MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11541, 30 March 1898, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, Mabcf 29. (Before Mr R. Beetham, S.M.) .Alleged, ..Theft.— John. Wilson was charged with stealing a' purse and £2 in money, from the person of James Moncrief on. March '26, at Christchurch. He' was remanded till March 30, existing bail being allowed. Breach of the By-iaws. —David Matson was charged with having driven a vehicle at night and neglecting to display two lights. The hearing was adjourned till April 5. Desertion. Terence Shannon was charged with having deserted his children, and leaving his wife without adequate means of support. The case was adjourned till April 5. Maintenance. James Brown was charged with being £1 in arrears in his payments towards the support of his mother. He paid 15s into Court, and the case was adjourned till April 26 to enable him to pay the remainder. Prohibition Order. A prohibition order, to take effect in the Christchurch and surrounding districts for one year, was granted against a man. Affiliation. Henry Manning , was adjudged the putative father of an illegitimate child, and ordered to pay 6s a week towards its support, with £lO 7s expenses and the costs of the proceedings., LYTTELTON, Tuesday, March 9. (Before Mr A. Chalmers, J.P., and Mr S. R. Webb, J.P.) Larceny. —Richard James Tredennick (14), Daniel Bamford (11), Richard Phillips (11|), Frederick Halliday (14) and Thomas Halliday (11), were charged with stealing 24 cwfc of boat nails, the property of Malcolm Miller. Bamford and Thomas Halliday pleaded not guilty; the others admitted having taken some nails. Malcolm Miller, master shipwright, Dampier’s Bay, identified the nails, which he missed about March 19, and saw them on Monday night at a Chinaman’s place. He valued them at about £7. Constable Connell deposed that the Chinaman admitted having bought nails from boys. At first he said he did not know what he had given, but afterwards that it was 12s. Bon Wye deposed that he had bought nails from Trendennick and Bamford, who came three times to his place, accompanied by the other boys. They sold sometimes 281 b, sometimes 341 b. He paid 12s for the whole lot. The accused consented to have the cases dealt with in the lower court. The Bench said they were not satisfied that Thomas Halliday had been an active partner, and he would be discharged. As to the others, it was difficult to deal with such young offenders. Where money had passed, as in this case, it appeared to the Bench that the parents were morally as much to blame as the youngsters. The case might be met by the infliction of a penalty of 10s, with costs, on each of the four hoys, in default a proportionate term of imprisonment. * All the stolen property, would be returned to Mr Miller, as the Chinaman deserved to lose his twelve shillings, EANGIORA. Tuesday, March 29. (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., Mr A. Todd, J.P., and Mr E. E. Good, J.P.) Cycling on a Footpath.— John Anderson, for riding his bicycle on a borough footpath, was fined 5s and 7s costs. Prohibition Order.— An order prohibiting the supply of liquor to a man, to be in force in the Kaiapoi and Ashley districts, was granted on the application of his brother.