POLICE COURT NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11671, 11 April 1916, Page 5

POLICE COURT NEWS.

TO-DAY'S CASES. £ Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., presided a*j to-day's sitting of the Magistrate'*Court. „ :?*. . DRUNKENNESS. ■"- p "William Williams, "who did --atAi - appear, was fined 10s, in default-forty:?, eight hours' imprisonment for drunken' ness in Manchester Street. .'-.-$ - BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER*? Georga-Edward de Malmanche pleaded guilty to .a breach of a prohibfe,, tion order, and was fined 10s, in. forty-eight hours' .imprisonment. *-■ AN INVALID'S FANCY. ; £' : Geoi-ge Thomas Pease pleaded nd*'> . guilty to charges of drunkenness a& ; . Sumner on March 26, and being on , licensed premises at an hour when such - premises were directed by law to bo closed, ; '' Accused said that he was upset by his father's illness. His father was •■ very ill and fancied a bottle or beer. and witness went for it. Mr Bishop: That may excuse yoir< , being on the premises but does not ejccuso°you being drunk. You will-be fined 10s. with costs, for drunkenness, . and convicted and discharged for tha other offence. X~; Sub-Inspector Mullaney asked that , prohibition order should be *?s a *»v; against U-e defendant, but Mr Bishop , said that ho could not do that on the • evidence *)eforo him. % CLAIMS FOR MAINTENANCE. -- r ' Samuel Holland. Robert Holjandf ' Samuel Holland, jun.< Hugh Holland,- . James Hdland and John Holland (Mr, Acland) w« proceeded against oy,; Martha Fjey (Mr Neave) for mamtettr-;-i aU Mr Achnd said that the who were the plaintiff's brother, offer* ed to pay 12s (id weekly. Mr Bisiop: That's not enough. lb* woman l*as two children to keep. ,-- Mr Ac-and: Some of the defendant* have larj.e families. - Mr Neave: 1 understand they have motor-cars. ~ , Mr Bishop: That's not evidence of means. Manv people have motor-jcars, for which they have not paid. They.. would be much better off without tnem,, as the cars break down and area of exnense. ' ' Finally Mr Acland consented to j a»r order that 24s weekly should be paid. fit ,- Robcrt A. T. Ahorne was ordered to, *ay arrears of a maintenance order, rnr Ssfault one month's imprisonment. Arthur "Vincent was ordered to pay, arrears of maintenance at the rate of j . 12s weekly, in default three monthar imprisonment. AFFILIATION ORDERS. .. .'*' Norman Harper (Mr M. Donnejly), *' lad of seventeen years, was adjudged'the putative father of the illegitimate - child of a girl aged sixteen years, and was ordered to pay 7s 6d weekly, con« r finenient and legal expenses £8 8s and:- 1 also to find surety of £IOO, in default'six months' imprisonment. v A similar order was made against,. Thomas Campion, who had previously? been adjudged the putative father ejp an illegitimate female child. ."1