MAGISTERIAL

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13234, 4 March 1915, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL

'WEDNESDAY,'MARpU 3rd, 1915. ■ /,! DruhkenneßS,., ; -1 Christian.. .Toiiaon, ii:; ; fireman ;'oii/the; li^vporos,•-:'plcn<lo(l guilty |o living 'btyn .found drunk. uppn the, railwayplatform and : was .fined 5h aiul 'boosts, ill' default twenty-four hours 'imprisonment, ' \ -V.- , -Defaulting Territorials, ; Faili)ro to attend parnrto was responsible for ft munbor of cases, , , Captain Redmond appeared for the Defence Department." , ■ Conrad Clarke stated that'ho could mot attend parades, on account ot' liein),' employed at night in coiineet'ion with Hnywnrd's picture show,Captain Bedmond stated- that if Clarke wero granted an exemption from attendance for the reason "stated, other; cinployors would lalto an advantage, of the decision, 1 .

". As"Cl(irke was now attending v pai\ ndes,"'his Worship let him off wltii.a. fine of 10s and 7s costs. Herbert T.KJtto did not' -.appear. Sergt.-Mnjor jlodgson gave ovideuco that Kitto had, out of !I2 night -and nine day parades, only been present at 10 night and J J daylight ones. Fined.. ,C2,- court costs 7s, cost of. defence, ss,' ' ■ ' \ Win. CI,-Stewart, for failure-lo at-tend-parade of 2filh January, .pleaded' "notguilty" being, absent nt.BortbnY Siding' for' three months; •' ■ He -slatfid;' in roply to the Bench,. that lie? had liot given notice toilho'Dcfoucenuthoritics of his absence, That.'-1 here- might, hnro boon parades at. Duntroon. • • C'flptnlnJfldinoiKl roporlwlHliiit'oiil of 37' night, parades, Stewart/had 'only nltended'2o, and out of seven-daylight ones he had attended once. Fined : 20s ■and costs 7s.

W. J, Creo, for uon-nltondanco at, parade .on January 21'itli, pleaded "guilty." He stated when in Onmnru; ho attended parades, lint, on the night in question lie was at Hampden, His work as a carpenter took him out ol' town on occasions, lie hail verbally notified the Sergeant I hat he was going out of the town, The Magistrate said he must give written notice to Ihe authorities. Fined 20s and costs 7s,

W. A. Bain pleaded guilty Ipnou-, attending parade on 2(ith January, lie pleaded, illness, and said he. was in bed four days, including tho day of Ihe parade. Captain Redmond reported that Bain was one of the best that were being prosecuted/ but he had been missing parades and no notification of illness had been received by'the Defence Officers. He was in receipt of a complaint bv Bain, forwarded' Ihrougli Captain Vine, stating that he might lose his employment through attending daylight parades. Ilis AVorship said that it would be a scrioiis matter for any employers using such a threat, as they could be brought before the court, Convicted and discharged. Geo, T, Maynard, for non-attendance, pleaded guilty. He stated in defence that he had been away lo llobart, and had handed in his uniform, as he did not intend to return to New Zealand, As it was he only meant to slay another eight weeks. His Worship said defendant could not avoid military training by.lloating about from one place to another, fined 20s, and costs 7s, Roy Pritchard pleaded guilty to nonattendance, but as he had enlisted for the front, ho was let off with a conviction and discharged, Robert Sparks, for failure to register, pleaded guilty. 110 stated that the nearest Defence Olliee was seven miles away. ~ His Worship adjourned the case for seven days to allow him lo register. A Tiro Alarm Incident, Leaving the Ranks Without Permission L. McAuloy, W. (!. Willets, R J. Roiida, S. Johnston, C. J. Harvey, W. Keith, A. E. Benson, R. M. Gamble, and A, A. 11. Blair were charged with non-nttendaiye, on February Bth, a I a field ambulance parade. It appeared that during the parade, tho tlrebell rang out, and the accused broke ranks and fled to see the cause. '.Willets, Gamble, and Blair, pleaded "not guilty,," stating that they had returned to parade. Captain Edmondson slated that a Sergeant-Major from Dunediu was brought up specially to give an ambulance lecture to these ambulance men, Dr Whitton, a busy practitioner, had also come to address them., The men were on parade when the fireboll rang. Most immediately ran away, and only a few enrne back. Those who remained in the .Drill Hall had not been pioescuted, The parade was broken up by the want of discipline shown by I lie men. Want of discipline was rife among the young men of Ihe town. His Worship was prepared lo believe thnt they acted impulsively. They had' heard Die bell, .and run, Had he thought the offence, had been serious or premeditated, lie would have imposed a salutary penalty. They would eocli be.lined 10s and court costs 7s.