with housebreaking, so it was not desirable he should have the revolver. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £5 and ordered the weapon to be forfeited. THEFT OF BICYCLES. James Harold O’Brien, who is alleged to be implicated in the theft of the Terrace Gaol motor-car, appeared for sentence on charges of na,ving stolen five bicycles. He had previously been remanded in order that the gaol surgeon might make a report on him, it having been stated that his mind was slightly unbalanced through wounds in the head and other parts of the body received while on active service. The report showed that O’Brien was physically sound and was quite able to distinguish between right and wrong. The Magistrate imposed a sentence of six months’ imprisonment and stated that the cpse could be reviewed by the Prisons Board. DAMAGE TO SURF BOAT. “These young fellows are in respectable positions and have respectable. parents,” ’ said Sub-Inspector McNamara concerning Robert WHham Childs, John Stephen Dunn, Charles, E McAvoy, and John Columb, who were charged with converting a surf , boat to their own use, damaging it to , the extent of £B, and stealmg a net valuer £3. All except Columb were . also charged with damaging locks, value £2 and* stealing food value ds. , 3d The sub-inspector further statea that the accused had gone to Island Bay to camp during holidays. They entered a whare ajidi committal these depredations. -The boat was taken but , had been returned, though left in its proper place.- _ln consetheft, Hw would be each fined £5 on the charr’e damaging the boat and ordered to pay > £l3 15s. 9d. costs.

MISCELLANEOUS OASES. Charlie Hong was fined £2 and costs , for having a faulty weighing machine , in his possession. - It was stated that , tho machine would not weigh accurately, and underneath the scoop pen- | nies were placed to make it balance : evenly. - , ' Mrs. M. Huntington was fined £5 ■ and costs for failing to close her shop < as required by the Act. Andrew Larsen was fined £3 by Mr. 1 J. S. Evans, S.M., for assaulting Archibald Cooper and bound over to keep the peace for six months.