WAIROA COURT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18582, 17 December 1934, Page 10

WAIROA COURT

LAST WEEK'S SITTING (Herald Correspondent.) At the 1 montlily '.sitting of "the Wai« roa MigistVafe-sS Con it 'before Ui>% L. Walton, S.M., last w^ekVthefob! lowing cases were' dealt \ ■with '" : '. 'Robert: Castles, 22, pleaded guilty'to; the theft of a'.suit of clothes, a towel,' and d shirt, valued at £5 tfOs, the pro- J pefty of C. T. Chamberlain/- and,: jointly with Wi Pori, '.with' tht? theft; of £lO in money belonging to Chainberhlhi. Wi'Pon pleaded guil,ty in addition tVjtJu"' t#oft" of rirrovftrc'oaj:, a! shirt, and; aV attache case valued at: £.VHs, the property of Chamberlain, and to a charge of'having■ attempted■ to steal £2O belonging to Chamberlain. Sergeant McGregor expalined that the complainant, Chamberlain, lived at Runtaniwha, and Castles, who was "hard up," got. in touch with him, and was invited to stay there. Later Wi Fori joined him, and the complainant practically kept Wi Fori. On December 5 Wi Fori filled in a cheque form for Chamberain, who was unable to write at the time. He drew a cheque for £1 according to the figure at the bottom of the cheque, but later added a naught, making it £lO, and 'filled in the body of ■ the chequp in the same way. The cheque for £2O was treated in a like manner. Castles cashed the cheque for £lO, tout after several attempts, the ' other cheque was not cashed. Later it was found that clothing was stolen. When arrested, each accused blamed the other. Sergeant McGregor submitted that it was a particularly mean type of theft. Castles w-as sentenced to one. month's imprisonment :•■on each charge;; Jhe u te.nns;.. to.:, be jj % coscu«ea s t| Wi Por'i v was" sentenced 'to ' three months' imprisonment, on one charge and one month on another, and was ordered t,o be detained for reformative purposes for a period not exceeding two years.

E. A. Ottnway was fined £1 and costs 10s for being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Jimmy Tahe, the subject of a Maori prohibition order, was fined £2 and costs 10s for a breach of the order.

X. S. Bill pleaded guilty to a charge of having given a .22- calibre rifle to a boy, ostensibly for! ah adiihV Sergeant McGregor explained" that two boys went to the defendant arid borrowed a rifle for another person, 'arid then started to sho.ot at the window.*) of a house, the water tanks, atid soine cream cans, and "did other damage as well. The boys had 'already -been dealt with. The defendant had keen misled by the'Boys, but'as : thGre was too much lcndirig of rifles, the case had been brought before the court. A fine ,of 10s and costs 12s ihrnoßed. A. Dunjop and H. Payne, for riding their ' bicycles, unlighted after dark, were each fined fis and costs 10s.'. Q*. D. Logan was fined £1 and costs £1 os. 6d on a charge that, not being a registered' plumber, he' did certain plumbing work. Charges against Walter John Hicks of having failed to produce his driving license, and having drawn up a bus in Marino parade outside a car parked at the kerb, were dismissed. W. R. Steed and Erie Palmer for hnvhig pulled up on the wrong side of the street, were each fined 5s and' costs 10s.

Walter Beattie, for being in arrears to the amount of £4 ISs in respect of a maintenance order, was sentenced to five days' imprisonment, the warrant to be discharged on payment of the arrears. Edward Ryan, for being in arrears to the amount of £3 10s, was sentenced to three days' imprisonment on 'similar -terms.tAnd was/,ordeted to pay fe;e)~£J: is. "'' Judgment for plaintiffs fey default was entered' in the following civil Whare.'Kauri, £3'lj3s 5d and costs £1 12*9 0d; 'sdThc v. Sam Gemmell, £l2 15s Id and foists £3 Mf somen-. Matu To Amo, £3 Ss Od and costs £3 4s "Cd; E. C. Kirinett v. C. Hawkins, £2 12s 9d and cdsts ; £2 15s Od; the commissioner of taxes'.?. Rcwi Paratone, £3 19s 7d and costs 13s: same v. John Michael Moloney, iJ6 l»s <rd' and costs £1 ss; same v'-Paeta,) Wilson, £(5 Ss and costs 15a; V. E. .Winter and'Softs v. Mana Lewis, |? Ms 3d and costs £2 3s; Wairo.a 'Hospital Board v. Albert Scrngg, £1 Ids and costs Ss; O'Malley and Jones vVS. E. Sargent, £lO 15s fid. and costs £2 Ifis; same v. Duff Paku, £2 13s and costs £1 18s Od; V. E. Winter and Sons v. Tamati Tautawn, £2 5s lid iind costs £l. 12s fid'; same v. George White, £2 12s fid and costs £1 9s fidjf same v. H. To Amo, £3 Ifis and costs £1 8s fid; same v. W. Tahu, £2l 17s 7d'and costs £5 6s;' same v. Niwa Wairea, £7 17s fid and costs £1 15s' fid; same v. P. Waiwai, £7 16s 5d and costs £2 5s 6d; same v. Puhara Waiwai, £2 15s and costs £1 18s'8d; same v. P. r Rare-re* £3 17s 4d and costs £1 12s 6d; AY. J. Hick v. Walter McGregor, £8 4s and costs £1 16s 6d. Judgment" summons orders were made as follow:—T. P. Walker v. Johnny Tawhare, £l4 Bs', at the rate of 10s per month; Walker Ruawai v. W. S. MeKenzie, £l6 7s 6d forthwith. ' Mr. Walton has fixed the following dates for the sittings of the court in Wairoa during the next three months: —January 30, February 27 and March 27. AH sittings w'ill commence at 10 a.m. The magistrate intimated that although January 30 was a Wairoa holiday, the sitting would have to be held on that date to avoid interference, with the dates for other courts in his circuit. Any defended cases set down for that date could: be adjourned. At a sitting of the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. P. Chapman, J.P., Charles Thomas Chamberlain, on a charge of being found in a state of helpless drunkenness in Ruataniwha road, was fined 5s and costs and expenses, 195.3 d.