MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court this morning.
Thomas Jacobsen, a fireman, was convicted and discharged on a fourth offence of drunkenness, and for having committed an indecent act was fined 40s, in default seven days in gaol. A prohibition order was also issued against Jacobsen. {
Francis Doran, also a fireman, was convicted and discharged for drunken-1 ness, and was fined £3 for using obscene language, the alternative being fixed at a week in gaol.
Charles Houghey was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, in that he had insufficient lawful means of support and was found by night'in a railway wagon.
Edward Croft pleaded guilty to stealing a tin of cake from a confectioner's shop. He explained that he had been drinking heavily all day. He was given the option of paying a fine of 20s or going to gaol for a week.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 42, 17 August 1918, Page 8
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