MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8739, 22 May 1914, Page 6

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

POLICE AND CIVIL BUSINESS. Police cases at yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court -were taken by Mr D. G. A. Cooper. S.M. For insobriety, .Robert Matthews was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours’ detention. . "* Henry James Attfield, charged with drunkenness and resisting Constable Anderson in the execution of his duty, pleaded guilty to both offences. Inspector Hendrey said the man was arrested for drunkenness, and ho resisted violently, kicking the constable. A crowd collected, and the man had to be handcuffed and carried to the station. A fine of 20s, or three days’ imprisonment, was imposed. On the charge of drunkenness he was convicted and discharged. In the case of William Tyler, charged with inciting Patrick Coakley, a prisoner, to resist Constable Hedgman in the execution of his duty, Inspector Hendrey explained that the constable had arrested a mate of the accused for drunkenness. Tyler followed the two along the street, inciting the man to resist, with such expressions as “ Give him a go for it.’’ His Worship, in convicting the accused, said that he thought inciting to resist the police was a worse offence than actual resistance. The accused was liable to a fine of £2O, or three months’ imprisonment. However, in this case, he would impose o penalty of £2, with an alternative cf seven days in gaol “I plead guilty, but I don’t know anything about it,” was the plea of Fred Ahearn, charged with using obscene language, and with inciting Henry James Attfield, a prisoner, to resist Constable Anderson in the execution of his duty. Inspector Hendrey said the case was similar to the previous one. Constable Anderson arrested Attfield, and the accused followed, inciting the prisoner to resist. A fine of £2, or seven days’ imprisonment, was imposed on each charge, the penalties to be concurrent.

Annie Carlson, charged with being an idle and disorderly person, was sent to gaol for one month. A solicitor who appeared for the defence threw np his brief, giving as a reason that his instructions varied from the facts as stated in the witness-box. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was entered by Mr W. G. Riddell, S-M.,- in the following undefended civil cases:—A. B. Fitchett v. Biggs and Tyler, £lO 13s 4d, costs £1 10s 6d; Wellington Woollen Company v. Walter Sounder, £9 9s 2d, costs £1 3s 6d; “New Zealand Times,” Ltd.v. Apirana T. Ngata, £4O, costs £2 19s; Edward Collie, Ltd., v. Mrs Amy S. Barraclough, £2 4s, costs 13s; Allan Anderson v. Ernest B. O’Sullivan, £5 Os 3d, costs £1 3s 6d; Cycle and Motor Supplies, Ltd., v S. O. Stokes, £3O Is 7d, costs £2 14s; Robert Hunt v. Harry Beyers, ss, costs 2s; SargoodSon and Bwen v. C. L. Bridge, £49 Is Id, costs £3 6s 6d; same v. Christopher Crane, £3l 9s, costs £2 14s; Jack Jacobus v. A. Strach'an, £2, costs 6s. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. Joe Rawiri Turi was ordered to pay £2l 3s 6d to J. P. Englebretesen by Juno 4th, or undergo twenty-one days' imprisonment.