TO-DAY'S COURTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11927, 9 February 1917, Page 6

TO-DAY'S COURTS.

I . I I (Before Mr T- A. B. Bailor. S.M-) ! DRINK AND V^GKINCV. | Mary Murphy (Mr «k jcharged with vagraucy. M- :oakev said'"that drink was i ( t a, I the trouble, and .do- bed ht,o. rainy | situations. She v.-as :>.-.< ..xcri/ent esse:, i and got first-clo;---- wages. S'te was prepare-:! to live wish her moteer. The | police de.-erihed Cm as c ;:-' <*: 'worker while sober. 'Hie M agist vs-.-. prohibited ihe accused, and adjourne: rhe ease fa" a fortnight to enable hotto get a situation, i John Du tabic Too. -charged with vagrancy, in that he had been ton ml by night without lawful excuse on the premises of -John Stephen-, was con-vi--ted and discharged, the pnlic.n stating that he was a decent man was rui' his way to e a mp bin. ha<l. been drinking. In the ra.w of Ernest C. Evan*. C2o in arrears on an order of f:l n week en his wife'? maintenance, Chief-Detective j lichen, f-.aid' that the wife, who was I at. Wellington, would consent to the cnJ of the order, with ~s '3d a ! week r.fT arrears. An order ivjh made I accordingly, in default, two months' itn- ! prison men t. jATd/KGED EAILTNC TO ACCOENT, j Alexander M ' Kenzic (M r Donnelly), i a young man ni " 'bghtorn, pleaded i guilt, v t-o a efiarge of Ciihng to Hccount I for €7 L's (id, the property of Henry j Frederick Everett- Mr Donnelly said j that, the accused, v. ho was u> the railj way service, had got an ord'er to colloot £7 13s for ft fellow-employee, and hod kept the money. The money | would be repaid by hm father. Chief--1 Detective Herbert said that the aerus|ed was an apprentice at Addipgton Workshops. The complainant, a fel-low-employee, on leaving for a holiday, had left,Jiiin an order for his wages, which the accused collected and spent"When Everett came back and' asked for his wages, the accused strenuously denied receiving them until confronted I with his own reroipt in the office. He 1 was an unsatisfactory apprentice, and i the Department was prosecuting him j for breaking his indenture. .1 The accused was then charged that ' between December o and February 3 ]he had unlawfully absented himself | from the. service of the Railway Dc- ' parf-mont before the Terra of his ap- , ju-enticeship had expired. The accused said that hi* fnther had : written in December asking that, bis ; apprenticeship should be cancelled. - After discussing for a. lorur time the ; manner in which the indentures might '. bo cancelled, and asking the accused'.-. ; consent to cancellation, which was road- ■ i!y given, the Magistrate convicted the , accused of tbof; ordering him to come i up for sentence when culled upon, and : repnv the monev within fortv-ei'iht ; hours. ! On th« second charge ho w»s convict- | ed and discharged. I Later on the accused pleaded guilty i to a charge of stealing a bicycle in ; October, valued at £L> lis, the proi perty of Edward fenny. 1 The Magistrate cinnmenfed on ihe i downward course nf the aociised. arid i ordered hint to come up for sentenceI v hen cailfd on. ! DAMAGING A NEWSPAPER. i James Birch, a man, pleaded i guilty to a charge of damaging a new&j })aper, valittvj at Id, at the ibiblic j Library. | Chief-Detective Herbert said thai; the j accused had been found by ihe care- ] taker eni.ung out of a. paper the ac- | ceptftnees for the Forbury trtdSj whe- ! ther to discourage racing ge n orally or | to assist, him in hi s betting tran.sactions | was not clear. The mutilation of papers | was a very common thiic:. and it was ' very annoying to people to g ( , ; 0 ;i j file