COURT CHATTER

NZ Truth, 5 October 1918, Page 6

COURT CHATTER

Matters Before the "Beak"

When Blocksage Was "Boozed."

(From "Truth's" Christchurch Rep.)

Jack Woods, who has his name scrolled on the door of the Zetland Hotel, got into a bit of bother last week, when trying to put a prospective customer out. Sub-Inspector Mullany was telling Magistrate Bailey all about it the other day m the Christchurch Court. Ernest Blocksage, who was blamed for the bother, was present, but he only listened to Mullany, who said that Blocksage had gone to the Zetland, and when the licensee had emptied him out of the "pub" Blocksage had used dreadful language, and assaulted Woods. Magistrate Bailey must have looked uoon the conduct as serious, because he ordered Blocksage to part up a. fiver and a guinea costs for using lurid language, and a "quid" for trying to make a punching ball of the licensee. SULLIVAN AND "SLOSH." The value of a pretty bad, pummelling was set at £2 10s last week by Magistrate Bailey at Christchurch, when a returned "sojer," Daniel Sullivan, who had rather badly knocked an old man named Alfred B. Mansfield about was brought before the court. Lawyer Thomas said Sullivan had assaulted the old chap without reason, and if he did happen to be a returned soldier it did not give him permission to do what he liked. Sullivan reckoned Mansfield had knocked an old woman down, and that was the reason he assaulted Mansfield. Magistrate Bailey said accused ought to be given a month m gaol, but he would be given

You ye heard about the pair o' blokes Who grew like "sich an' sich," That it was hard for common folks To tell just which was which. But none can say that Milne's "phys" Reflects the M.L.C.; Yet "Truth" last week, somewhat remiss, Did label Milne he, , A commoner still the latter is — Now here's the Honorable T.

the chance of paying £5 and £1 witnesses' expenses, half the line to go to the old man who was knocked about. TRACED BY FINGER-PRINTS. Traced by leaving finger-prints on a piece of window pane, he having broken a window m order to gain entrance to the premises of Ernest W. Christiansen m Manchester-street, a lad of 19 years, Archibald Major Burnside, admitted m the Magistrates Court* on Friday to having 1 done a bit of burglary and got away with 5s m money and 4s lOd worth of goods belonging to Christiansen. After considerable evidence had been given by Christiansen and various police members, accused was sent along to the Supreme Court for sentence, bail being allowed at £50. " MISTEERIOUS." A chap named Frost, landed himself into the arms of the "John" Department on Saturday, and was expected to appear at court on the Monday. However, when "Frost" was called, he was "mist." but that did not prevent the magistrate making him "dew" for the usual "dollar."