MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 204, 2 October 1914, Page 10

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

("Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S,M;) DRUNKENNESS. '■'J.'""./". Two male first offenders for insobrietv, were fined 5/-, with*' the usual option, and a prohibition ord,er was issued against one of them by request. The* third first offender, the wOiite wife of a Chinaman, was also fined 5/-, with the usual alternative. BY LAW BEEAGHES. Harold Paynes admitted having motored on the cycle track on the North Road, but said he did not know that he was breaking the by-laws by so doing. He was fined 5/- and costs. John Thos. Matson was fined 5/- and costs for driving a motor car over the crossing of High and Barbadoes Streets at an excessive speed. L. G. ■ J. Slade, who did not appear, was fined 10/- and costs for having ridden a motor cycle too fast over the in-

ersection of Colombo, Gladstone, and,Wordsworth Streets, Sydenham. For having driven a motor car along the Riccarton Road at an excessive speed, Alfred Win. MeConnell, wlid did not appear, but had admitted the offence to the police, was fined 10/- and costs. A taxi cab driver named Anthony Rogatski, who made no appearance, was also fined 10/ : -and costs for a simi--lar offence. Frank Cook and John HoNhigworth were each fined 10/- and costs for driving motor ears at excessive speed on the. Riccarton Road. OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC. Charles Herbert, Knight failed to appear to answer a charge of obstructing traffic on the West Belt," Lower Riccarton. The' police evidence showed that defendant 's motor car stood abreast of another, his car being the outer one, outside -the sale yard gates. This- left little room for traffic, which is great on sale days. Several complaints have been received regarding the road being blocked. -Therdwas a yard set apart for cars. A fine of u/-, without costs, was inflicted. , CRUELTY TO A HORSE. - Died rich Mehrtens and Henry Palmer pleaded not guilty to a charge of having ill-treated a hoire by working it while it was suffering from a sore back. . Mr V. J. Amodeo appeared for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The evidence showed that * the hprse was used for carting shingle from pits at Styx. Palmer owns it, and , Mehrtens was the driver. The latter had taken, some stuffing out* of the saddle above the wound, to case the latter, but a folded sack between the saddle and the animal "a back irritated the wound. Both defendants claimed to be considerate to horses. There were'no complaints about Palmer's other .horses —about a dozen. Each defendant was convicted and fined. 20/- and_eott«. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. - For failing to fend- children to school regularly, Charlotte. Collard was fined 10/- and costs,'and Albert Donaldson was fined'-V- and costs.