MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1932, Page 2

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Yesterday’s Cases At the weekly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday, Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., dealt with the following cases. Senior Sergeant C. E. Roach prosecuted. AFTER HOURS. Two first offenders found on licensed premises after hours were each convicted and ordered to pay costs. William Gordon White was charged that, being a person other than the licensee, he did supply liquor to two men at the Club Hotel, Greymouth, at a time when they were not lawfully entitled to be supplied. Mr J. W. Hannan, for defendant, pleaded guilty. The Senior Sergeant said that White was a boarder at the hotel and went into the bar without authority, and served the men found on the premises t with liquor. The licensee was away at the Reefton races. A conviction was entered, and a fine of £2, with court costs 10/-. was entered. STOPPED A TRAIN. James Leslie Guy, miner, of Greymouth, was charged that at Kumara, on March 27, 1932, being a passenger travelling on the Government Railways, he did use without reasonable cause, a braking apparatus provided in a railway carriage for use in case of emergency. Mr T. F- Brosnan represented defendant. A plea of guilty was entered. Counsel said that there was no damage done. It was a holiday excursion train and the train was travelling slowly up an incline. It was not a serious offence and he asked that the Magistrate take defendant’s youth into account. It was a joke and was done unwittingly and not with intent to cause any trouble. The Senior Sergeant said the train had to be run back down the incline to start it off again, and it was 16 minutes late on arrival at Greymouth. Defendant was said to have been under <the influence of liquor at the time, and on such occasions seemed to lose his head.

The Magistrate said the offence was rather a serious one. The penalty under the Act was £lO. He had been before the Court before for doing something he should not have done. He would be convicted and fined £l, with costs 10/-. WANDERING STOCK. George Shaw, Malcolm MeFayden. John Lester, and Phillip Martin, all of Roa, were charged with permitting cattle to wander in Stafford Street, Blackball, on April 11, 1932. Each defendant was convicted and fined 5/-, with costs 11/-, except in the case of McFadyen, in which case the costs were 13/6.