MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 September 1924, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

WEEKLY SITTING. ' vee , kl y sitting of the Haivera Magi. B irate s Court was held to-day, Mr • • S. Barton, S.M., presiding. AFTER HOTEL HOURS. 4 young man, 22 years of age, was charged by the police with being on licensed .premises after hours. Sfergeant Henry said that *at 10 35 Rib cai a recent Saturday Constable i i keur<l voices in the Central bar, and; going inside found the bar fully lighted, and the defendant coming out with five bottles of beer in his, pockets. ' Mr J. Houston, for defendant, drew attention to the .fact that defendant was the son of a highly respected citizen, and, the young man was smart and promising. He made an application for tile suppression of the name. His Worship said that- the matter must be left to. the Press, who- always exercised a wise discretion. . His Worship said he was always willing .to meet- an impulsive offence with leniency if contrition were shown. S'ergeant Henry gave defendant a good character, and his Worship deferred his decision for six months, the polite, to report at the end of that time. DRUNKEN NATIVE. Tairpai Hori, who was charged by the. police with being found drunk iii Stafford Street, Normanby, whilst in ’charge of a horse, was filled £l, a! piv>hibition order for 12 months being also issued against defendant. MAINTENANCE order varied. A variation of a maintenance order against Minnie J. Hawkins in respect of lfer child in a Government home was made, the order being increased from 5s to 10s per week. BY-LAW CASE. On the information of the police, Win. Ki ederic-k Gifkins was charged with riding a motor-cycle at Normanby out lights. Constable Pidgeon said that when interviewed at the tinie of the offence defendant gave a wrong name. A fine of £2 aiid 7s court costs was imposed. IRRESPONSIBLE YOUTH. Lancelot Goodger, a bey of 17 years, was charged by the police with wilfully damaging a motor-car tyre and tube valued at £7 16s Gd, the property of George Arthur Murphy. Constable Tocker said that defendant had made a statement in. which he admitted that whilst waiting outside St. Mary’s Church he saw a car standing nearby which he thought belonged to Mr G. A. Murphy, with whom he had had some trouble. He was seized with an impulse, and crossed the road and gashed the tyre with a short knife. ■ __’age.iiiL Henry said that defendant was a bright boy, but his mind <1 id not seem to have developed as it should have. The hoy had been cxoellod from the Tawhiti School, had been lined for failing to attend drill, and had also been mixed up in a “cowboy stunt-,” for which he had received 12 months’ probation. However, under proper control there was no reason why the boy should not make good. Mr Taylor, for defendant, said that Mr A. J. Corrigan bad offered to take charge of the lad and place him on a farm under isuppfvisnbn of the farm manager. His AVorship said it was a difficult problem to know what to do with a youth who pleaded uncontrolled impulse. There were two courses open, namely, to be placed under the control of the State at the institution at Invercargill, or to. convict him and cider him to come up for sentence, at some future date, the lad to he put or probation in the meantime. Sergeant Henry intimated that Mr Corrigan was quite willing- to take the hoy providing sufficient restraint was imposed. His AA'orship said that under the circumstances be would convict and order defendant to come up for sentence in two years’ time, tlie boy to repay tbe amount of the damage nrcl to pay tbe sum of 10s car hire to Mr Murphy, to report to the Hawera. police as ;f on probation, and to be of good behavioni. Mr Taylor asked for an order suppressing the name, but his »Verfhip said be was not prepared to, grant this in the case of a boy who bad been before the court for the third time.