MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY'S SITTINGS. CHRISTCHURCH. Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M.. presided nt to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's o Court, n DRUNKENNESS. o, Two male first offenders for drunken- y ness wore each ('mod os, in default tweu- y ly-four hours' imprisonment, a IDLE AND DTSORDERIA". J Alexander Thompson appeared on ie- *' mnnd charged with drunkenness ami {, with being an idle and disorderly person. The Magistrate sentenced the ae- !■ cused to three months' imprisonment. !' THEFT OF WATCH. a _ Percy Valentino Johns (Mr C. S hj Thomas) apprareU i'or sentence charged a with the tliett of a gold watch valued 1' at £2O. the property oi ,)oau Uager. a Detective-Sergeant Connolly said that the accused had pleaded guilty to t the charge, a.nd had been rcjiumdeit iu n order inquiries might be made. It t was now found that tncre were other a charges pending against the accused w t Wellington. ;i .Mr '.lnomas objected to the case beiifg r continually renuunled, and asked lor Ins s costs. ( The Magistrate convicted the accused 1 ', and ordered h:m to come. up i'or sou- \ lenee. when called upon. s. Tito accused wa.s iurther charged that. « on or about August -2'J lie stoic a lady's diamond ring valued at £lO. the pro- f perty of Raohae) do Pass. i On the application of Detcetivo-Soi-geant Oonnoliy, accused, was remanded i to appear at Wellington on December UNREGISTERED MIDWIFE, j Janet Peagram, an elderly' woman, was charged ivnn practising as a ink;- ; wile without, being registered. < Senior Sergeant Uummings stated i that tiie woman had been convicted of ] a similar olt'ence on December o. i;uo. 1 when she was ordered to come up torsent enee when called upon. ; Mr Malley stated that the defendant was an old ago pensioner, in poor circumstances. She had been in the habit of attending cases when a dcVtor was called in, and it was legal for her to do j this. In the case in which she way j charged, she had gone, along to the house expecting to iind that a doctor I had been called, but a doctor was not j called in, and, as the case was urgent, ! she remained and attended to the paj tie-nt. i Senior SeTgeant Cummings stated I that the woman knew perfectly well ' that sho was eomniiUintr a. breach ci Iho Act, but she was obstinate, and would not give up practising. The case ■ had only been found out throimii the birth not having been registered, lie said that the practice, would have to be stopped. The. Magistrate, said he would fake into consideration the defendant's circumstances. The evidence showed that the woman was verv obstinate, and she required somo monetary penalty in order to show her that sho must' not continue to act in this way. .Defendant, was convicted and lined CI and costs. MAINTENANCE. .Charles Montgomery, charged with being £\'£ lbs in arrears on a maintenance, order requiring him to contribute towards the support of his child. ,ivaq sentenced to one. month's imprisonment in default of payment Eliza Egan applied'for an order for maintenance, separation and guardian-ship-against George Egan, ' ou the grounds of drunkenness and cruelty. The. Magistrate granted the application i and ordered the defendant to pa.v ; maintenance at the rate of Ms a week'. the complainant to have eusdodv of the! ■ child. " ' j Pearl Shanks (Mr L. A. Doiigaiil applied for an order for niaininnaneo to! bo issued against her husband, Henry!

•Joseph -Shanks (Mr I'. ,]. Amodooi.' on the ground that sho was a destitute j person,

After hearing; evidence the Magistrate stated that the defendant had acted in n most; unhusbandlv manner towards his wife. Ho- had allowed Jut to live with his mother for several years, which was not the wav a married man should treat his wife. His actions towards her seemed to suggest that he wished her to commit a breach of her marriage, contract. 'Hie application had been laid under the Destitute Persons Act, nud as the complainant had been unable to prorc that she was a, destitute person or that her husband had means, it would have to be dismissed.