MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19815, 5 December 1919, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

TO-DAY’S SITTINGS. CHRISTCHURCH. Mr V. G- Day, S M., presided over to-day’s ' sitting of the Magistrate’s Court. DRUNKENNESS. A first offender for drunkenness was fined ds, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Daniel M'Corkindale, an elderly man, was charged with drunkenness and with wilfully damaging a door valued at Ills, the property of James Cowell, The complainant stated that the defendant was drunk and stumbled against the door, which ho grabbed hold of to save his fall. The Magistrale bold that the defendant had not ‘‘wilfully” damaged the door and that Mianjo would ho Dismissed. On the charge of drunkenness defendant was fined 10-s. in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. Samuel Norris Gibb, an elderly man, charged with having been helplessly drunk’on November 21, was remanded until Monday. THEFT. OF MONEY Cyril Lewis A it hell, a youth, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing, at Wellington, on July 22. £lO l()s in money and u pair of kid gloves, the property of Sidney Williams. Sub-Inspector Mullany asked for a remand until to-morrow’. The Magistrate granted the application. A BELATED CONVICTION. John James. Jackson, alias Joseph Michael Davidson, for whom Mr C. ft. Thomas appeared, pleaded guilty to a charge that on June 8, 1910, ho stole lliSlh of lead, valued at £1 ]3s. tho property of .Messrs Taylor and Oaklev. Detective-Sergeant Connolly stated that the accused had sold the lead to a dealer on Moorhouso Avenue for £1 Bs. Accused had riecu about two years and a half away at the war and had just recently returned to Christchurch. Mr Thomas pleaded for leniency. Ito said that the accused had a good was ucord and had received a good dis* on urge. Me was cm. t p.l pared to kiv lor the lead. The Magistrate said that tho fact of accused having l,._cn two years aod a imit nway st the war had* purged the offence to some extent. Accused was convicted and ordered to pay £1 8s to the dealer to whom ho had’sold the load. Jhe load had been returned to Messrs iaylor ami Oakley. BY-LAW CASES. Charles H. Young was fined os and n O A l ’ s tor <W ]| »K on a footoath raid liobort Bruce .Murray, for 'driving a velnele on a, footpath, was ordered’’ to pay Ids costs. for driving motor-cars negligently ?}'! n a manner dangerous to tho public, E.lis .\ tart in and Samuel II aHimi u wwv lined' £2 and costs, and Gconm Svo'ttl and Herbert Frickleton, £1 and rests, lor using, a motor-car not hearing; a, registration mark, C. H. En.sor was lined Bk and costs, am! for speeding on the North Load , he was fined £1 ;,iui costs. . For exceeding the speed limit on the Yortlyßend, James Allen, Dennis Bidwill Ernest Lancelot, Hemv Brown. , fred I Raymond Blank. Lorn a Bean. id. A. Burgin, G-orald William Gerald, George A Green. Reginald J. llarri- I son, William Reeve. Thomas IT. Bangor, Leonard E. Smart, Charles Williamson ami James Allison wore lined £1 | each and costs; Edwin Wilding, Kk and costs. Albert E, Whittaker was convicted and ordered t.o pay costs. George Boss, tor driving horses not tin-dor proper control, was lined os and costs. ____________