THE COURTS—TO-DAY.

Evening Star, Issue 15539, 8 July 1914, Page 8

THE COURTS—TO-DAY.

CITY POLICE COUR T. \ (Before 11. Y. Widdowson, Esq-, \ Vagrancy. —Michael' John Sheehan charged with being an idle and dieoi) person haring insufficient, lawful mea], support, and also with being found <i censed premises during the currency 1 prohibit ion order. Accused was remai from yesterday to giro him an opportu| j of calling witnesses. — Aigier Densem, I [man of the- New' Zealand Express u pany, said'that accused had been work lor hint as a casual laborer. He had <h I very little this last fortnight. For i previous fortnight he canned £2 or i Accused was always readv and willing work.—George Graham denied the- etat ment made by Accused yestorday that i slept in a whare at his stables. lie gai him permission to sleep m the n two nights. There was no bed or biar kets there.—His Worship said that .u cused during the last five months had ap parent ly only earned on an average 16> ) month. Ho certainly did a. little casual work, but not sufficient to lead an honest life. Ho had a chance feme time, when 1m was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence nn a charge of theft.l That should have been a lesson to him. Om the charge of vagrancy he would be sentenced to a month's itTiprleonmeni. and on the, charge of breaking nis prohibitum orye he would’ lie lined 2Cs or seven .lays, _ S\ ith rcuard to the charce of theft on wliich he was ordered to come up tor sentence. aroused was remanded till Friday. P.v-kw Cases.—.John Scott, David rtiaw, William Wood, Harry Walker, and Sidney Dyer each pleaded guilty to a charge of riding a bicycle at night without a light, and were fined 5s with oasts (7r-i. with th« exception of Scott, who was fined 7s costs. Archibald Meikle and vStanley Partridge, who did not appear, worn convicted on a similar charge and fined 5s and cost* On charges of driving a vehicle at night without, a light Frederick Tanner and tlovd Hayden were each fined 5s and costs (7sl, and John Bartlett 7s costs. James (aside pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to light a«n obstructumEvidence was given by SergesmtM‘Keeft«y. —Defendant stated that the lamp had been lifted, hut had probably been removed.— fine of 5s and costs (7s) was imposed, Prank Stookdale did not appear to answer to a charge of riding a motor cycle a* a sored gres-ter tnan four nules ar hour while turr.rg the comer of Prince* street into High street, and wa* oonyicteo and fined 10s and cost? (7s).——Alfred Hall pleaded not nnhy to a charge of driving ft vehicle on the wrong side of the street.—After hearing evidence the Magistrate said that, according to his own etory. defendant had committed a- technical breach of the by-law. Be would b© fined 6s and costs (7s).