NAPIER MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11130, 24 January 1899, Page 3

NAPIER MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Monday, January 23. [Before Mr A. Turnbull, S.M.] THEM. Charles Edward Wise, lieutenant in the Napier Eifleß, was aharged with having, on or about the 4th July, 1898, committed theft by appropriating to his own use a cheque for .£3 3s, drawn by Major Chicken in favor of G. I. Clarke. Mr Cresswell, who appeared for the accused, put in a plea of guilty, and asked that the case be dealt with summarily. He submitted that this was a case which might well como under the provisions of the First Offenders' Probation Act. As treasurer of. the Eifles the accused during the last two years bad received cash amounting to about .£2OO per, 'annum, and, carrying large sums about With him, had probably been induced to spend morp than hjs own, Th,ere had evidently been a. yeptaln amount of lp.oseness in the supervision of the -accounts. Major Chicken would tell the Court that the accused had gone over the accounts, and made full disclosures, and the total amount oosf s the defalcations, 4!20, had been refunded, Prior to thia accused bore an excellent character. Should he be released lie would not romain in Napier, but would go to Dunedin, where he would be more directly under the control of his parents. The S.M. hajing heard Major Chicken, 1 Z'Zt t'na'ii it would bo necessary to oof-:b f - : i with P t O hr,- f H m^' ie IJrobatio » oracer bVi ln^ r'f tlnvlow fcho oa *« would DKUNK. > fjvo first offenders were convicted and John M'Kay was lined £\ or soven days for druukenuoss, Uio souond ofienco within six months, i A DANOEKOIJK DOCI. , W. H. Worrall was charged with keepE ing a dangerous dof?, which had attacked ? a horse in Miltou-terraco.— Mr Cornford, . for the defendant, stated that the animal 3 would be destroyed, and the case was 3 adjourned to Wednesday uoxt, police tc ) satisfy thomsolves of tho destruction ol the dog. MISCELLANEOUS CASKS. Robert M'Lean, jun., cliarged with having used threatening language to hif mother, was dismissed. 3 A. Thayer, for leaving n, earf; unat . tf/ndod, yij.3 iiup.l H s iid with Yd isos jd. 1 * John Cunningham was discharged witl; 3 ft caution for committing an indecent acl f in Hastings-street. „ Alexander Chase was sentenced to ons } month's imprisonment for failing to com ply with a Court order for tho mainten. ance of his father, £H being in arrears. On the application of (J^crgc l.ivc.^^, « prohibition ordor -..a- grjiutoil' againsl Caj>hc>rine Broi.n,' ' " f