MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 35, 11 February 1927, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Police and summons cases at the Magistrate's Court to-day.-were dealt with by Mr. E.Page, S.M V ; ' . . For his fifth.offence ".of drunkenness, John Maddock (42). was;fined £2, in default, seven days' imprisonment. He was similarly punished for a breach o£ his prohibition ordei\ -'--' ■-■•'; ! A fine of £I,' in default three days' imprisonment,' Was.imposed on Timothy Murray (46),' who admitted' his third: offence of drunkenness." -..'■■.'■:■"■:■ Pleading guilty -to fighting in the street, Edward M'Caffrey (36) and Stephen O'Toole (2a), were each fined £1, in default, three days' imprisonment.'"'.. •For his second,offence of drunkenness, Herbert Williams (61) "was fined 10s, in default :48 hours' imbrisoiimeht. ■'■ = ■ ■ One first off eider for drunkenness was convicted and discharged, arid another, who did not appear, was fined 10s, the amount "of"his bail.; '" .■'".-. A remand to appear at Palmerston North oh 17th- February, was granted in the case of three brothers, Albert George Windsor, a painter (31), Lawrence Egniont Windsor, a' labourer (25), and Joseph Frederick Windsor, a labourer (28), who _ were charged' with breaking and entering the counting-house of the Otaki Dairy Company; and stealing stamps, valued at £1. :■■■■. ■■■ . .. - On a charge of having obtained credit by fraud by incurring a .liability for £2 17s 6d.with Bing, Harris, and Co., o£ Christchurch, Adolphus Curline, a mer chanic, ai»d 33, was remanded t appear at Christchurch. on. 18th February. William James Moore, alias William Healey, a butcher, aged 41, clwrged with the theft ol goods valued at £27 Is, the property of Alan Edwin Papps, was remanded to appear on Monday next. . Charged with trespassing on a racecourse, David Henry Simon was fined £5. For being illegally on licensed premises after hourg, Chris Johnson was fined £1. Similarly charged, Camilla Edward Hasel was fined £2. ... Failure to close his shop at the proper time cost A. B. Bowden, a draper, £1. W. H. dmbler.was fined 10s for failing to register an apprentice within 28 days of the commencement of the apprentices' employment.