MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 202, 14 August 1911, Page 5

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

NAPIER. I . i (Before Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M.) THIS DAY. INSOBRIETY. { A first offender was convicted and l fined 20/- and 2/- costs, in default) 48 hours’ imprisonment. j BREACH OF PROHIBITION i ORDER. ’ A woman of questionable charac-j ter was charged with obtaining! liquor during the currency of a pro- j hibition order against her. Shej was fined £5 and costs 7/-. j BY-LAW BREACHES. j Robert Roberts, who rode his) bicycle along Dalton street footpath! from Erne rson to Dickens street, j was fined 30/- and 7/- costs. | Sydney Smith was charged with! failing to properly light the scaffolding erected by him in Emerson street. The police gave evidence that no lights were on the scaffold-, ing on the dates in question. De-j fondant explained that he had 1 ; caused the lamps to be lighted' every night, and had seen the men • do this. He could not help it if j hooligans put the lamps out. He; did all in his power to comply with, the law. Fined 10/- and costs 7/-. ,

H. Evans was charged with riding his bicycle after sunset without a proper light. Accused said he had lighted his lamp before leaving home, and to the best of his belief the lamp was alight when he reached the spot where the constable saw him. Fined 30/- and costs 7/-.