IN THE COURTS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10564, 18 April 1928, Page 7

IN THE COURTS

SEQUEL TO POLICE PAID ON CLUB. KEEPER ~TO~PAY DIOR FORTY-FIVE FINED. (Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April. 17. Fines totalling' over £2OO w.Grc imposed to-day ,on the,,men arrested as. a result of the raid on'.'the Premier Club on the night of April 9: One of the keepers, Francis Law; who had’ a previous conviction; was fiued ,£I.OO, and the other keeper, Thomas Dwyer, was fined £4O. All hut one of the defendants ie 7 versed their pleas of, not guilty ontered at, the first hearing, and admitted the offence. Only .one .charge was dismissed on a technical point. Jl; the ,45 men found on the premises six did not appear in court at the first hearing, and were lined S 3, another was dealt with vestcr!ay, and the remainder- were fined 'a sums jranging from £2 to £5., The charge against Isaac, Kutner of assisting in tlie conduct of a eomiion gaming house was dismissed.

JOCKEY ON TRIAL. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BAGBY. (Press Association.) MASTERTON, April 17. Walter Scott Bagby, 20, thewellknown jockey, appeared before the :ourt charged with a serious assault in a young woman. Counsel urged the suppression of the name on the ;round that his license would be ancelled if the name were known;, nit after considerable argument the nagistrate refused. The accused •a-s remanded, bail being allowed in he sum of £SOO and two sureties of >SO each. STABBING AFFRAY. MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMI-T ED MURDER. (Press Association.) DUNEDIN, April It. Charged with attempted murder. •Villiam Hassett. was arrested at liis home at South Milton yesterday aiit .- icon by Constable McQuitty. He was ‘•barged at the sitting of the Police Court at Milton this morning with . he- attempted murder of Albert Lloyd, a young man, who now lies m Milton hospital with a severe wound n liis abdomen. Hassett was formally remanded to appear before Mr. J. Dixon, S.M., next Monday morning. The injured man's condition is unhanged. The wound, inflicted by a pocket tnife, is of a serious nature, but it is lot considered dangerous. ( Hassett made no attempt to leave Milton after the alleged affray outside Mr. p. Curran’s residence in Union itreet on Sunday night. He was walling about the town yesterday and was ttffiis home when arrested.