MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

TO-DAY’S CASES. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender for drunkenness was fined 10s, in default twenty-four hours imprisonment. YOUNG MAN IN TROUBLE. Lawrence Patrick M’Carthy, a welldressed young man twenty-two years o’: age, was charged with drunkenness and with having wilfully damaged a cell door at the lock-up. Accused, who pleaded guilty to both charges, was fined 3 os, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment on the charge of drunk-c-uness and was ordered to pay the damage, £2 10s. in default fourteen days’ imprisonment. REMANDED. Rose Keene, nineteen years of age, pleaded guilty to a charge that on March 7, 1923, she stole six dessert spoons, six dessert forks, four dinner forks, six afternoon tea spoons, a gold opal ring, a fountain pen, two stainless tea knives of a total value of Is, the property of Jane Lamb. “ This girl is suspected of a lot of other thefts,” said Senior Detective T. Gibson, in asking for a remand in order that inquiries could be made. Accused was remanded for a week and was ordered to remain in the Salvation Army Home in the meantime. MOLESTED HIS WIFE. There was no appearance of Robert Bruoe Johnstone, who was charged that, while a reparation order was in force, he molested his wife, Ada Johnstone (Mr E. W. White) by way-laying her. contrary to section 19 of the Destitute Persons Act, 1910, on tha Christchurch Railway Station. The complainant said that on March 3 she met her husband on the Christchurch Railway Station. He took hold of her arm and wanted her to come with him. The Magistrate: How did he catch hold of you? In an affectionate way? —1 suppose you would call it that. And you object to that?—Yes. Did he hurt you?—No. In answer to further questions complainant said her husband wanted her and the children to come back to him. Whenever she went out he fallowed her. He would follow her into the pictures and sat behind her. He did not speak to her if she was with awvMr White said that defendant had kept up his payments under the order. He did not want to make the rasa against defendant blacker than it was, but he had been warned to leave his wife alone. A friead of complainant-, who wn< with her when the incident occurred at the Railway Station, said #he called a taxi in order to get complainant away from her husband. Defendant got into the tATi and she had to get the driver to put him out. The Magistrate: I think a small penalty should be inflicted in this case to show defendant that he must not do this sort of thing. He will be tinea 20s and costs. maintenance oases. Joseph Arthur Murphy, charged with failing to maintain a ohild in the Wellington Receiving Home, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as he paid 10s a weekThomas William Wood, charged with disobedience of a maintenance order requiring him to pay 2s 6d a, week towards the support of his mother, was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment, to be released on payment of the arrears, £4 2s 6d. Isabella Bell proceeded against her husband, Frederick Wilson Bell, who did not appear, for maintenance, separation and guardianship orders, on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and failure to maintain. There are five children of the marriage. The magistrate granted the orders, fixing maintenance a,u £2 2.0* per week. Richard Anderson (Mr G. A. G- Conmil) applied for the variation of a maintenance order requiring him to pay los Hi week towards the support of a child. The magistrate refused to grant a variation of the order. On the application of Alice Ida Curtis a maintenance order requiring her husband, Frederick George Curtis to pay 253 a week towards the support of herself and child was increased to 27s j 6d. Ferdinand August Hahn (Mr A. J. (Malley) applied for a reduction on a maintenance order requiring him to pa> 20k a week towards the support of his wife, Rebecca Halm. The order was reduced to 15s a week. Andrew Sutherland was ordered to pay los a week towards the support of nn illegitimate child. He was also ordered to pay expenses and past maintenance amounting in all to £25 4s. and provide sureties in bonds of £IOO. (Proceeding.) LYTTELTON^ (Before Mr F. G. Norton, J.P.) Charles Frederick Ingram, Albert Edward Jenkin. and James Stowe, seamen. charged with pillaging cargo from tbe Huiunui. were *emanded till tomorrow, to appear before a Magistrate.