MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 140, 18 May 1925, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TO-DAY’S SITTING

BY-LA YV BREACHES.

Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., 'presided over this morning’s sitting of tho Magistrate s Court.

David McGraw, for motor cycling across the intersection of Church street and Tno Square, at a speed dangerous to the public, was fined £l, with costs 2s. For carrying passengers on the rear of their motor cycles, the following were each lined £l, with costs: Edward Saville, Ernest YV hittaker and Harry Richards. Eric . Ernes - Butler, for exceeding the speed hunt around a, street intersection, was fined £1 with costa 7s. On a further charge of having ridden his motor cycle without a silencer attached thereto, he was mulcted in a similar umount. Driving her [notor car around the wrong side of the silent policeman” at the intersection of Cuba arid Rangitikei streets cost Emma Msy Reid £l, with costs 7s. For having ridden a motor cycle in Broad at a speed dangerous to the public, F.rie Alervjn Bates was fined £l, with costs 7s. On .a charge of having driven a motor car in Church street at a dangerous speed, Duncan A. Bennett was finpd similarly to the last offender. Failure to provide, their motor cars with proper lights after dark cost James Hughes, Stanley G. Perry, Peter Tait Jamieson, Ilenrv YY illiatn Tapson und Ejliff Jiui“en each £l, with costs 7s. For cycling without a light, Thomas James Bonn was mulcted in the sum of 10s, with costs 7s. Robert Duvnnt, on a charge of having ridden a motor cycle without, a silencer attached thereto, was fined £l, with costs 7s. For having left a horse and cart unattended in Fitzherbert street, Joseph O’Brien was lined 10s with costs 7s. George Bartlett, for cycling on a footpath, was mulcted in the sum of 10s. with coats 7s. PROTECTED GAME SHOT.

Richard Davison farmer, of Kairnnga, appeared on a charge that, on Alay 1 at Linton, he diet take or kill absolutely protected game, namely, pukeko. P. YY’. YY’illson, ranger for the YY’ellingtori Acclimatisation Society, stated thnlt defendant, who was a license-holder, had foolishly shoe three pukekos. YY’hen questioned he had admitted the offence.

Air Cooper, who appeared for accused, stated that his client had acted in ignorance of (lie law.

The Alugistrato imposed a fine of £2, with costs 9i». . Al ISCELLANEOUS.

James AlcCool and Jack Smith, who did noD appear, wore each lined £2, with costs, for being unlawfully on licensed premises, namely, the Alusonic Hotel, Ashnursl, at a l»m© when such premises were required to be closed.

For three breaches of his prohibition order, John Kinley was fined a total of £4, with costs £l Is. Henry A. Mathie and YTctor Johnson, two youths, were udmonished and discharged for stealing apples. Taitoko Alatai, of Alangawhata, farmer, appeared on a charge that on April 30 he did lay poison nearer than three chains to the highway. Defendant, who was represented by Mr 11. Poananga (Dannevirke) pleaded guilty, counsel . stating that the offence had been committed through ignorance. Senior-Sergeant O’Grady stuted that two valuable sheep dogs had been poisonesd. Defendant had advertised the fact, that he had laid poison. It had been laid 44 feet from tho footway. A fine of £l, with costs 255, was imposed. - COSTLY EXPERIMENT. A charge of having killed trout by means of a carbide explosion in the Kahuterawa stream, Linton, between November 20 and 50 of last year was preferred ugainst Peter Lauridscn. P. YY’. YY’illson, who appeared for the YY T ellington Acclimatisation Society, stated that the prosecution was laid under the Fisheries Act. Accused had used carbide in a bottle.

Ejner Hansen, a youth, gave evidence that ho had been in company with accused when the latter had thrown three bottles containing carbide into tho stream in question.

Thomas Andrews, ranger, deposed that, on being questioned on April 4, accused had admitted the offence.

Mr YViilson stated that tho society looked upon offences of this nature very,seriously. Accused admitted the offence, stating that ho had thrown the bottles into the stream more in the nature of an experiment than anything else. This was tho only occasion on which he hnd over done so. The Magistrate inflicted a lino of £4, with costs.

KILLING OF NATIVE DUCK. Arthur Amos Norman Alsop, of Oroua Downs, farmer, John Donovan Mackie, of Dannevirke, bontractor, and Andrew J. J. Jamieson, of Oroua Downs, farmer, -were charged that, on Alay 2 on the I’uki l’uki lagoon Oroua Downs, they did kill na tivo game, namely, duck, during a closo season, contrary to the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921. Air Oakley appeared for the three defendants and pleaded guilty on their behalf, stating that, when accosted by a constable* thev had been quite frank about the matter. The Magistrate inflicted a -line of £5, with costs 10s, in each case.