MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 18, 21 January 1921, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., presided at'tho Magistrate's Court to-day.' ■ ' '" ' A seaman named Albert Frederick Makin pleaded guilty to charges of having deserted from the steamer WoodaTra. and stealing a bottle of sauce and a. small quantity of sugar and tea, the property of tho Union Steam Ship Company. He was caught carrying the goods from the Arahura, and explained that someone on board had given , them to him. A sentence of 14 days' imprisonment was imposed on tho fiTst charge, and he was con-r victed and discharged on the second. . William Elliott was'fined 10s for a second offence of drunkenness, and Noel C. F. Smith £1 for a. similar offence. J abez Woodridge was oonvicted on charges of drunkenness and breaking his prohibition order, and was fined £3. James Baldwin was fined 40s for breaking his prohibition order, and Elizabeth Wilson £1 for a like offence. _ 'Agnes Greig, who had addressed some indecent remarks to some small boys who,' she alleged, had annoyed her, was sharply reprimanded, and was ordered to. pay a fine aud^ costs amounting to £6. Leong Ming was fined IDs and costs for having sold cigarettes after hours. J.-E. Fitzgerald and A. H, Nixon admitted that they had failed to supply particulars of their businesses to the Government Statistician under the Census and Statistical Act. Fitzgerald, who has failed to supply returns previously,- was fined £2 and Nixon £1. (Proceeding.) Judgment for plaintiffs by. .default was given by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at Upper Hutt in the following undefended' civil cases:—A. H. Jowitt v. J. Burling £8 6s 9d; P, Robertson v. F. Clark, £30 and £3 11s cost*.