LABOURER JAILED

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 5

LABOURER JAILED

Assault On Wife Admitted MAGISTRATES’ COURT On Saturday night William Robertson Hislop, labourer, aged 20. bad an altercation with his wife, gave her a black eye, and later punched her on the nose. When he appeared in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington yesterday before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., it w,as stated by the police that last June he had a similar argument with Mrs. Hislop. Accused, who pleaded guilty to the charge of assault, told the magistrate that his reason for hitting his wife was that he had heard her make arrangements to go out with another man. “You got away with it last time; you won’t on this occasion. One month hard labour,” said the magistrate. “Give mo n chance; i'll try to get into camp and get away,” said Patrick Ernest Furlong Collins, aged 65, who was charged with stealing goods valued at £2. “They won't take you at your age, I’m afraid,” said the magistrate, who imposed a sentence of one month's jail. Collins was described as a particularly bad petty thief, who was making his twenty-ninth apimaram-e before the Court. Arnold John Kingswell, engineer, aged 22, and Frank I’aolo Gestro, labourer, aged 21, were lined £2. in default seven days’ imprisonment, for disorderly behaviour while drunk.

Richard Joseph Warren, baker, aged 23, who stole goods valued at 3/9, was fined £2. in default 14 days’ jail. The goods belonged to. Annie Lewis. “This is ids ninth appearance before the Court,” said Sub-Inspector 1). j O'Neill, referring to Lionel Strong, labourer, aged 23. charged with stealing sums of money totalling £l/10/ from William ' Thompson, Ruth Granger, and -Michael Montague. The sub-inspector added that Strongs

people refused to have anything to do with him because of his behaviour He was sent to prison for a month.

Herbert Norman Lambert, painter, aged 39. was charged with failure to comply with the terms of bis probation. He was convicted and ordered come up for sentence in 12 months if called on on the condition that he paid 15/- a week off his arrears to the probation officer.