THE COURTS-TO-DAY

Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 6

THE COURTS-TO-DAY

'.: CITY POLICE COURT. (Before H.'A. Young, Esq., S.M.) Drunkenness.—Henry James M'Kinlav, an old man, was convicted and discliarged, and a prohibition order was issued against 'him.-—-A first offender was fined 20s, or 48 hours.- Archibald Black was sent to gaol for one month, and'a prohibition order was issued against 'iim. By-law Cases.—John' Drain was fined £3, with costs (£1 3s) for driving a motor truck at a speed dangerous to the public. ——Robert Murcioch,pleaded.not, guilty to driving a motor car not bearing a tail light and guilty to driving an unregistered oar. —Defendant was fined 10s, with costs (7s) on each charge.——John Smale, who did not appear, was'fined £3 arid costs (7s)' for diivdng a motor car at a speed dangerous to_ the public. Gilbert Tabernacle, fur" driving a motor car at more than a reasonable speed, was fined £5, with costs (7s). Sunday'Trading.—George Chooquee (two charges). . William Henderson, Edward Searle (three charges), and Hannah Ginsberg (two charges) weio charged with keoping their shops open for. the purpose of trading on Sunday.—Tho Sub-inspector said that Mr Han'lan, who was appearing for Chooquee, Henderson, and Ginsberg, was ont of town, and it had been arranged that those cases should stand adjourned Until tho 6th February.—Adjourned accordingly.—Mr Hay appeared for Searle, and also asked' for an adjournment. Those were really test cases. , These shops had been carrying on business for many years on Sunday, and no action had previously been taken by tHo police. This cass was adjourned until Friday. Young Quee was charged with keeping his house open for trading on (Sunday.—The Sub-inspector said that defendant was seen to sell vegetables from Ins house on a Sunday.—The defendant said that tho vegetables were ordered' on tho Saturday.—Fined' 20s and costs (7s). Alleged Assault.—John Sooles and Mark Thomas M'Keay were charged with assaulting Benjamin Jdhn MArthur.—On the application of Chiof-detoetivo Bishop tho case was adjourned until next Wednesday. __ Two-up. Arthur Dominic Phuket, Francis Alexander Hare, William Joseph Roberts, Arthur M'Dermid Roberts, and Dominic M'Loughlan, ail youths, wore charged with playing .two-up on the' Town Belt, Mornington, on Sunday last.—On the. application of Mr Irwin, who appeared for the defendants, tho charges were adjourned until to-morrow morning.