MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

North Otago Times, 6 December 1910, Page 1

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

YESTERDAY,

(Meforq Mr G, Brownlee and Mr J. Cagney, J.P.'s), —Breach of;, Railway By-laws.— • A yoira-g. man named' Stanley. Litt'le, at the courthouse yesterday morning, pleaded guilty to a charge that hei'did make „. false writtett.declaration to the railway, and thereby, obtain certain concessions in freight on a .truck of chafl consigned) on behalf of Robert* Little, Hampden. Def£jn}lamt staH'ffl that tie/was not familiar with the method of consigning goods, and was' unaware of a breach of the by-laws whenjie specified the truck as 140 bags- "of chaff, whereas it contained 59' sacks of oats and wheat, one sack of potatoes and 80 sacks chafl.

Mr Lucas,, who appeared for the Railway Department in the matter, stated lit! 'had no reason to douMj defendant's statement, and had.no' desire to press for a heavy'penalty. Mr Lucas said that if the goods had been consigned to a side station instead of Hampden the feaoh would never have been discovered." The Benoh, after a short consultation, announced that as' the department WPS rea'lly only, desirous of making the matter known, and- did not wish, to have a severe penalty infliobdd, 'defendant' would tie Ined lis and ordered to. pay costs of £lßs, ■ • - —■ '

—Drunkenness.—

Timothy Twomey pleaded, guilty t 0 j three charges as follow: (1)' That he was found drunk in Thames street on Decemta 4th; (2) that he did wilfully damage property of the New Zealand Government valued at 12s fid'; and (3) that he did damage the ceiling of the lock-up valued at 10s. Sergeant 1 Stagipoole stated that though l defendant' hasfgen previously convicted he had kept out of trouble htely. He was fined ss; in default 24 hours for'drunkenness and oil thf otter charts ordered to pay fcr the damage done. . j, 'A first offender pleaded guilty to j a charse of riding a, bicycle' without a Hi'bt, and was fined.ls and costs,