MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 32, 9 February 1929, Page 27

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

'Police aud summons cases in the Magistrate's Court yesterday were dealt with by Mi-. E. Page, S.M. One first-offending inebriate was fined the amount of his bail, 10s. '

A remand until Wednesday next was granted' in the case of Sue Wah, who was charged with stealing a purse and contents valued at • £20," the property of' Miss Edith Stewart. "l ,

■Sarah Thorpe pleaded guilty to/ two breaches of a prohibition order. On tlie first charge she was convicted and ordered to pay the costs,' 10s, and on the second she was convicted and discharged. - Three breaches, of the Second-hand Dealers Act were admitted by Solomon Cross, who was charged with failing to enter in his. book the date on which he sold a second-hand article, failing to enter a purchase, and failing to enter a sale. "Unless the Act is strictly complied with there is ,a great opportunity for dishonest people to dispose o£ goods without their being able to be traced by the police," said the Magistrate, when fining the defendant £5 on the first charge. Tlie defendant was convicted and discharged on the other charges.

Hubert Robin, for being found on licensed premises, was fined £2, and Dudley Harrison' and "Cyril "John' West, on similar charges, were fined 10s «ach. '. Trespassing on Trentham Racecourse cost Sinclair Gordon Cook £5.

''If you have any more trouble with the dog you will have to got rid of it," said the Magistrate to Ellen Gibbs, who was fined 10s for keeping a dangerous dog.

For behaving in a disorderly manner John Ernest Love was fined ss.

A fine of £2 was imposed on William Alexander Matthews for assaulting Robin Hulbert.

Albeit Edward Dimock, who said ho kept his shop open to prevent it being burnt down, was fined £1 for not closing his shop at 5.30 p.m. on sth November.