and find the very thing they were i looking for cut rf;j(,. The offence was j difficult, |.o delect, and he asked that i an example should bo made of the ac- : cused. . A line of CI and costs was impv>&xi, ' with one witness's expenses. ALLEGED SLY GKOQ-SELLING. I : Martha Stewart, a middlo-aged wo- ! man, for whom Mr Donnelly appeared, | pleaded not guilty to a charge of sclij ing whitiky without a license. ! Percy Harry Leete said that he came j from Akaroa to Christchurch on Janu- | ary 22, and put up on January 27 arI the Terminus Hotel. Ho got. up about I 7.J0 on the Sunday, and went into the i liar and had a iev.' drinks. Ho then j went out and met a man, and asikeu | him where he could get a drink. The i man directed him to Mrs Stewart's ■ house, and he went there. She supplied him first with a glass and then with a bottle of whisky, for which ho paid l'A> Od. Nobody elso was present. Ho then went towards the river-bank. where ho drank all the whisky and wrus locked 'up. f'ti the following Sunday ho was told that, Mrs Stewart wanted to sen him. He went to the house, and two or three persons persuaded him to sign a paper that what he had told iho police was false. To get out of it he signed his name Sleete. To Mr Donnelly: He reckoned he bad done a dirty deal in giving up tho facts to the police while he was drunk. He admitted that be had visited Mr | Donnelly's office with Mrs Stewart, and had Ikmui turned out as .soon as it was i found that he was a. police witness. j " You expected i-o got, ;>omethmg,'' i said Mr Donnelly. " No,'' said the witness. "Oh," said Mr Donenlly, " blessec! are they that expect nothing; they shall not be disappointed." In reply to pressing inquiries as to why he had signed the paper m Mrs Stewart's house, the witness said that when lie was " nabbed," and found himself in a rough house, he had to get out of it as best ho could. He could not say why ho went to Mr Donnelly's office. j To Rub-Inspector Hastier He had gone to Mr Donnelly's office at the recpiest of Mrs Stewart, who said that ho had served her a dirty trick, and they might come to an 'understanding, as tho police had searched tho house and found no liquor, and tho caso relied on him. Constable Warren gave evidence of arresting Leete and finding tho empty bottle. Sergeant. R.yland gave evidence that ho had searched the house and found no liquor. For the defence, the accused gavo evidence that Leete had come to her place for a bottle of hop ale. for which she had charged him 4d. Ho got no- j thing else. Later Leete came to Iter j and said that ho had made a false} statement, but 7F she would give him j 20s or 30k he would go away. Sho J declined to give him anything. I Cross-examined': Leete came voluntarily to her house, and wroto out tho paper himself. Besides her son there was Mr Bourke present and another man. She went to Mr Donnelly's office after getting the paper. Leete had followed her against her wish. The accused was convicted and fined £lO. A SEPARATION CASE. Nellie M'Quillan (Mr Donnelly) asked for a separation from her husband, John M'Quillan (Mr Upham), with maintenance and guardianship, persistent cruelty being alleged. The complainant, Nellie M'Quillan, said that she had been married nino years, and had six children. Her husband had always ill-treated her and threatened to drown her. and on one occasion had attempted to drown her by holding her under tho taps in the bathroom. Sho had had three children in a little over three years, and on tho last occasion she had had neither nurso i nor doctor. Her husband had driven ' hor from home, and often beaten her.

