MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1163, 2 November 1917, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY'S CASES. Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., presided at : i the Magistrate's Court this morning. Drunkenness. —Joseph Smith, an old i i offender, was fined 10/-. False Pretences. —Cecil Geoffrey ! . Turnbull (Mr E. Twyneham) pleaded : guilty to two charges of obtaining money by false pretences. Chief-Detee- 1 tive Mcllveney said that the accused ) i was nearly 19 years of age, and had < : represented himself to be collecting : funds for the Sydenham Football Club. < , He had a long list. Mr Twyneham ] , said that no excuse was offered, but he ! [ suggested that the boy should be al- • lowed to enlist. He was a Burnham 1 hoy. The Magistrate ordered the ac- l cused to be returned to the school, and < allowed to enlist when he attained the < , age of 19 years. 1 By-law Breaches. For various ' breaches of the motoring and cycling « by-laws the following were dealt with: ! ' Claude Clarke, 7/- and costs; 11. Dob- ' son, 7/- and costs; Francis Gibbies, 10/- . ' and costs; Arthur Morton, 5/- and cost?- < ' For allowing horses to wander Frederick , Stubley was fined 5/- and costs; James 1 . Hendren, 5/- and costs; James B. Watt, ' 10/- and costs; Charles Giesier, ccn- 1 victed and discharged. 1 School Attendance. —For failing to < send children to school regularly M. ' Harrison was fined 10/-. 1 Theft.— Joseph Thompson (Mr J. A. . Cassidy) Avas charged with stealing one . tin of tongues valued at 1/6, the pro- I , perty of the Belfast Freezing Works. < He pleaded not guilty. Senior-Sergeant ' Wohlmann said that the accused had ' been nightwatehinaii for the company, ; a position of trust. The tin of tongues was found in his pocket, and then he offered to pay for it. There was also evidence of previous thefts. Mr Cas- . sidy said that Thompson was a man of . very high character, and had never been . , in trouble. He denied that he had stolen any tins from the company, but had bought them on many previous occasions. The tin in question he had • taken with the full intention of paying for it, as he had done previously. The Magistrate convicted the accused and , . fined him £lO, and ordered him to pay ■ witnesses' expenses. As the accused , had a good record he would not send : ' him to gaol. Juvenile Cases.—ln the Juvenile j Court two girls, for cycling on the footpath, were convicted and discharged. ', Five small boys were charged with steal- . . iug 24 sacks, valued at 10/- the pro- , perty of the Farmers' Co-op. Associa- . tion. They were admonished and discharged, one being ordered to report regularly to the Rev. F. Rule. The parents of four of the boys were order- ! ed to refund 4/- each. A boy, aged 14, , charged with being uncontrollable, was ' , committed to the Weraroa Training ' Farm on the application of his father. '