MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

'Mr. E. Page; .S.M., presided at today's sitting.of the Magistrate's Court.. Beatrice Higgins, who was described by. the' police as an "habitual inebriate," was committed to , Pakatoa "for; twelve months; On" the charge of breaking her prohibition order. she was convicted and discharged..-'-' ...'.-.- ■ . . : , Loo Toe and Joe^Yee, who were- each charged with being found in possession of a quantity of opium suitable for smoking, were remanded, till to-morrow. Bail was- fixed at £50 in each case. | A plea of guilty was entered by George I Tallis Bailey, who appeared "on .the! charge of the. theft of- carpenter's accessories, valued^ at. £1 ls,:. from Ernest 'AnnealI. The. Chief Detective said that the'accused was a' married man, who was unemployed. Mr.'W; E. Leicester,! whoo appeared for Bailey, said'that his' client had informed him that the accused's :eight. children, were . crging-; for food, and Bailey broke open a cupboard and took.the tools, which he sold. Accused was remanded till to-morrow morning for sentence. . ' •..' A remand to the 14th May was granted in the 'case of Frank AnseD,.. alias Frank Ward Ansell, .'who was charged with forgins a telegram. Bail was "renewed at £200. .'" : . ' ■',-■■ Parlane Ross Walker, on a charge of aileijed fraud, was remanded to the 14th May. Bail of ±,100 was renewed.

Mr. G. Petherick, J.P., presided at a sitting of the ; Mount' Cook Police Court tliis morriirig. ; William Cox, a third offender for.drunkenness, was fined 60s, in default seven days' imprisonment. ■ .