MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14736, 15 July 1908, Page 5

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, July 14. (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) Dbvjxkkx-ness.—One first offender for drunkenness was fined os'and costs, in default twenty-four, hours' imprisonmehfc,—Benjamin Cook was charged with being an habitual drunkard, and was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. Ixdecexct.— William Livingstone Smi.th,_ an elderly man, was convicted and discharged for having indecently exnosed himself in a -public place. Ihfobttotng.—Mary Brown, for having solicited prostitution and impor--tuned passengers in a public street, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. Pah-af-Poo.—Ah Mow (Mr Alpers) was charged with having assisted to conduct a pak-ah-poo lottery. Tho evidence given for the prosecution was that two constables had obtained pak-ah-poo tickets from, another Chinaman, but that the defendant had been present, and had later given them a "bank" ticket to compare with their own tickets. Mr Alpers addressed tho Bench, and contended that the defendant had not assisted to conduct tho pak-ah-poo lottery, but had at most only helped to sell the tickets, which W£s quite distinct from tho manage. merit. The seller of tho ticket waa analago'us to a tobacconist in Christchurch who told Tatter-sail's tickets, and the showing of the " bank " ticket would only place Ah Mow in a similar position to .a man who, after having obtained a Tattersall's ticket, had shown the list of tho winning-numbers to a friend who had a ticket. It was not an offence under the Act to assist in selling tickets. The defendant was fined £lO and costs.

Matxtjcnakce.—William Budd was ordered to pay 5s a week towards the support of each of his two grandchildren.—Susannah Brown applied to have the arrears under a maintenance order remitted. Her application was granted, on the condition that she paid the instalments under the order regularly in future.—Albert George Grantham was ordered to pay 5s a "week towards the support of his wife'.s child. Samuel Whittington was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having disobeyed a maintenance order, but the Magistrate ordered that the warrant should he suspended as long as he paid 7s 6d a week under the order.' Heavy Traffic By-laws.—W. V. Siddall (Mr Russell), town clerk of the Woolston Borough Council, charged Joseph Henry Garland (Mr G. Harper) with having driven drays containing over Ik tonsof metal over the Woolston roads without having been licensed to do so under the Council's heavy traffio by-law. Mr Harper defended the action on the ground that tho by-law was unreasonable. He contended that it gave the Council power, after having insisted on the licencing, to close there ade for heavy traffic for anv defined time, it might be a year. He raised other points, but Mr Bishop said thathe could not agree with Mr Harper. The defendant would bo fined 40s and costs.