LAW AND POLICE.
• MAGISTRATE'S COURT.-Monday. [Before Mr. 11. W. Brabant, S.M.J f ; . Undefended v Case.—ln :' .the'. undefended •, case of William Thomas (for whom Mr. Pat*' j appeared) v. John P. Ward, claim £104 IQj, judgment was given for the plaintiff with £5 ;;i 12a coats. POLICE COURT.-MONDAY. ,' .. [Before Mr. H. W. Brabant, S.M.] • AIIiKGED Theft. — Three voung " men named Edward Barrett, Wm. Rhodes, am? Arthur McKeown were charged with having Z% on or about the 30th of October, stolen' from the shop of Alfred Moore, twelve % shirts,jx worth £2 Is, Sergeant Clarke, in' asking foe *| & remand,'.'said only a portion of the stolen if; property ; had been . recovered, - ; and ; other IS persons were implicated in the matter, \ Mr. g Palmer ' appeared for the accused, Rhodes, vf; and asked for bail. •' He understood that his' r client was only ' arrested on ■ suspicion,' and jg that there was not ; a particle of evidence: against him. ' His Worship "' remanded the ; three 'accused for odc week,' and allowed bail; each 'accused; to find two : sureties of £ £15. . , " ■ Destitute Persons Act.—' respectable ; looking man named George Hamilton, who .i- : arrived by the Westralia on Sunday night 11 from Sydney, was charged with having, at Dunedin, failed to provide his wife with ade-. •••> qnate means of support. • Mr. Parr, on behaj lf of the accused," asked if his evidence couL' not be taken in Auckland, as it meant a grea deal of inconvenience if he were compelled t< f;| go (to Dunedin. Counsel understood hit® client had a good defence. % Sergeant Clark stated that accused was travelling under a false name. ; i- He understood it was heart* less case.; His . Worship remanded Hamilton to appear at Dunedin, and fixed bail at two sureties of £50 each. •> j.f,
Remanded.—On . the application of Dr. : ;- Litishley, who appeared for the prisoner, 5 Henry St. George Sloan .'was remanded for V; one week upon a charge of the theft of a kit v. of carpenter's tools, valued at £4 Os 9d, the • i; property of ■ Andrew Ferguson. '' Bail was allowed, in two sureties of £15 each. Damage to a Railway Line.—Mr. Cooper instated, that the cases of the Railway Depart- ' ment v. R. M. Heighton, in which the defen- § dant was charged with haying damaged the ' Kaipara lipe, by filling up a drain, might be ' ; struck out. '• The cases had been adjourned, for the question of costs to be decided. His Worship struck the cases out accordingly. Mr. < Reed appeared for the defendant. > i. A Prohibited Person.—An elderly man % named Edward Thomas was charged With*:':: having entered the licensed premises known as the Swan Hotel, during the currency of a s prohibition' order taken out against him. Mr. Palmer, accused's counsel,'said the man M was only just recovering from the effects of a -1 : severe drinking bout when; the order? was made • against him,' and therefore was; not © quite in his ordinary frame of mind, Under the circumstances His Worship considered a ' light penalty would met • the • case, and : fined Thomas 103 with costs. .'h
Excessive Drinking. — A prohibition rder was granted against one Hugh More- ' and.'•••• •'•' i " 7 .' . •Traffic By-Laws. - Lincoln ■ Clarke, harped on the ' information ' of Mr. ; T. C. ; • burner, traffic inspector, with having driven tsS I vehicle round a street corner at other than , walking pace nas fined 10s with costs. ; The - Infants' Life Protection Act.— :s essie Marshall, a woman of middle age, : •leaded not guilty through her solicitor, •: ilr. ! Napier, when charged that within - he space -of six months past . she did eceiva van infant; into Iter * house in ! con-, > iderationl'.of 'payment,' and •* maintain >it|S: part from its , parents for a longer period nan three consecutive days without being »:• lolder. of a . license under the Infants Life 'rotection'Act, 1896. •••• Mr. Naoier said the ; hild'was born in Mrs, Marshall's house and m he.bad been endeavouring at the request of he mother to get some respectable person to loard it.fi: The child was certainly in her ousel more than three .days while she ~'. irasi; endeavouring to place it out, but MejgS? lad never received any payment font. .She ad only done it as a friendly act. _ Alter 17 lays the child was boarded out. . Inspector -m lickson stated that the defendant had asked lis advice on the matter, and had then told .; • { iim she intended to charge for the keep of p he child,' and if she were fined she would ■ lake 'the parents ' pay the costs as well,'x; ividence was given by the inspector, Ser- \ eant Lyons, and the defendant. ; Mrs. Mar- ■ > hall denied . having made the statement to lie inspector as alleged. His Worship said technical breach of the Ace had been com- i?# litted, ■ and imposed a nominal fine ot i Is,' ith costs. < \. i Destitute : Persons Act.—His - Worship <gi ■fused the application of Wilfred Aucram : i have an order which was made for the , ipport of his illegitimate varied by a ' Auction {7s to os. Mr. Battley apsared for the applicant,' and Mr. Napier for'fjp le mother of ; the child. ■< Coals were allowed vM is complainant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10589, 2 November 1897, Page 3
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842LAW AND POLICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10589, 2 November 1897, Page 3
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