MAGISTERIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6595, 20 September 1899, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday, Sept. 20. (Befora Mr F.- Hobbs, J.P., and Mi- E.: Jones, J.P.) Drunkenness. — A male first offender, who did not surrender to his bail, was fined 10a and costs, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. ■ i Playing Football in the Square. - l - Gerald Drake, George Lumsden, Benjamin Hislop, Hugh Carruthers and William Brazier, all small boys, were charged with playing football on Latimer Square, contrary to the City Council's by-laws. The boys admitted the charge. Sub-Inspector U'Brien said the prosecution Kad been brought under a new by-law adopted by the City Council a few months ;>.go. Thie Council had written asking the police to enforce the by-law, and these boys had been caught playing football and summoned. However, as they were unaware that they were doing any harm, he would ask 1 the Bench not to inflict any fine in their cases. It was jls well for the public to know that they were liable to a penalty of £10 for infringing the section. The Bench, after warning the lads of the consequences which would attend a repetition of the offence, convicted and discharged them. Ciiakoe of Threatening Behaviour. — James Hendrich and Shelley Collins were charged with behaving in a threatening manner on the Ricearton coach on Augu&t 26. Hendrich did not appear, and he was fined 10s and costs, Collins being fined 5s and costs. The Bicycle By-laws^— Albert Lock, who pleaded guilty to a charge, of riding his bicycle after dark without carrying a light, was fined ss. and costs, 7s. — William Barnett, for riding his bicycle on the footpath in High Street, was fined in a similar amount. ... A Romantic: Butcher.— A youth named Ronald Mann pleaded guilty to a charge of having discharged a. revolver within the city boundaries on August 28. . Sub-Inspec-tor Q.'Brien. said that the , defendant had had a difference with a young woman because sha would not submit to his addresses. .. „ He accordingly discharged a revolver close to her House, to convey the impression- L.at he had committed suicide. He then hid sunder a carrier's cart in his backyard, where he was discovered by the I>olice, "with the revolver, fully loaded, in" his possession. Tlie Bench said they could not overlook the case. It was a very foolish action on the part of the defendant, and he would be fined £1 and costs, 7s. Prohibition. Orders. — An application for a prohibition order against a man was refused by the Bench.— Orders were granted against two persons, to take effect in the Christchurch and surrounding districts, for one year. Sureties of the Peace. — On the information of John M'Ginn, Eliza M'Cormick was" 1 bound over in two sureties of £10 each to Iceep the peace for. six months.

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