MAGISTERIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14481, 30 June 1911, Page 7

MAGISTERIAL.

IHTJRSDAY. JUNE 29th. ' (Before Mr V O. Day, S.M.J PROHIBITED PERSONS. Juh a Collins* sax old. woman, pleaded ' guilt/ to drunkenness and to iiavtog committed a breach oi her prohibition order.. His "Worship imposed a line oflOs or 43 hours 1 'imprisonment on each 1 ohar.se ' . - . . Johi Houlihan* who did not appear; was charged with having committed. a broach of his prohibition order and, onthe evidence of Ccn&table O'Grady. was fined 10s and costs. ' BY-LAW BREACHES.

William Chapman pleaded guilty "undi'r extenuating clrcumstanoes" to cycling on the footpath in North Street. He said he was carrying » pot of paint and found the road too tough. His Worehip said if accused found the road too rough" to fide on; i£e 6hould simply have got Off his bicycle and walked. He would impose a fine of 5a and costs 7s. Elizabeth Selb and John Brady, similarly charged, were similarly do-alp ; with. CYCLING ON THE BAY. The adjourned cases against William Wakefield and Arthur HcKenzie, for cycling on the footpath on Caroline Bay, were heard, Hr Percy appearing for the Borough Council. The two accused pleaded not guilty, the dofenoe being that they were not ; on Borough Council property, and therefore had committed no breach of the Borough by-laws, but were on Harbour Board property. Constable Hayward saw the men cycling towards the B'ay from the railway crossing when he was standing in the vicinity of the Band Rotunda. After brief argument and the evid-enoe of a witnuess named Brown, who was previouslv fined for cycling on the Ray. His Worship decided, on inspecting a olan prepared bv Mr Leeder, Borough tengin-eer, that tne mon were gnltv and convicted and discharged them. H:.s "Worship made it cW.r. for the sake of cyr > lUts 1 that the division of the Borough and thd Harbour Board propert'es was ?f a point exactly on-site th-o North Molo and almost exactly below *iie wooden bride? goinc: ovi- the rail.vay lino towards the lighthouse. TRUANCY. The Truant Officer prosecuted William Weir, for whom Mrs Weir r<ppeared, for failing to send his three children—two girls and one boy—to the Washdyke School. Mrs Weir produced medicnl cert'flea tos to show that her children were suffering from soro feet and oonld not go to school. His Worship said t/lw children would have to attend regularly in futu r o nnd connoted and discharged tho defend, ant. PROHIBITION ORDER. A woman made application for a prohibition order against her hushana. % farmer residing in the Geraldine d.strct, and the husband defended the acton. Applicant paid her husband drank too watted his money in drink, and disturbed the peace of the home. He sometimes stayed out all night when on a drinking bout. Defendant flatly denied the charges and submitted that the applicant had' not established a oase against him. Hi* Worship safd he vas satisfied and granted or. order for the Timard und Gerald ine districts. LBEACH OF THE PKACE.

Jnuies Harris. der-omkd by Mr .Emslie, pWded not guilty to (having committed a br«aoli cf the peace in Strathfclran street on Juno 23rd. Constable Hayward said that at 10.80 p.m. on that data he saw accused strJce a man a hoavy blq.Tr aud afterwards kick him. The as-ault was entirely unprovoked. Serasant Bowman corroborative evidence. Mr Umslie asked for a dismissal on the pounds oliat there liad been provocation. The man who was Struck molp>ud accused in the Crown Hotel for liiill an hour before the assault. The assaulted man was much un<ler tho ii.fluonce of liquor. Acoiiaf-l admitted having strnok a man. unknown to him. undor creat provocation. Den <• TTi ; nnr\;S"y. labourer, who was :n ac u>pd < '••ori'pnny. afao denied that was no provocation. Accused wa* y.;*t ifu-d in .«ftriking tho hlmv. HL= "Worship inflicted a fine of 5* .-&&£ 3©»fa. 7*