MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 95, 16 January 1926, Page 11

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE AND SUMMONS CASES

Mr. E. Page, S.'f., presided in th© Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Doris 'Michael, alias Doris May Thwaite, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing an engagement ring and. wristlet watch of a total value of JI2S 10s., the property of. Isa Hennessy, was fined d.'2O. On two further charges of th-ft of goods of a total value of d£6 front F. Allen, accused was convicted on each charge and admitted to probation for twelve months. J.

For selling poison without first obtaining particulars from the buyer, Mark Herbert Davis, a chemist, was fined On a further charge of failing to notify the Registrar of such sale, he was fined .El. John Nicholson was fined £2 for travelling on a train without having paid, his fare. Arthur Charles Archer and Thomas Charles Atkinson were each fined ,hl for not having- motor drivers’ licenses. William Bowes Clarkson was fined £2 for permitting an unregistered car to be used.

For driving past a statfpnary tramcar, Leo Victor Renall was fined £l. On a further charge of driving a motorcar in a dangerous manner, he was fined .£5.

For selling milk that failed to comply with the standard, the following were fin.-d the amounts stated: Walter E.' Hull, ,£2; Alfred Smith, Ji3; Hai-ry C. Cook, ordered to pay costs. Tho Empire Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,, was fined £5 for selling limeiuice that failed io comply with the regulations. For entering an hotel while prohibited, Patrick McGill was fined £l. On a charge of procuring .liquor, he was convicted and discharged, and on a further charge of procuring liquor while- prohibited he was fined £l.

John Alexander Sargent, who pleaded guilty to a charge of making a mark on an envelope resembling a stamp, was fined .£l6 and ordered to pay costs. For being unlawfully in possession of a pistol, Oram Thomas was fined Jl5. A young married woman, whose name was ordered io bo suppressed, was con-vict-.-d and ordered io come up for sentence when called upon within twelve months on a charge of theft of goods valued at ss. 3d., the property of MaoDuff’s. Ltd. William Henry Tustin was fined „£5O for failing to have a trust account audited. , Failure to keen a time- and wages book as required under the Shops and Offices, Act. cost. Miss J. McMillan <£2. Martin Chamberlain was fined 10s« for failing io notify change of ownership of a motor-car. '. ; For being on licensed premises-after hours, Wipuki Smith was fined rf.