COURT CASES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 7

COURT CASES.

Catherine Thatcher, an elderly woman, was sentenced in. the Magistrate's Court to-day .by Mr. Riddell, S.M., to six months' imprisonment on a charge of .being an incorrigible rogue. She was discharged from prison only last month, after serving a similar sentence. For drunkenness, John M'Lean, twice previously convicted, was fined 20s, with the option of seven days' imprisonment. Edward Crombie was mulcted in the sum of 10s, the alternative being 48 j hours' imprisonment. Besides there j were five other inebriates — all firstoffenders. Convictions were entered in every case. William Stevens appeared on a charge of being drunk while , in charge of a horse. He was fined 20s, in default one week's imprisonment. Thomas Marehment pleaded not guilty to a charge of using obscene language. A fine of £3 was inflicted, the alternative ibeing 21 days' imprisonment. David Bates appeared on remand, charged with assaulting Elizabeth Dowsett and Margaret Sheehan; the latter so as to cause her actual bodily harm. Mrs. Sheehan is still confined to the hospital as a result of the injuries received, and it is not expected that she will bo a.ble to attend until next, Wednesday. Accused was accordingly remanded till that day. A young woman named Jane Schaire, was brought up on a charge of entering the Terminus Hotel on the 3rd inst., during the currency of a prohibition order. > Accused was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment. A boy named Thomas Parnell adm.tled riding a bicyci9 after sunset without a light. He was ordered to pay costs 7s. George Longhurst for leaving a vehicle unattended for more than five minutes, was fin^d 20s, with costs 11s. No appearance was made by John Reginald Welsby, who was charged with failing to keep a water pipe in good repair. A fine of 10s with costs £1 8s was inflicted. Two motormen named Richard Joseph Williams and Alexander Gilmer, were separately charged with occasioning a breach of tha peace in Donald M'Leanstreet on the 2nd inst. Both accused, who pleaded not guilty, were represented by ilr. P. W. Jackson. Counsel urged that Williams and Gilmer were friends and had no intention of fighting. Each, however, was fined 10s with -costs 3s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. The list of indiscreetly unsober people was unusually big at Mount Cook this morning, when Dr. P. Mackin, J.P., was on the Bench. Bartholomew Mahoney, deemed to be an habitual drunkard, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Terence M'Alear and John Grimes were each fined 40s, or in default, ordered seven days in gaol. The insobriety of James Dorman and Michael Conolly cost each 10s, the alternative being fixed at 48 hours' imprisonment. The same penalty was inflicted on a first offender (for drunkenness) on bail. Two other first offenders were each fined ss, the usual default — 24 hours' imprisonment — being fixed.

The Caledonian Society's sports will be held as Master ton on Ist January. A liberal programme has been arranged.