THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 1 May 1926, Page 13

THE COURTS.

alleged theft. By Tclegvui>ii' —Press Association. DUNEDIN,- April TOAt the Bolire G-ouii, two vaudeville -artists, a man anil wife, who names Were suppressed, were remanded to appear at Christchurch on Tuesday on •v ebavue «i the theft, on April .10, of a i'nr coat, valued at £T, the property ol' Itwiui Carev. BREACHES OF GAMING ACT. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, April TO. As a result or a police ram on premises in Thonidoii Quay yesterday, Uoujjlas Allan Hogg (2J), was charged with keeping a common, gaming bouse. .He pleaded guilty. 'l’lie chief itol.eclive quoted bets recorded, whcli inc.udeil £SS, Lid and £22, and also a treble of £li!H}‘ to £l. The police be.ievod tlm accused bad bet n employed by a wealthy bookmaker. Tlm defence was that Hogg -drifted iuLu bookiiiaking alter giving up a hairdressing business ow ng to poor bealth. Defendant was lined £2O. George Levy, tobacconist, Dixon St;., was similarly eliar.god, and bis wife was ebarged with ass sting him. Levy was lined £2O and his wife £l. SUPPRESSION OF NAME‘S By Tcle^ranli —Press association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 30. In reUi.smg an appl cation lo .suppress the name ol a seventeen year old offender in a sexual case, Air Jus, lice Adams said ho ioimil that the newspapers ot New Zealand exeicised a very wise diseietiou in matters of that iinlnre. Ho would order suppression only in extreme cases.