MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 177, 14 April 1923, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE AND SUMMONS CASES Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., dealt with a heavy list of police and summons cases in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. William Anderson, against whom there were four previous convictions for insobriety within the last six months, appeared for a fifth lapse. “I had him before me recently,” said his Worship, “committed to Rotoroa for 12 months.” information dismissed. An old man answering the name of Samuel McShane (for whom Mr. J. S. Hanna appeared), denied having stolen a pair of boots, valued at £1 6s. 6d., the property of James William Martin. , A shop assistant gave evidence that he had observed the accused remove a box of bots from a fixture near the door of the shop, and commenced to walk awav. The man’s explanation had Keen that he intended to purchase Mr. Hanna contended that the assistant had jumped to the conclusion that theft wan about to be committed. His Worship said he had some doubt about tho matter, and wmdd c ive the benefit to the accused. Tho information was dismissed. “THOUGHT SHE MEANT IT.” Alfred Hoy was charged with failing to provide for the maintenance cf his wife. . “Why don’t you contribute? asked His 'Worship. The accused: She told me to go, and 1 thought she meant she did not want to see me again. The complainant declared that her husband had promised *0 "end her uM>ney. An order for the payment of £1 10s. per week was made. FALSE PRETENCES ALLEGED, A young 'man, Henry Stephen Gradwell (who was recently sentenced by tbo Supremo Court on burglary charges).- was charged on summons, with obtaining four motor tires, valued al £l6, from David Cecil Armstrong by means of a false pretence The accused elected to be dealt with by a jury, and the case was remanded. SUMMONS OASES. Lnwrcnca Leonard Watson, who had damaged a window of the Garrison Hall, was fined Cs.,, and ordered to uiako good the damage. L. and J. W. Blake, of 106 Dixon Street, were fined £1 on each of three ohargeb of employing a girl under lb years of ugo without a certificate ot competency. Albert Rainier, confectioner, of 134 Courtenay Place who bad employed a female after 9.30 p.m., was finjxl £1 and costs. Fines of £1 were imposed on each of the following defendants, who had omitted to close their shops at 9 p.m.:—Amy Apted. bookseller 121 Manners Street; Thomas Hitchcox, furniture dealer, 39 Cambride Terrace; and Rose Hamilton, bookseller, 41 Cambridge Terrace. George David Lundon, William Morecraft, and Henry Cliff, who admitted having been found in the Masonic Hotel after hours, were each fined £3 and costs. . n A fine of ss. and costs was imposed on R. Lane, who had permitted stock bo wander. ... In tho report of a by-law case which appeared on Wednesday, it was stated that Charles William Parker had been fined £1 and costs for failing to register a dog. It transpires that the case was entered in error and it is announced that the records wiH be amended at tho next sitting.