MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Mr. y. K. Hunt, S.M., presided at. the Magistrate's Court this morning. •'I had my passport for England," protestod a womcji named Uoso Wright when 6he was convicted on charges of being an idle and disorderly person anil of loitering in Willis-street for improper purposes. "You havo another now—for Point Halswell," replied the Magistrate. "You are sentenced to a month's imprisonment." ■ i' Thomas Ryder was convicted a« a third offending- inebriate, and was given the option of paying a fine of 20s or going to gaol for three days. Jame« Monaghan was similarly penalised for having" been disorderly while drunk. Bernard Charles MofikiU, a seaman on tho Port Nicholson, was ordered to forfeit two days' pay and to pay £1 8s costs for having unlawfully absented Himself from the steamer.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 17, 20 January 1921, Page 8
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132MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 17, 20 January 1921, Page 8
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