MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7392, 21 March 1911, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

MONDAY, MARCH 20.

(Before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M.) TROUBLE IN HOTEL BAR.

Thomas Reeves was charged with having been drunk in the City Bullet Hotel on Saturday last and with having refused to quit the premises when requested to do so by the licensee. He was also charged with having used obscene language in the bar of the hotel. A plea of nut guilty was entered in each instance.

Thomas J. Oakes, the licensee, stated that ho was summoned to the bar on account of the accused's conduct. He asked him to leave the bar, but accused refused, and on being again requested to go out used bad language. A constable was then sent for and he was removed. Evidence was given by a barmaid that accused was drunk' when he entered the bar and she refused to serve him with liquor. Accused denied that he was drunk and stated that when he entered the bar ho had had only ono drink. He remembered nothing about the obscene language. Ho was convicted and fined 40s, with witnesses’ expenses Bs, on tho first charge, and on tho second fined A 3, or twent--one days’ imprisonment. THEFT.

Percy Baxter was charged with having on February 28th, at Wellington, stolen oqo suit of clothes valued at A 4, tho property of T. S. Turnbull. He entered a plea of guilty. Chief-Detective Broberg stated that accused had been arrested only the previous Saturday. Ha asked for a remand in order that further inquiries might ho made. Accused was remanded till March 22nd for sentence.

John Cooper was charged with having on March 18th stolen a.hindquorter of lamb, valued at 5s Bd, tho property of John Symons. Ho pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Sheehan stated that Mr Symons, a butcher, had left his cart in the street while attending to a customer, and when he returned a hindquarter of lamb, was missing. The accused had a long-list of previous convictions against his name.

Accused:. Tho last was two years A sentence of one month's imprison* ment was imposed. BREACHES OF PROHIBITION ; ORDERS.

Clara Algar, with a long list of previous convictions, admitted drunkenness and a breach of a ■ prohibition order. For the first offence she was committed to Pakatoa Inebriates' Homs for one year and for the second convicted and discharged. Terence MoAleor was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for drunkenness and foi a breach of a prohibition order (the second) was convicted and discharged. Michael Higgins, who had been six times previously convicted within the past six months, admitted drunkenness and was ordered to enter Rotoroa inebriates' Home and remain there for 911© year. On a further charge of having committed a breach of a prohibition order, ho was convicted and discharged. Margaret Grace Lane, for whom Mr P. W. Jackson appeared- admitted having committed two breaches of a prohibition order. , „„ For tba first offence she was fined 20s, with costs 9s, or seven days’ imprisonment, and for tbo second fined 40s, with costs 9s, or fourteen days. Seven days were given in which to find the money. John William Lucas; : for a breach _oi a nrohibition order, was fined jlOs, mth costs 7s, or seven days’ imprisonment. Seven days were given in which to find the money. • , For a similar offence Robert Muirhead was fined ■ 405,. with costs 7s, 1 or seven days’ imprisonment. '

DRUNKENNESS.

John, Douglas admitted drunkenness and was sentenced to one month's miprisonmont. - Similar punishment was meted out tr William Black, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. Drunkenness was admitted by Henry Milsted, who was fined 10s, or twentyfour hours' imprisonment. A DRIVER IN TEOTJBLE.

John Mackay was charged with having, when driving a lorry on Waterloo ouay, failed to comply with the notice "Stop;.look, out for the engine,” before crossing the’ railway line. He was convicted and ordered to pay court costs 17s. and witnesses’ expenses £1 10s, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. ASSAULT. ■ ■. ■ ■ Albert Hansen was convicted of having assaulted Sarah 1 Failoon on March 11th and was fined 40s, with solicitor's fee £1 Is, in default ‘ seven days’ imprisonment. ' Mr C. Dix appeared for complainant. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. , Patrick Daily (Hr.J. McGrath) was convicted of having made use of obscene language and was fined A 3, with costs 13s and witnesses’ expenses 18s, in default fourteen ■ days’ imprisonment. Twenty-four hours were given in which to find the, money. ' Kate Wilson was charged with having made use of indecent language in John street on the previous Saturday. Sub-Inspector Sheehan stated that the language complained of was used about 4 p.m., when a large pumber of persons were about. j- f ' Accused was convicted find fined A 3, or twenty-one days’ imprisonment. AN INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE. Stella Taylor, alias Portland, was charged with being an.incorrigible rogue, she having been previously convicted of being an idle and disorderly person and a rogue and a vagabond. Sub-Inspector Sheehan stated that accused had been convicted of vagrancy on twenty-one occasions during tho past ten years. 1 A sentence of twelve months’ imprisonment was imposed. 1 WANDERING HORSES. , Alexander Dunn, for whom Mr Hogben appeared, was fined ss, with costs 7s, for permitting a horse to be at largo. For a similar offence Thomas Patrick

Lyons was fined ss, with costs 9s and witnesses' expenses, in default twenty- ! four hours’ imprisonment. MAINTENANCE CASES. An information charging Jane Chandler with having disobeyed a maintenance order, was dismissed and the arrears under the order remitted. •For disobeying a maintenance order, the arrears under which amounted. to All 19s 6d, Lucy Smith was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as 4s par week is paid off the arrears. Evelyn Butler made application to

have a maintenance order varied in respect to a child in an industrial school. The arrears for four months were cancelled, tho order, in other respects, to 5 Thomas Carswell, charged with disobeying a maintenance order, hut who had paid up the arreaiti prior to the hearing, was ordered to pay A 1 Is solicitor's fee, in default forty-eight horn's imprisonment. .... John William Leslie, for disobeying a maintenance order in respect to his wife and children (being A 27 in arrear), was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as 10s per week is paid off the arrears. Robert Tulloch Watts and Harry Graham Waits, charged with failing to support their father, were each ordered to contribute 2s per week towards his maintenance.