MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Mr. D. G. A: Cooper, S.M., presided at. to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's Court, when police cases were taken. Five (irst-oil'ending inebriates, including one soldier, were dea!'. 'vith as usual. Andrew Henry M'Natt.y anu Alexander Gibb were also convicted of drunkenness, and fined 10s and 20s respectively. Isaac M'Kay, a stranger to Wellington, was convicted and discharged for drunkenness. He admitted the theft of a soldier's overcoat, and on that charge, described by Inspector Hendre.v as a particularly mean one, he was fined 40s, with tli'; alternative of seven days' hard labour. . • George Ross ™ charged with using obscene language iii Marion-street. Inspector Hendrey said it was one of tho worst cases which had come before the Court. Ross, whose record is a bad one. was arrested for drunkenness, lie resisted violently, and then used disgusting language to all and sundry who happened to bo passing by! A sentence of two months' imprisonment with hard labour was imposed. Ross was convicted and discharged for drunkenness.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 94, 20 April 1916, Page 8
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166MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 94, 20 April 1916, Page 8
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