MAGISTRATE'S COURT
, Iplice cases in the Magistrate's Court today were dealt with by Mr. E. Page, S.M. A remand until Friday next was granted m -the case of John Edward Fitzgerald, aged,s7, who is charged with being drunfr m charge-of a motor-car in Biddiford street yesterday, '.j, - For his third statutory offence of drunkenness Joseph Murphy, aged 57, was fined 10s, in defaidt three days' imprisonment. Charged vith stealing a.bicycle, valued at £15, the .'property-of-Joseph" "Patterson Munro, a butcher, -David- Fahey> aged-22, was remanded until Friday. , . . ■ ■ "I was Out. of'work, at the.time," Wilfred Rolari Ralph Jarvie, a butcher, aged 31, told the Magistrate when pleading guilty tor stealing a watch and chain valued at . £ 10,, the- property of Arthur Crum. .-.-, ;.. ... ■-,:\ ,:,
Detective-Sergeant Tricklebank said that Jarvie became friendly with: the complainant, who left, his shop, thus giving the accused an opportunity to steal the watch and chain. " The chain was sold for 7s and the watch for 15s.'
'You have a, long criminal list, some of it for very serious charges," said'the Magistrate, in sentencing the-accused to six months', imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 6
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179MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 6
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