S.M. COURT

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2219, 28 May 1929, Page 8

S.M. COURT

BUSINESS DONE TO-DAY

(Air R. AI. Watson, S.AI., on the Bench), BREACHES OF LICENSING LAW. W. H. Hart, licensee of the Empire Hotel, pleaded guilty to the charge of having sold liquor alter hours on Saturday, 25th inst. Helena AE Hart also pleaded guilty to a. similar charge. Arising out of the same incident, charges were laid against William Hoppy, Leonard E. Kreagher, Albert John Kreagher, and Frederick Whittaker of being on the licensed promises, the 'Empire Hotel, after hours, not being boarders. They all pleaded guilty. j Sorgt. Cahill stated the police bad entered the premises at 9.5 p.m. on Saturday night, and found Airs Hart had served liquor to sonic of the persons present. Hart was absent from the premises at the time. All the four non-hoarders had admitted tho offence, and both Hart and Airs Hart also pleaded guilty. Sergeant Cahill added that ho had seen Hart down the street som o . little time before the police entered the house. Hart informed the Magistrate that the men had gon 0 to the hotel about 6.30 on Saturday for dinner. Airs Hart had afterwards served the men with liquor. To the Bench : Airs Hart has kCys to the bar. The AJagistrato: Then she has authority to sell. ,Sorgt. Cahill said there was no doubt the position ,of Airs Hart. She had a set of keys and full authority to sell. The Alagjstrata fined each of the four persons found on the premises C2 and costs. Mrs Hart, said the Aragistrato, had committed a. breach of the law and he took a, serious view' of her offence. A fine of -CIO would he im--posed. J Hart w r asnot present when the olfence was committed, and the Magistrate thought in his case a fine of Co would he imposed, with costs added. ,

MOTORISTS GOING TOO FAST

TJios. F. O. Elliott (Air Cullinane) pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven his motor car past a. street intersection in Feilding at a speed greater than 15 miles an hour, on tho night of Arav 8. Ernest Short was similarly charged, the offence having been committed at the same time.

Sorgt. Cahill said these two motorists had driven their cars down Kimbolton road on the night of Alay 3. Each car, as seen hv Constable John-

ston, was travelling at 35 miles an hour at least. There wan this to he said for the accused, that the street was quiet at the time. A line of £2 and 12s costs was imposed in each ease. INFECTED SHEEP. Several charges against owners of slJeep for exposing for sale in the Feilding yards sheep infected with lice v’crc decided. Afr E. A. Palmer, stock Inspector, prosecuted. Henry AI. Parker was charged in respect of a small line and pleaded guilty. He was lined 20s and 10s costs. David W. Reid pleaded guilty in respect of a fair line. Defendant complained that- some one was not doing his duty. ITc had purchased this

lino from tho Wairnrapn, and line! tnli(>n delivery at Ashhurst on Wednesday. Tie put them in the yards on Friday, and it was then found they were in feet oil with lice. —Tho Mngjstrato said the onus was on Reid to see tlT.e sheep wero clean. Reid had heon previously eonvieted. A fine of o()s would he imposed, with 12s costs. ('. C. Venhell pleaded guilty to a oliarft-e in respect to a small line and was fined 20s and 12s costs. A fme of 20s and 10s costs was imposed on Claud H. Spiers, who pleaded not guilty, explaining he had dipped the sheep. Ernest Kilgour was fined 20s and 12s costs in respect of a small line, i Albert Anderson was similarly lined. plus 10s costs. oeo. To Snolljng pleaded .guilty in respect of a line, somewhat seriously affected, and was fined 30s and 10s costs. FAILED TO ATTEND CAMP. Albert. Hayden pleaded guilty to the charge of having failed to. attend s, military camp. Sergt.-Major Ryan gave evidence that, defendant had also failed to attend th o eamp last year. A fine of Co was imposed. I THE CIVIL LIST. Judgment was givoji lor plaintiff in each of tho following eases: A. D. Delk v. F. Rink, C 3 18s, costs 30s Oil. Aitkon and Evans v. D. P. Thurston, I*3 19s 3d, costs 23s fid.