MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 125, 24 November 1919, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Mr. E. Page, S.M., dealt with police and maintenance cases at the Magistrate's Court to-day.

Five first-offending inebriates were dealt with in the usual manner.

Joshua Ede; Annie Doherty, George Francis, and Robert Bruce Porteous, who had been previously convicted of drunkenness, were fined £1, the amount of the bail allowed them. William Conrick, a third offender, was fined 10s for drunkenness. ..'•'..

Thomas Lowry was fined 10s. for drunkenness, £1, in defajilt, a week in gaol, for having broken his prohibition order, and was sent to gaol for 14 days for having made use of obscene language in Willis-street on Saturday afternoon. Lowry had been twice previously convicted of drunkenness, and the offence under review had been a rather serious one.

Richard Edmund Walsh was remanded till Wednesday next on a charge of having stolen two overcoats, a handbag, and three brushes, of a total value.of £10 9s 6d, the property of Alexander Hobbs.

Axcording to the story told by Lanra Beddell, her married life had been anything but happy since her husband, Albert Beddell, returned from the, front in June, 1918, for he had taken to drink, especially during the week-ends.; Moreover, she said, he had used disgusting language, to her. Beddell took out a prohibition order against himself, but had generally disregarded it. Of his gratuity, amounting, to £41, the wife received £5, and the remainder disappeared with: Beddell .when he left, on a holiday jaunt to Palrherstom North and Christchurch.' Beddell also drew £6 2s of his pension, and that sum, too, had •disappeared during the Christchurch holiday trip. Bedell admitted that ho had "made-the pace a bit hot." Mr. Page ordered Beddell to pay £1 15s per week towards the support of his wifo and child.

Separation, maintenance, and guardianship orders were made against Charles Warren Harming on the application of Mary Agnes Irwin Harming. The defendant was ordered to pay £2 per week towards thVsupport of, his wife , and children.

An order was made.that Arthur Donaldson Pickard is to increase the weekly payments for the support of his wife and children from 30s to 355.

(Proceeding.)