MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16918, 18 December 1922, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH. TO-DAY’S CASES. (Before Mr H Y. Widdowsoti. S.M ; D RT' N KEN NESS. George Kelly M’Kcny.ie. a second offender, was fined 20s, in default three days’ imprisonment. ESCAPE FROM HOME. Eva May Williams, alias William son, alias Elsie Dvnn, alias Mrs Bramelow (Mr R. Twyneham) pleaded guilty to a charge of escaping from the Salvo lion Army Homo. Sub-inspector Simpson said the accused was convicted for soliciting and ordered to stay in the Home on November 23 for one year, but on December 1 she escaped and went to her husband at Avoca, where she was arrested on Saturday Mr Twyneham said that the accused refused to stay in the Salvation Army Home and she was apparently under the impression that she could walk o'r. when she liked. She had n sister from Tasman .a visiting New Zealand, and she was prepared to ' take *er away and give her a new start. Drink was her trouble, and she had a bad* list, but if she were allowed to »ro away it would probably do good for her.

The Magistrate: T can’t lessen Cue sentence. She was sent there for o term, and the onlv person who lias jurisdiction is the Minister of Justice. The accused was sentence! to one month’s iin prison me nt. A DEAR TA XT RIDE. William Henry Edwards (Mr A Twyneham) was charged with being a rogue and vagabond, in that ho imposed upon Reuben J. Robinson, a taxi driver, by a verbal fraudulent representation to obtain thereby the benefit of a taxi ride from Christchurch to An not valued at £O. The accused pleaded guilty, and elected to be dealt with by the Magistrate.

Senior-Detective Gibson said that during Carnival Week the accused got Robinson to drive him to Sheffield and kept him there two nights. When the time for paying up came the accused wrote out a cheque, and told Robinson to drive him down to the hank. The cheque was a valueless one and while Robinson was inside trying to cn?*h it the accused got awav “This kind of offence is getting too common.” said Detective Gibson.

The accused’s list was read, and it showed that he had a number of convictions for false pretences and issuing valueless cheques. Mr Twyneham said that the were all of -the same character, an! seemed to occur at certain periods, es pocially after heavy drinking bouts. Edwards was n hard-working man. and had been in almost, constant employment for three years. He was willing to make full restitution to Robin - The Magistrate: Tt is just n question whether this man should not he sent on to the Supreme Court and there declared an habitual offender The accused was sentenced to three months" imprisonment, and the Magistrate warned him that if he came up again he would he sent to the Supreme. Court, or in the alternative imprisoned for a long period of reformative deten

tion BEGGING TN CASHEL STREET. Lindsay Dugnid, a young man. plead- ! ed guilt;, to being an idle and disorder- { lv person in that lie begged alms in I Cashel Street. | Sub-I nspec-tor Simpson said that the' I accused asked some person for money J in Cashel Street and when a constable j came along he asked him for twopence lo buy a pie | Tlie accused said he had only been in j town two weeks, and he promised that if a c hance was given to him he would j get away into the country for harvest - I 'iig • Tlie Magistrate : You have several j convictions for this offence, and the Court cannot take much account of The accused was sentenced to one

l ’ N DEI END ED C A SES •Judgment was given for the plaintiff j by default in the following cases: J j Winder v. Percy Eden, 12s’Cd, W. E. j Cox v. R H Henderson. £3 2s; Roder i ick M’Kenzie v A 1) Kennedy, costs only : \Y. 11. Simms and Co. v. J R. ! Stubbing, £32 Is: Painters’ Industrial I Union v. \V. Pearce, £1 3s (id: T. j A spell v. \Y. A Bi-sett. £0 10s: Frank j Partridge v. \V. F.. Moore. £95) 8s 3d: Ackrovcl Bros. v. \Y Craighead, £36 ' 7s lid: C Lyons v. P. Middleton, £2 i 17s 4d : Sarah Agnes Salt v. John M’CauslancL £lB 12s 9d ; Scott Bros. I Ltd. v. Albert Hunt. £l(i ICs; Harves- | ter Co.. Ltd v. C H. Tucker. £BB 19s I lOd: Tavlors Ltd. v. Pickering Bros . i £1 L 14s: same v. Benefield and Co., £2 ; 3s; AY. J. Lane Electrical Co., Ltd v. j O Butterfield. £1 12s 8d ; Trade Anx J iliary Co.. ltd. v. A. T. Thompson. £3 ! 5s 3d : AV L. King v. AV. A. Bissett. ' £l9 14s 2d: Montgomery and Rogers } v. M. G Sharp, £4O: John R. Proctor ! v. K Erickson, 02 18s: same v. J. O. ’.Anderson, £1 Is: AV. H. Campbell v. i H. McConocliie, £5 18s 7d : A. B. Anderson v. D. Cairns, £2l ; Matson and * Co v. D J Campbell v. Richard Blackburn, £9 15s 7d : M Kiver v V. M.mttan, £2 2s; F | Bellingham v. AV Robertson, £10: IMinson’s Ltd. v. AV. J. AVarham, £1

7s : Woodford and Kiddey v. C. Brown £4l 6s: Stevens and Sons Ltd. v. A. E. J. Church. £4 6s: Taylors Ltd v. O. R. Butterfield. £ls 12s; Cooper and Duncan Ltd. v. A. E. J Church, £34 13s 3d: J Suckling Ltd. v. J. M. M’Clure. £8 10* JUDGMENT SUMMONS. A. -T. Phillips was ordered to pay F. E. Longden £2 2s in default three days’ imprisonment. P. Cairns was ordered to pas AV AV. Keighley £26 9s 2d in default one months’ imprisonment; A J Phillips was ordered to pav Brown and Heaton £3 18s 3d in default four days’ imprisonment. Outhhert and Holland were ordered to pay F. A. Cool: Ltd. £3 3s. in default four days’ imprisonment-. D Scott was ordered to pav 4Y. G. Barnes Cl 13s. i n default five days. TENANCY. O. Al. Hamill was ordered to give up possession of a tenement to John Daly or or before January 18. Annie Edgeworth was ordered to give up possession of a tenement to Arthur Julius Noilson on or before Jaunary 18. CLAIM FOR POODLE. Airs L. McKav, Templeton (Mr A. W. Brown) claimed from J. O’Brien tobacconist, Timaru tlie sum of £5 ss. being tlie price of a French poodle dog sold and deliver* i by the plaintiff to the defendant at Christchurch in July. Judgement was given for the plaintiff with costs KANGIORA. (Before Mf AYyvern Wilson.* S.M.) For being in arrears with his maintenance order. Arthur Dawson was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment, to be released on payment of £6 10s and J. Brown (Air Kippenberger), charged with having assaulted Herbert P. Hen derson (Mr AV. Gresson) at the Rangiora saleyards on December 7. was fined 40s and costs. An application to have defendant bound over to keep the peace was dismissed.

Judgment lor plaintiff bv default was given in the following cases T. AViddowson (Mr Kippenberger) v. F. W. Powell), for £4 18s. costs £i 18s 6d ; O. S. Dunningham v. James Dick. £3 12.3 2d. costs £1 3s: H. A. Bullock (Mr Smith) v. Pohipi AA'akone. 14s 3d. costs 11s. AV. T. Henry (Mr Kippenberger) claimed from Mrs Mary Scott £2 8s Od for carting and storing furniture. Judgment was given for plaintiff for 18s 6d, costs 9s.

In the Juvenile Court, for being in possession of a .22 calibre rifle, a bov fifteen years of age was convicted, and an order was made for the confiscation of the weapon.