MAGISTRATE’S COURT.
TO-DAY’S SITTING. CHRISTCHURCH. Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., presided at to-day’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court. DRUNKENNESS. male first offenders were each fined os, or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. ALLEGED THEFT. Joseph Delaney, who was not repre. seuted by counsel, was charged with the theft of two cushions and a lady’4 coat, valued at £7 10s, the property of Annie Harvey. hen asked how he would plead, accused replied: * f Oh, I was bo drunk yesterday that I did not know what 1 did.” Senior-Sergeant Cummings, who appeared for the police, stated that the articles had been stolen yesterday from the Wellington Hotel and had not yet all been recovered. He applied for a remand. The Magistrate decided to adjourn the case until Wednesday, August 20. Bail was fixed at £2O.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12717, 12 August 1919, Page 6
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