MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1217, 28 June 1895, Page 19

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

The secretary of the Thorndon School Committee (Mr C. T. Benzoni) proceeded against several parents on Friday whose children are on the school roll for not sending their children to school. Rowland Pegley was ordered to send his children to school regularly in the future, and similar orders were made against George Thomas, Antonio Pitosi and Charles Maddock. Mr Martin, S.M., remarked that in any future cases of this sort a fine would be inflicted. Two men named Richard Wickham and Bernard Callan were charged before Mr Martin, S.M., on Friday with having assaulted and robbed Wm. Henry Fletcher, contractor, Masterton, on the night of the 29th May last. The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect that on the night in question he was walking somewhere between the Government Buildings and the Railway Station, when, shortly after passing three men, he was knocked down. That was between 8 and 9 p.m., and he did not recover consciousness until between 1 and 2 o'clock the next morning, when he found he had been robbed of about £2. The evidence called by the police failed to connect the accused with the affair, and they were discharged. Mr Wilford appeared for the accused. Callan was then charged with the theft of a pair of trousers, the property of Patrick Pelahanty, at the Lower Hutt, and was convicted and sentenced to three months' hard labour. Two first-offending drunkards were fined 5s each by Mr Martin, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court on Friday. Carrie Hope, charged with vagrancy, was remanded, to give her an opportunity of going to her relatives in Victoria. Valentine Clarkson was ordered to contribute towards the support of his mother, failing which to go to gaol for 14 days. A charge against Robert McKay, charged with failing to contribute towards, the support ot Alexander McKay, was dismissed. Two first offending drunkards were punished by Mr Martin, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, and James Shore was sent to gaol for seven days for having used obscene language. Peter Cornford, charged with failing to support his wife, was remanded until to-day. A Ik well-dressed man named Charles Winward, alias Valentine Verne, alias Hazel, alias Williams, who had been arrested on a warrant by Detective Neill, was charged with having obtained «£ls and .£1 by false pretences from George E. Knapp on the 13th and 25th May. He was remanded until Wednesday, bail being fixed at two sureties of .£ls each, and himself in a like sum. Mr Tread well appeared for the accused. Four Chinamen named Lee Way, Chow Fong, Chu Queen and Ah Lee were charged before Mr Martin, S.M., on Saturday, with breeches of the Shops and Shop Assistants Act. Lee Way, it appeared, had previously been exempt as a fruiterer, but having added tobacco to his stock in trade, it was urged by the prosecution that he was no longer exempt. Mr Skerrett, who appeared for the defendants, said there were two Gazette notices appointing Wednesday as the local half-holiday—the first appointing that day merely for Wellington, and the second appointing it for Wellington, Onslow, Melrose and other local boroughs. After the first Gzztte notice, he contended, the second notice was ineffective and invalid, as the Minister was not empowered to give any such notice until another conference had been held. Mr Gully, who appeared to prosecute on behalf of the department, contended that the question was not important, as both notices appointed the same day. At the Magistrate's Court on Monday, before Mr Martin, S.M., three first offending drunkards were fined 5s each, and a second Offender named John Dickson was fined 10s, or 48 hours' hard labour in default. Mary Valadore was charged qn remand with assaulting Constable Wright by biting his finger, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour. Samuel Hill was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for having been drunk and disorderly and assaulted Constable Cassells, and for damaging the constable's uniform he was ordered to pay £1 damages, or to go to gaol for a further term of four days. A charge against John Bright of stealing a set of harness was dismissed for want of identification. Mary Cornforb was granted an order under the Married Women's Property Protection Act, and a charge against her husband, Peter Cornfort, of failing to comply with an order of the Court for her maintenance, was adjourned to July 15th. Patrick McDermott pleaded guilty of stealing a quantity of clothing, valued at £5, the property of Messrs Ross andGlendining.and electing to be dealt with summarily, he was sentenced to two months' hard labour. On a further charge, against him of stealing a portmanteau and contents, valued at £52, the property of W. M. Espie, he was, on the application of the police, remanded until July Ist. One first offending drunkard was fined 5s at the Mount Cook Police Station. The Feilding Star reports that at the Police Court there on Monday Adaline Robinson was charged with palmistry. Some witnesses deposed that they went to a "show'* on Friday evening, and were given to understand they could have their palms read by a lady palmist. No charge was made for this, but they were told they Could give what they liked or need not pay

