MAGISTERIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14267, 5 August 1910, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

TIMABTJ—THURSDAY, AUG. Uh. (.Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) YAIUOUS BiIICACiiKS. Andrew Anderson, for being on tile licensed premises of the Queen's Hotel on Sunday last, was lined os and costs. Hugh Mayo, for riding a motor-hievelo at other than a walking speed acroU a street inter-section._ was fined t.'t)s and is costs. Mark Nowsome. for cvclir,"' without lights, was lined 10s and'costs. John Brown, for driving a vehicle with horse attached at a furious pace across a street inter-sect ion was lined JOs and costs. Herbert Williams, a vouth. was convicted and discharged lor' cycling at night without a light. J. B." Crowley was lined os and 7s costs for cveliii" on the footpath. NOTIFYING ACCIDENT.

On the information of Mr I.ightfoot. Inspector of Factories, the Canterbury .Frozen Meat Company (Mr Rollestoiß were charged with having failed to servo the impeelor of Factories with a written notice specifying t | K . nature of an accident which occurred at the Pareora Freezing Work's to one Henry Bodway. within -IS hours after it happened.—His Wordiip entered a conviction and ordered defendants to pay VISITING THE HOSPITAL. •Jam.-; Scot! (Y,,- Bavniend). was charged with a breach of ihe Hospital by-laws by obtaining entrance to the

Hospital without presenting a visitor's ticket.—Mr lUvmoud said that bis client pleaded gtnitj. Scott hud gone to ti'.o I-loSijitai U> siv a friend, and walked iim: the ward while the nurse was away .seeing the. doctor, lioin.u: unaware that ho should hav>! had a ticket, and he expre ..-.ed regret, that such a thing had happened.-—iir lUissoil, Secretary to ike Hospital Board, gave evidence in Hie same effect. ;iiiu His Worshiu inflicted a line of 10s and costs maintenance obdeb. Joseph Ecstc;' was ordered to eouI tribute 7s Od a week. £5 os confinement expenses, and -lis o'u costs, towards the support of his illegitimate, child. Mr Jiiualio appeared lor complainant. ABLEuED FALSE BBETENCES. George, Gardiner, charged with having obtained -on or about tho I'oth of July, at Timaru, the sum of ill train James (Sutler liy false pretences, pleaded not guilty. Hub-Inspector Green said that accused was a perfect stranger to Timaru, and had been selling shoddy clothes about the country, He stayed for a few nights at the; sihumrock Hotel, and there met .Butler, who was really ..the complainant in the case. When, the pair of them were drinking at another hotel, Gardiner obtained £1 from Butler by statins that the landlord would not give him his luggage until he paid some money owing. The complainant Buti-sr described himselt as a working man living on his means, and said that he met accused at the Shamrock Hotel about July I'otli. '.ihey had s ., n:t , drink- together" and j when accu>ed said that he owed the j landlord some money, whiles* lent him I il.— lii am-wer t<V accused's sues- j lions, witiles, said that he did not remember having met Gardiner prior to the Ll-H-h. but admitted having a number of drinks with him oirthat dav. lie did not remember meeting accused next morning. In answer to one uuestion witness told accused that lio'w.is talking rot, and His Worship had to S call him to order, whereupon Butler! said that he was a little deaf. He (kuiied that ho was drunk on the I'oth. ' and said he remembered plainly overvl I thing that happened on that dav. ' | Accused in defence admitted that lie ! had received CI from Uutler, but said . the latter had given if to him of his ; own accord. His Worship said that no iurv would convict on the evidence of Butler who contradicted his own statements.' saving first one thing and then another He would dismiss the case.