THE COURTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18626, 23 July 1930, Page 11

THE COURTS.

COOK SENT TO GAOL. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 22. Mary Hodson (42), a cook, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for obtaining £7/17/6 from various people by false pretences. It was stated that she had put a number of dentists to much trouble in making impressions of her teeth. At one place she told a tale of losing a bag, and borrowed £l. She obtained other sums by other false representations. VALUELESS CHEQUE FRAUD. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 22. Reginald VandeFbelt (35), Charles Thomas Wood (27), recent arrivals from Australia, were each sentenced to six months by Mr E. Page, S.M., on a charge of attempting to obtain £37/15/- from the Dominion Motors by a valueless cheque. It was stated that they opened an account with the Bank of New Zealand with £6, and afterwards agreed to buy a car and tendered a cheque for £436. SOLICITORS SUSPENDED. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 22. The application of the New Zealand Law Society for an order striking John Charles Carroll and John Ponsonby Somers, of Te Aroha, solicitors, off the rolls of practising solicitors of New Zealand, came before the Court of Appeal this morning. The Court, being of opinion that the evidence before It was unsatisfactory, and that the matter could not be dealt with at the present time, adjourned the hearing until the next sitting of the Court. The solicitors were suspended from practising in the meantime. SONGS AND FLOWERS. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 22. “He is a writer of songs, and he is selling flowers, although he is fitted for more than that,” stated the Maintenance Officer of a man who alleged in Court recently that he had been wrongfully committed to a mental asylum on the information of his wife, who was now in Sydney. “The question of ability in regard to writing songs depends upon the class of songs that are written,” said Counsel for the defendant. His client was a flower seller, but flowers were scarce, although not as scarce as songs. The Maintenance Officer said the wife denied that she was the cause of her husband being committed to an asylum. The case was adjourned. DRUNKEN MOTORIST. By Telegraph—Press Association ASHBURTON, July 22. Vincent Gilbert Barnard (40), garage assistant of Waimate, was fined £lO, in default a month’s imprisonment, and his license suspended for three months for intoxication in a car. Defendant collided with a car in East Street, causing considerable damage.