MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16941, 16 January 1923, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

+ TO-DAY’S CASES. CHRISTCHURCH. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) DR UNKENNESS. George Charles Brown, who appeared on remand charged with helpless drunkenness, was ordered to pay medical expenses amounting to 17s 6d, in default seven days’ imprisonment. A statutory first offender was. - £onvifitecl_and discharged. GIVEN A CHANCE. Frederick Arthur C ampbell, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge Of having stolen a pair of boots, valued at 355, the property of Raymond Francis Cheat. The accused expressed regret for his lapse and the Magistrate said he would give him a chance. Campbell was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence any time within six months. M AINTENANCE CASES. William James Courtney (Mr F. I). Sargent) was charged with failing to maintain his wife and four children, and being £3l in arrears on the order. Mr R. Abernety appeared for the complainant and asked that the defendant should be ordered to find security for regular payment as his conduct had been most unsatisfactory in the past . Courtney was ordered to find security with the Public Trustee in the sum of £IOO. NOT HAPPY. Myrtle Esther May M’KCover proceeded against her husband, Arthur M’Keever, for separation, maintenance and guardianship orders. The com plainant said she was married in October. 1921, and there were two childrc i of the marriage. Her husband drawsto excess, and he came home drunk created disturbances in the home. He was cruel to her. but he never hit the children. He would not give her money for necessaries, and had refused to set up a home, preferring himself to 1 ivo in rooms. The maintenance h« provided was inadequate and she rarely received more than 10s a week for the maintenance of herself anc children. Defendant: Didn't 1 give you £3 last week?---“Yes, but you took it back agaitv” The defendant said that his wife had not worked since nineteen. He had supported her all that time. He had a war gratuity of £lO2 which he had rot touched until recently. The a! legations made by his wife about his drinking and cruelty were all lies. The complainant: Didn’t I work during the last twelve months when you were in gaol?—Oh. yes, but anyhow, I want the case adjourned so that I can call witnesses. The Magistrate granted an adjourn