MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 121, 8 May 1911, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

NAPIER. (Before Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M.) MONDAY, sth MAY. A first offender was charged with stealing a rug valued at 5 - from Hugh McLean. The accused admitted the offence, and offered to pay the value of the rug. His Worship convicted and ordered him to enme up for sentence when call- • cd upon. 1 LIGHTLESS VEHICLES. Archibald McCormick, who did not appear, was charged with driving a cart along the Hastings road without proper sidelights. He was convicted and fined 30,-, with costs 7/-.

John Stewart, similarly charged, was convicted and lined 20..-, costs 7-. in default 7 days’ imprisonment with hard labour. RIDING MOTOR BICYCLE ON FOOTPATH.

Sydney Stark was charged with I riding a motor bicy cle 1 along the i footpath on the Redcliffe-Taradam i road. The accused admitted the I offence, and his \\ orship convicted and discharged him on condition that he promised not to do so again. DISCHARGING A REVOLVER. James Albert Hird was charged with firing a revolver in Niven’s yard and causing danger to the passers-by in Waghorne street. Inspector Dwyer stated that windows to the value of £ll- had been broken, and that one inhabitant of a house had a narrow escape from the falling glass. His Worship spoke very strongly, to the accused, who was a lad of about 16 or 17 years of age. telling him that there were hail a dozen people killed in the Dominion every year through the careless- : ness in the use of fiieanns. His own common-sense ought to show i him that discharging a revolver in such a thickly-populated place was an extremely dangerous action. He would convict and fine him 20 -. amt order him to pay the cost ol the damage done. 21 -. in default 7 days’ imprisonment with hard ' labour.