MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Northern Advocate, 2 September 1913, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TO-DAY'S SITTING

(Before Mr E. Page, S.M.) William McAdams was fined 10/ tfoir drunkenness, and >a p-rohihiton order was issued against him for a period of twelve months. THE DEFENCE ACT.

For 'breaches of the Defence Act in not rendering the personal service required of them fines were imposed upon the respective defendants as follows:—Harold Mills, £2 and costs 7/; Joseph Wingrove, £2 and costs 7/; James Neary, £2 and costs 7/. In respect to a charge against D. Austin, of Pakotai, an adjournment was granted for the purof securing further information flfcan had been forthcoming in respect the despatch of notices to the defendant. In this case the defendant had not been sworn in or ever imaldicallv examined/. He tiad made inquiries as to his liability to attend the Kirikiri camp, and was told by the officer to whom he appealed that his name was not on the roll. J. Brown was convicted and fined £2* costs (7/), for failing to attend the annual camp at Kerikeri in May last. The case was heard at a former sitting of the Court, Mr Page giving judgment this morning. The defendant raised as a defence that he was under 21 years of age, and ,was not liahle to be trained. The defendant was 20 years of age when the Act came into force. "He is therefore liable to serve in the general training section," said the

Magistrate, 'and he must be convic__vA." SB Lieutenant Walker said defendant be passing through Whangarei to-day en route to Sydney. "Would it be possible to execute a ■warrant forthwith? The Magistrate said it would be well if the defence authorities notified defendant of the fine. If he did not pay it he might be committed to military detention. If necessary he ■could be arrested in Auckland. \ ANOTHER CHANCE . Sarah Nugent vociferously disclaimed the truth of a charge that she had committed a breach of a prohibition order. lEvidence wafe given by the police that defendant had been found drunk on Saturday In a public street. The Bench pointed out. that this was the fourth breach of the order. Defendant—l have had a great Oal of trouble. *Mr Page—You must stop this drinking Mrs Nugent or I will send you to the island. I will give you another chance. You will be fined £2 in default two weeks imprisonment. BOROUGH BY-LAWS. Laurence Quaife was fined 10/ and 7/ costs for allowing horses to wander on the streets. Christopher Galbraith for allowing a cow to wander ' was fined £1 and costs 7/ and Fanny Griffen was fined a similar sum for the same breach. PAYMENT OF WAGES.

Herbert Francis, for failing to pay wages fortnightly and to keep a proper wages and overtime book at the Whangarei Freezing Works was fined £4 and costs on the latter charge and £2 and costs on two charges of failing to pay wages. ._ CIVIL CASES. Judgment was given by default in each of the following cases at the Magistrate's Court this morning:— Pickens Bros. v. T. Makaraka, £1 15/11, costs (£2 3/6); Whangarei County Council v. John Griffen, £1 7/8 (costs 18/) ; State Guaranteed Advances Office v. John Griffen, £14 2/10 (costs £1 8/); H. G. Wilkinson v. Sam Tani, £2 5/8 (costs £1 2/); John Brown v. Tom Poa, £19 9/ (costs £2 5/6). (Proceeding.)