MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Police and summons cases were dealt with by Mr. E., Page, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court to-day. _ "There has been an epidemic of desertions from vessels," remarked Senior- , Sergeant Lander, when John March, a. greaser, appeared on a charge of desert!"S from 'he steamer Mahia. 'A sentence of Ehree weeks' imprisonment was imposed. , .'■■.,' ..-Hugh Badger and John Curran,1 for' being on the premises of the Britannia Hotel after hours, were each fined £2, with, costs. For using threatening behaviour in ! Clyde quay, Arthur Douglas was fined hd and costs, and s for using obscene language) he was fined £2 and costs. Failure to stamp a receipt cost Charles V. Elford £1 and costs. For committing a breach of his prohibition order, George E. Murrey was fined £1 and costs. Joe Lee Bros., for selling cigarettes 1 n orS> Were fined'£l <™d costsC. G. Watt, for failing to close his shop at the required time, was fined £1 and costs. ' Edward Gallichman, for failing to make an income tax return, was fined £2 and costs. , ' ■ •■ On a charge of the theft of a pipe and tobacco pouch, valued at £1 Us 6d, the property of Ngawaka Piriki, ii single man named William Harrison Cowie was fined £5, m default one month's imprisonment. Defendant was given one week to hnd the money. He was ordered to repart to the detective office daily, and to make restitution to Piriki of the valu» 'si tiis goods.. . . .■ • j