MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 September 1918, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY'S SITTING

Mr Wyvem Wilson, S.M., presided aver to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's °°Urt' BY-LAW CASE. Walter Stone, who did not appear, was fined 10s with costs 7s, for hawing | driven a motor car around the corner of High and Princes streets on the wrong side of the road. PROHIBITION ORDER BROKEN. William Hart ple&ded guilty to \ being a prohibited, person he was found on licensed premises, and (2) procuring liquor while prohibited. Senior Sergeant Till said the defendant committed the breaches of his order on the same day that he was served with a notice of the order. . The defendant, in reply to the Magistrate, said he was put out a little on the day in question, and had a drink or two. He desired to be given a chance as he had a job to go to in a dairy factory- He had been unable to work for some time on account of a poisoned hand. ~ . The' Magistrate: It was an impudent breaoh of your order. The defendant: It was foolish. The Magistrate: It was more than that. This is not the first tim© that you have broken your prohibition order, and you must big taught a lesson. The defendant was fined £5 on the first charge and £2 on the second dharge with costs 7s on each of the two informations. Hart was ordered to pay the fines in instalments of £1 per week on each charge. FAILURE TO ENROL. - William Jacob was charged under section 23 of the Military Service Act that he did make default in making application in writing for his enrolment in the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve.

Senior Sergeant Till: This man came under our notice as follows: Be went along to the Defence office and expressed his desire to enlist. It was then found that he was a quarter-caste Maori, and so the people were unable to take him until these proceedings were taken. The defendant: I thought I was a Maori, having been brought up amongst the Maoris all my life. 1 wanted to enlist -with the Maori force and enter Narrow Neck Camp, and I was told that there was no chano© of my going to tihat camp as a Maori. The Senior iSergeant: The mri&fcary | authorities say they will take him if you will deal with him. The Magistrate, said there was no doubt about the defendant's loyalty. It was an exceptional case, and the defendant was not to blame, as he thought he was a Maori. Ifi the defendant was convicted and ordered to pay the costs, 7s, this would meet the case. PERMITTING STOCK TO WANDER. William Hayward (Mr ODea) was proceeded against by the Hawera county ranger, Mr A. J. Courtney (Mr Powell) on two informations of having allowed two and three horses respectively to wander on the public highway in the Ohawe township. Evidence in support of the prosecution was given by the. county ranger and P. M. Pratt. Counsel for the defence called the two HaywarS boys, who denied that the horses were grassing on the road. The Magistrate: I think it is a storm in a teapot in regard to this man's horses being on grass roads. His Worship, in the course of further observations, said the evidence led, him to suppose that thetre was something at the back of the prosecution. There was no doubt that the stock must have been on the roads at some time, but he did" not think any harm was done to anyone. Under the circumstances a conviction would meet the case without penalty or order as to costs. CIVIL CASES. Judgment was entered for plaintiffs, with costs, in. thig following undefended cases:—J. Adams v. Joe Hokio, £7 10s; A. Cocker v. P. Woller, £5 6s 2d; same v. C. Paine, £9 8s 3d; same y. C. Milien,- 17s; same v. L. G. Hanm, £2 17s 8d; same v. J. C. Hawke&, £3 las Sd; Fitzzell and Shaw v. C. Hawke, £3 2s 8d; same V. Mawae Rangi, 18s (costs only). Orders were made in the following judgment summons cases:—J. Hyalop (Mr ODea) v. F. Day—To pay £11 4s, with solicitor's fee 10s6d; forthwith, in default 11 days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended for seven days; H. E. Han-is (Mr ODea) v. C. Hawke—To pay £15 18s 6d with solicitor's fee, 10s 6d, forthwith, in default 14 days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended for 1* days.