MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Several inebriates, including six first offenders, were dealt with in the Magistrate's Court to-day, by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M. Wm. Wilson, who had a very long list of previous convictions against him, was fined 40s, with the alternative of serving fourteen days' imprisonment. For drunkenness, Thomas Reeves was convicted and discharged, while on a charge of using particularly filthy language in Molesworth-street he was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment. Charles Alfred Anderson was convicted on a charge of drunkenness and made the subject of a, prohibition .order. An old Court identity in the person of Emma Crawford appeared to answer a charge of loitering in Abel Smith-street for the purpose of prostitution. The Magistrate sent the defendant to gaol for one month.

PETONE SITTING.

The monthly sitting of the- Magistrate's Court was held this morning at Petonc. Mr. L. G. Reid, S.M., occupied the Bendh.

For the theft of a rng valued at £2, the property of A. Fowler, Alfred StiJl, a carter, was fined 40s, and ordered to return the rug. The police stated that accused had a good character, and on that account the Magistrate made the penalty a light one. For riding bicycles at night without lights, W. Newton, G. Perkinson, and J. H. Carter were each convicted and ordered 'to pay tflie costs,- 7s. For breachios of prohibition orders Jas. M'Grath was fined 30a, with 7s costs, and W. H. Winnie 20s and 7s costs. '

J. Judd was proceeded against for allowing ragwort and gorse to grow on his property.' Defendant stated that owing to the difficulty of getting labour and through his living out of the district the work of clearing tho land had not been done as speedily as he had desired. He had no wish to evade his responsibility. The Bench did not consider the case one which called ior a penalty, and defendant was convicted and ordered to pay the costs (235). Peter Sharpe, for allowing stock to stray, was fined 20s, with 7s costs.

The Bench refused the application of i*. G. Devine for the cancellation of-a. maintenance order and a remission of arrears of payment.