PETONE SITTING.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 145, 20 June 1924, Page 11

PETONE SITTING.

The monthly sitting of the Petone Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, before Mr. 0. It. Orr Walker, S.M. Ernest Kent, charged.with tho theft pt a case' o'£ gin from Mr. P. Farlev, a carrier, was admitted ,to probation" for one -year, On condition'that he submitted to a prohibition order and paid the owner, of the liquor "tho sum.of .£2 .17s. On charges of transacting business, by way-of selling cigarettes on Sunday, E. Hill, H. M. Waddington. L.- N;. -Dean, .md C. C. Sage were each fined 10s. with. 7s-costs. ■ .'

A. Knight, charged with driving a motor-car at a speed dangerous to the public along the Hutt road,, .was fined £7 10s, with 7s costs, the Bench remarjdng that had defendant.been in a better financial position Jie would have been fined the maximum, amount. Constable Morison gave evidence that defendant's speed was between 50 and 60 lv.iles an hour.

■" G. H. Hunt and J. V. Dyke were each fined 15s. with 7s costs, for driving motor vehicles at night without lights, and .H. J. Hill, for driving a horse and cart at night without- lights was fined a similar amount. '

For cycling at night without lights, J Edney, J.. Lincoln, and F. Barnard were each fined 15s. with 7s costs, and K. Gougli for a similar offence was fined 50. with 7s costs. In consideration of the fact that ho had already been heavily'fined forvprncliciilly the same offence. G. D. Christie, for exceeding the speed limit in ;i motor-car, was fined only 20s, with 7s costs. Other offenders for this breach of the local bylaws were D. Ryan J O'Brien. C. G. V. Moncc. t>. Glasspole, .'William Wilson, and V. Can-, who were each fined £2 10s. with 7s costs, and F. Sampson £2, with 17s costs. I'or being found on licensed premises when such premises were required to be closed. D. M'Phee, R. R. Fitzcerald. and P. Farley were each fined 20s. with 7s costs, and' C. H. Muir, 30s. with 7s costs. Defendants, were represented by Mr. W. P.. Coles.

A. Gough, for allowing stock to wander on the public road, was fined 15s, with 7s costs.'