MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24, 30 January 1911, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

To-day's sitting of the Magistraie'sCourt was presided over by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M. Florence Emma Emeny admitted being an idle and disorderly person, without lawial means of support. The. | police stated that she had been in a state of semi-drunkenness since Christ!&ms, and lived on prostitution. The *e£man was ~ convicted and discharged for the first offence, and ordered to remain in the Salvation Army Home for i six months on the second charge. , Appearing after a remand for mcdi- ■ cal treatment, Edward Francis, found 1 helplessly drunk a few days ago, was" convicted anS ordered to pay 17s 6d medical expenses, or in default undergo48 hours' detention. Three persons, on the' occasion of their first lapse into insobriety, were leniently dealt witii. A charge against Robs Taylor of having stolen a swag, valued at J32, the property of some person unknown, i was dismissed. It appeai'B that a man named Brown went to the police station, and claimed the swag, after he and accused had been on a drinking bout. ' Jessie Tremaine, who made no appearance, was made the subject of a prohibition order. An application by Sarah Davies to v pay the amounts on" a maintenance order at Wellington instead of at Oxford, was granted. George Arthur AJdo, described as a labourer, was charged that, with intent to do grievous bodily hatin to Charles Nicol, he did actual bodily harm to the said Nicol. Chief-Detective Broberg stated that complainant was found with three cuts on his head, and accused is alleged to have committed the assault with an iron bar. Nicol had to be taken to the Hospital, and was" still there. Accused was remanded till Wednesday next, bail being allowed in the. sum of £50 and two sureties of £25 each. . ; A driver named Humphries O'Leary volubly denied an allegation of having furiously driven a horse and cart in Rin-toul-street on tlje night of the 16th inst., bat the' evidence vvas against him. He was convicted, and fined 10s, with costs and expenses (255), the penalty for default being 48 hours' imprisonment. Florrie Harris was granted reduction of the amount of a maintenance order to 4s a week. No appearance was made by Charles j Enticott, who was convicted of having disobeyed a maintenance order (arrears | £32 ss), and sentenced to a month's j imprisonment. , An information charging Thomas Emms with failure to support his father i and mother was dismissed. The cviI donee showed that he paid 10s a week towards" their support, and that the father (aged. 67) did work, without payment, for his daughter, Florence Beatrice Rolfe (sister of defendant). Mr. P. W. Jackeon appeared for complainant. Messrs. Mothes and Short, J.P.s, presided at the monthly sitting of the Petone S.M. Court this morning. Cecil Manning, a youth, for trespassing on the railway, was convicted and discharged. Percy Edney, for using obscene language at the Oddfellows' Hall, did not make an appearance. Three witnesses were called, who testified to the hearing of the language complained of. A fine of £6 4s was imposed, and defendant was ordered to pay court costs (15s), and witnesses' expenses (9s). David Mason pleaded guilty to driving his motor-car on the wrong side of the road, thereby causing a collision. It was pointed out by the solicitor for the defendant that his client, as a result of the accident, had been put to an expense of £40. Mason v/as convicted and discharged. James Davey. for causing objectionable matter to be thrown on a public street, was fined 5s and court costs (7s). Halstead S. Harley, for allowing his horse to wander, was ordered to pay a fine of 10s, -with court costs (7s), in default forty-eight hours imprisonment. For drunkenness Henry Diinford was fined ss. In a civil case. Vile against Kerslate | and Atkinson, judgment was given for plaintiff for £5, with costs se.