COURT NEWS

Grey River Argus, 27 March 1928, Page 5

COURT NEWS

AUCKLAND CASES. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Marell 26. \t the Supr'.'ine Court, Justice Blair sentenced Charles Herbert Jeffries, 20, to two y ars at Borstal, for ern-nal knowledge'. I John Jenkins. found guilty of for-1 gerv, ami had been out on license. His. Honour said that prisoner was, owing to illness, more readily subject to temptation than the ordinary individual. He, was going to take a risk with Jenkins. Instead of imprisoning him, he would convict and order him to come up for' sentence when called upon within | twelve months. This, in view of the I fact that accused’s license had been j cancelled, was an indication to the Prisons Board that it was worth while« giving him another trial. Mark Roglich and John Marion Jelcich Dalmatian boarding house keepers. pleaded guilty to charges of sly orog selling, and w.re fined £3O each. ! WANGANUI, Alaruh 26. A prosecution under the Health ?.ct | for storing flour and not protecting it? from vermin and dust, resulted in | Charles James, Gordon, baker, being] fined £lO. j Defendant bought a large quantity J of flour in July last,, anticipating a’ rise. ’This was stored adjacent to the? bakery, and Ihe sacks were riddled] with rats. Four tons were condemned ami the remainder sold as pig feed. DUNEDIN, March 26. I At the Police Court, Wilson, | factory manager, pleaded guilty to the 5 theft of £ll, tRe property of H<illen-| stein Bros. The police stated that ac-1 cased sold a number of suits and fail-1 ed to account for the money. He was J admitted to probation for twelves months. AN UNUSUAL CASE. J MARTON, March 26. An unusual case was heard at the Huntcrville Magistrate’s Court when J. Klue, butcher, sued A. P. Stewart, of Rata, for 245, meat supplied. It was proved that plaintiff consigned the parcels of meat by rail from Huntcrville, that a guard put off the parcels at Raia, but though officials were continuously on duty at the latter station, no receipt was obtained for the parcels delivered. The Magistrate held the delivery not proven, and non suited the plaintiff, pointing out that the method was bad, with many possibilities of the goods going a,stray.