MAGISTRATE'S COURT '

Grey River Argus, 22 June 1920, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT '

i. • 1 '■v . . YESTERDAY'S OASES. . • ' 1 - .' • Mr E. C. Levvy, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's , Court yesterday^ morning. DKUNKiGNNESS. ■ (Samuel Cook, charged with, being found 'drunk on Mawhera Quay, wa& convicted"' and discharged. John lYy, charged with the same.p.ffence in Herbert Street, was • convicted and lined *u/-,- - ; - - '■: ; ,-■; •■/• IMPORTANT^ iBUSINESS." • JaCk Cooper and, Ebbert Dunn,, were cliargea with being found' on licensed premises, the imperial Hotel, aftei hours. . - ; .- ;• ' , Several other men were ..charged Vitli the same 'offence but only these two put. in. an appeaTance. . Cooper pleaded guiHy while !Dunn-. conductod hes own defence. . DeteeMve : Sergeant Rawle prosecuted on ,-lbehalf of f 4he police. - ,• .; Constable Calw,ell .said that on June -12 at 9.40 p.m. he the Imperial Hotel in company with Constable Andeison and, fpunfl-' defendant in tfee small yard at the back. On being . asked for an excuse det'endant said iio had none. He then"" made some ramljling statemeflt about travelling for motor cars, but tlrnt was all' lie had to «a/..- - .: To Sergeant TJawle : -The: door leading to, the yard was locked, x The;only ■vfiiy out was --th entire escape. Constable Anderson corroborated the previous witnesr's evidence. Defenr <ljwi said that lie had* no excuse for being on the premises. ; Jack : Cooper esid lie was in the Imporial Hctfri ci tha.t day. Witness and' defendaf-t iha.i. tusiness regarding &. mofcV lorry. They had arranged to meet on Sahirdiiy night, to transact, some important business about a motor ,caT> The affair had to be fixed up that night. Dunn found that witness {was dn Imperial Hotel and he. came in to see him when the polica V-ame along. , . Detective-Sergeant Eawle: You couW meither get in nor out j — Don 't worry about that I coulff: jfet' 'out all right k . -Dunn;was coT.victed and ordered to \»xy. costs and «.'f»cii.»r was convicted i>P-d fined £2 and "costs.