MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 55, 8 March 1929, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Police and summons enscs were dealt with by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S;M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day.

A first offender for drunkenness was fined ss, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment.

John Smith, a labourer, aged 66, was fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment, for his second offence of drunkenness, and a third offender, Joseph Murphy, a labourer, aged 56, was similarly dealt with.

A fine of £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, was imposed on Felix Mulligan, aged 38, who admitted his fourth offence of drunkenness within six months.

Kichard Cook, aged 42, a seventh statutory offender for drunkenness, was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, and was ordered to be prohibited. Charged with the theft at Auckland of a diamond ring und a camera, of a total value of £21, James William Stewart elected trial by jury. On the application of Chief Detective' Ward, the accused, who was represented by Mr. 0. C. Mazengarb, was remanded' until 20th March on bail.

Frank Key, a labourer, aged 28, for whom Mr. W. E. Leicester appeared, pleaded guilty to the theft of an opal ring, valued at £1. Chief Detective Ward said that the ring, which belonged to a relative of the accused, was stolen in June of last year. Key took the ring from the house and pawned it for Bs. He was- before the Court in February of last year, when lie was given twelve months' probation for theft. The accused was a married man living apart from his wife, and was unemployed at present. He was fined £5, in default one month's imprisonment.