if they did not choose. There was no at-) tempt to deceive or extort money. Accused was fined £l, or in default seven days' imprisonment. She pleaded she had no money, and the amount was raised by those present in the Court. ; The cases in which three workmen named j John Brooks, Henry Silk and W. C. Read I sued Messrs Orr and Christensen under i the Contractors' and Workmen's Lien Act I for wages due amounting to £47 10s 9d wete finally settled by Mr Martin, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The claims were:—Brooks, £ls 12s 6d ; Silk, .£l4 12s; and Read, £l7 6s 3d, the two last-named suing jointly. The bum of £39 6d, due by Orr to his sub-contractor Christensen, had been paid into Court by order, and that amount His Worship portioned to the plaintiffs as follows, first deducting £2 2s for costs due to Orr : Brooks, £l2 2s 10d; Silk, £ll 7s 7d; Read, £l3 13s 7d ; and an order was made for payment accordingly. In the action brought by Brooks His Worship entered up judgment against Christensen for the amount claimed, with £2 19s costs, and in the case brought by Silk and Read judg ment was entered up against the same defendant for the amount claimed, with £4 5s costs. Mr Izard appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Williams for the defendants.

At the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, before Mr Martin, S.M., George O'Connell, charged with drunkenness, was fined 10s, or 48 hours' imprisonment in default. Two first offenders were dealt in the usual manner. The young woman Louie Gibson, charged with drunkenness and attempted suicide by throwing herself into the harbour, was discharged on condition of her entering the Salvation Army Home. The four Chinamen who had been charged the previous Saturday with breaches of the Shops and Shop Assistants Act were convicted, and Ah See and Chu Queen were fined 20s each, with 28s costs each ; Lee Way was fined 20s, with 30s costs ; and Chow Fong, whose second offence this was, was fined 40s, with 28s costs.

Mr Martin, S.M., gave judgments for plaintiffs in the following civil cases at the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday : —W. C. Gasquoine v. Patrick Dougherty, £4 lis 6d, costs lis; Te Aro Loan "Company v. Grace Twist, £43 2s, costs £3 12s 6dj Thompson, Lewis and Co. v. W. H. de Lisle, .£2l 15s, costs <£3 2s ; same v. Thos. Proctor, .£lO 13s 3d, costs £1 15s 6d; J. B. limes v. C. L. Becker, £4 lis 9d, costs lis; Cameron and Christie v. R. Mold, £4 18s, costs 235? Dodgshun and Co. v. M. J. Brooker, .£1 Bs, costs 6s; Cadbury Bros. v. H. W. James, £1 9s, costs 6s; Charles Slight v. J. J. Ross, £1 3s 6d, costs "18s ; same v. We Katene, £1 Os 6d, costs 18s 6d; N. Dodgshun v. J. Guilford, .£1 10s, costs 6s; same v. R. McTaggart, £4 15s, costs lis; same v. Sergeant-Major Laurence, £5 9s 6d, costs 25s 6d ; Loasby and Isaac v. M. C. Hickey, 12s 3d, costs 7s; same v. Chas. Avery, 14s 3d, costs 6s; same v. Frank Hubble, .£1 2s, costs 6s ; Cook and Gray v. L. Frtis, £H 4s 2d, costs 31s 6d; Massad Geor v. R. N. Scannell, £2 Os lOd, costs 19s ; John Griffiths v. C. T. Williams, £8 ss, costs 27s 6d; A. Hotop v. J. J. Kennedy and Albert Lucas, .£lO l3s lid, costs £1 18s 6d. Judgment summonses —G. W. Smart v. W. Walsh, defendant ordered to pay £9 14s 3d at the rate of 3s 6d a week ; same v. J. G. Lusty, defendant ordered to pay £4 10s 8d within one month, or to go to gaol for 12 days. The order in the case of Johanna Flockton* v. Joseph Bachelor was suspended so long as 25s a week is paid. Defended cases—Charles Slight v. H. Aperahama, claim £5 lis, judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with £2 lis costs. Mr Wylie appeared for plaintiff. D. J. Cameron v. A. B. de St'.Romain, claim £4* 16s lOd, for milk judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with £1 8s costs. Mr Bolton appeared for plaintiff. The monthly sitting of the Upper Hutt Magistrate's Court was held on the 26th, MiMartin, S.M., and Mr George Brown, J.P., preoiding. Robert Dick and Herbert Perkins, charged on remand with assault, were convicted'and discharged on payment of 7s costs each. In the civil case of J. Thompson y. P. Kearney, claim 7s, judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with 7s costs. Six other civil cases were settled out of Court.