at one time dropping hoi) candle grease on her face. To M-: Fpham: She had borrowed ; money From one Balkmd, and later had ! borrowed money from ones Iv est even to I pay Balkind. Her husband had signed i the confusion of debt. She had signtxi i before a Mr lir:tilting. Nobody r-Is? i was present, bin Bri&hting paid that ! her husband should ho present. Mr Fpham said that' ho mi«ht have vo ,".:•!■, for an adjournment to iot Mr Uri'than.g investigate the signatures, •.,.. !•■,'.i cv- -ii.)Ui;ht mifrlr. turn out. to , \>;< a, forgery. r,. , rev. ami nation tho wi'-ness dov.;,-.-: that Hon Shepherd. v>hu «",v now t 1 the war, had lent her money, or had yji-jyd her husband'* .-. intuitu re to nolo?- '.,< ' ..,.-;_ she denied c r> :ii»i st;,N>ir.ents to Miss Cardalo as to tho reason she w:i-' out at ni;.dtr. She had sold furni-t-.irt- "■» ;_v-: t-.-ed for t-ne. children. Mrs Wilson. Mr* Jono*. Mrs l'-Nvk- ; ery ami Mr* Tolchor also gavo evt- | donee. ■ Tho dofortco was a compioto denial ; oi cruelty. ' Mis-: < ardale <;avo evidence as to tho ; neglected state oi the M'Quillsn cliildron. Throe of thorn wore now at ; Mount Mayrhda. the grandmother had I two, and M'Quillnn's sister had tho j other. M'Quillnn was prepared to sup- < port them. ! To Mr Donnelly: She was inspector i for tho Soeioty for tho Protection of | Women and Children. She. had not. I inquired into the ease. l>eeansc she did | not know where Mrs M'Qu.illan was. Mr Fnham applied at, this for I r,n adjournment, statins; that ibere • was a judgment of £n* against M'Qui'b;n, obtained by fraud. He proposed ' to swear informations for forgery. ; M'Quillnn on oath said that ho had 1 rover hofors seen the document boari ing his name, lie had novor borrow tv? I money from Kostevou When rbo sum- ', nous arrivxl his wife told him that ! site would go in and fix it up. She i bad admitted signing his nemo. His | v., ife iv.is always running him into debt | and ho know nothing about Lalkirv: ' until Kesteren's summons for t'oO ar- ! rived. Ho had soen his forced sicnaI turo to a document at Ba[kind's. All j his money bad in debts. i M'Quillan, in further evddeiux\ denied all alienations, of ill-treatment. He was prepared to provide for his ehildron. When Bennetts, the bailiff, came to the j house ho told him thai his signature was ; n forgery. His wife had £Oiie out threI rights a week, ostensibly to undergo ! treatment i'<>r oons.impt ion, but -he had ! never been there. His wife had eleaiv i | (ait- hooMU.-e. she know tiio aaiue was up i fmaneialiv. | To Mv I>onnel!v : The ihtve little : ciris, :i.Ved Sir; and a half, lour and i three, were u t Mount- Macidahi, and he \ was paving l-J's a ««■'; t'oi - 'Fan. As | his wife had loft, him he did not earn | about, how she was °;ettnit4 on. He had i not. sent- lie-- adiil't. He believed hi" i wife to be quite virtuous, but. she bad i dr-coivci* him in money matters. On the ; oeeasiort of his wife runninc out seroam- ' in jr. ihere ban been a, little ounrrel owr ; a fina.neial malter. There were hot. ; words, but he ronld nut r.-e;dl theiu. sHie bad ofteti told hira thai she would '. tbro'.i' up the spote'<'. and he had no ! douti- h- had iii' her that- it was t,]ie ! he*.', -.hi,:'.: she e.-.]d do. i Ihe wi'ness va- • fiei ;>; both eii.ai- : s*d iaku \iite buek. and vottii.i if*: ; • i ivo such an undortaknw. hut \Jj T'pliam said that the .defendant, bad I a.i.'.i-eetl nrevioin-lv i-e take her hack. i l''ino 11 v tho Magistrate ad.ioe.rued the ; ease for a. month to s<v if a rtcone'dia- ! tion f-ould be effortod. | ALI.KV.EI> ASSAULT. ; William Spindlei- ;Mr Duttnelly) was i rhar>;rd thai on KeOrnary 'A he bar; | Charlos l''ind!ay mi a-s to eati-e i hiTti actual horliiv harm. i !>:• ('.ittrell. hou-- --rr.e,,;! at r!„ | Hostd'ai. said tha,:. Findhiy v.-as adrnit- ' i'd to (he Hospital >u!'|V-rin<.': from a , sc-alp woutd 'l';!' oail.'d for three I it.iif'hes. To T\ound orobahlv ermj ed by a. blow on the brad by a ehair \<-,: ', sueli as t.he one produced. j (Pnx'eedirm. i