TO-DAY'S COURTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11784, 23 August 1916, Page 6

TO-DAY'S COURTS.

A MIXED SITTING. i j (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A woman, a first offender, was convicted and discharged. Three men wero each fined os. FORTNIGHT FOR VAGRANCY. Robert Gray, who had been on remand for a fortuight after pleading guilty to a charge, of vagrancy, namely, begging alms, came up for sentence. Tho police stated that they had been .making inquiries in Hamilton as to other matters, but nothing had come to light, and they did not wish to carry tho matter on. The prisoner was convicted and discharged. BOY'S DISHONESTY. Albert D. Connolly, a. boy just over sixteen, was charged with receiving a furse and whip- valued at 8s 6d from 'raneis Greenlees, well knowing it to havo been dishonestly obtained. Greenlees, a boy of fourteen, gave evidence that ho had arranged to give Conuelly a whip and pureo which ho had stolen from his employer. Conuelly knew they were to be stolen, and agreed to give him Is 6d for the purse, No price was fixed for the whip. The accused gave evidence that he •did not know the goods were stolen. He admitted that the purse was marked 4s, and that ho had not arranged to pay for the whip. The Magistrate said that he did not believe the accused. It was a serious thing to get another boy into trouble. He would bo convicted and ordered to come up for sentence wheu called on. SECOND-HAND DEALERS. Ernest M'Donald (Mr Rowo) and William White, two second-hand dealers, wero charged, eiicli on six counts, with receiving goods from a boy under sixteen years of age. It was pleaded in I both cases that the boy was apparently i over sixteen years of age. i Tho cases were practically heard to- ! gether, evidence being given bv a boy I who had been convicted in tho Juvenile j Court of theft, that he had disposed of j various articles to both dealers. ; Chief Detective Herbert said that | both men were most unsatisfactory ! dealers, and easy facilities for boys to dispose of good's led to crime. Tho Magistrate commented on the need for great care, and imposed a fine of 5s and costs on each of tho six charges, BY-LAW OASES. Giles William Coatcs was fined 10s and costs for motor-cycling on a cycling track. Levi Blood was fined 5s for allowing a horso to wander. Richard Ogier and Wilfred Holland were each fined 20s and costs for failing to register dogs, the fines to be reduced to 10s if the dogs were registered within a week. William John Emerson was fined" 10s for leaving a vehicle unattended.