MAGISTRATE'S COURT
.^■Mr.v;j:.H. Salmon,.'S.-M.|-.:-.aealb-with police-cases iri- the' Magistrate 'g ■■ Court to-day. : :■' '.-•■ ■■■■:.<■ :•■•;(': c;; ■-.■ -i:.\ ■• - ."I had a few'drinks, but I .wasn't drunk. I don't remember-.using'obscene *■ language; that, I think, is a trumped up case./.against,'me for 'spite, "/ declared Christina Saville, '■ a".;' married woman, . ag.ecl.43, whp ;was .charged, with; drunk? eniiess and'*vith haying used indecent langu-|je; r iii the city! yesterday-.;after- :- .nooii.;.; The ,-Magistrate/. howeyer,.Rafter hearing evidence, fined..her £.2, in default seven days?, imprisonment,^ for using the language. , On. the. charge of drunkenness she was. convicted.and discharged... .■'> .' ;-',■: .:/.". :'"i/\ .:■ :■' . ~\ A .first offender for drunkenness, who had-speiit the night in; the,' bells,, was convicted, and discharged. : -.■■:.-■ :
... Eaymoiut Dundas'Gordon, a labourer, , aged* 21:; -appeared on a; "charge- of hay-, 'ing; stolen "£3 15s; the 'property ' of William Robertson, at "Stratford, last month. I'"' He pleaded "guilty. . Sub-In-sp'eetor Lander said' that Gorden was "released on ■ license'■ from'; the. InveriCargiU'Borstal Institution, in Septem- ■ be; last and"obtamed' employment from ;:d:-farm'erV.-at l-Stratf6rd. K ' On : dne occasion' during the absence of his- employer he..stole £4-.ss,,and:-left the- farm, coming. to '• Wellington,' I'and: then' going to .Dannevirke,, where he was' arrested. "He!- admitted'• having: taken": &3. ,15s, but when he was arrested'he: had spent practically all tho money.'. .The Magistrate ordered that Gordon be detained in' a: Borstal Institute for a period not exceeding twelve 'months. '■ ;>' ' ■: '
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 4, 5 January 1929, Page 9
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213MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 4, 5 January 1929, Page 9
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