MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 8

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH. ■ (Before Air Wyvern Wilson, S.M.) DR U N K E NN ESS. A first offender was fined os, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. A statutory first offender was fined 10s. in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. AIAINTENANGE CASES. DEFIANT VETArthur Bull, who has already served terms ol imprisonment lor disobeying the terms of a maintenance order, appeared again on a similar charge. Mr P. Jones, maintenance officer, asked that Bull should be sentenced to rant suspended so long as ho kept payments up. The Atagistrate acted upon the suggestion. and a sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed, the warrant to be* suspended so long as 10k a week is uaid off the arrears', and current payments are kept up as well. STAT EM ENT REQ UIR ED. George AYilliam Cuttle denied that Ins was £llß in arrears on a maintenance order made in respect of his wile. In order to prove that his payments had been kept lip, lie produced a bundle of registered letter receipts. He said that lie had no actual cash receipts from his wile because he trusted her. He handed to the Bench a bundle''of letters in which allusions were made to sums of money received. The case was adjourned in order that a statement might be obtained from the wife. William Samuel I thill was sentenced released on the payment of £2. Eric Thompson (Air Mai ley) was ordered to pay 2s 6(1 a week towards the support of his mother, Ellen .Jessie Evans (Air Tracy). Informations against two married daughters were dismissed. Elsie Elizabeth Mitchell (Mr Archer) proceeded against her husband, Alexander Boswell Mitchell (Mr Hunter) I'm* maintenance. The complainant said that she had been with her husband at the British and Royal Hotels in Lyttelton. At the first she was given an allowance of £l, and had to assist in the bar. She left her husband but returned to him when lie took the Royal, and there got £2 LOs. Her husband was obliged to enter the consumptive sanitorium. add a brother was given the power of attorney although she managed the hotel. On coming out of the sanitor-

ium recpntlv her husband went to live with his people, and since that time she and her child were unsupported.

She had managed, however, to save £IOB out of the taking from tbe boarders. Mr Hunter said that the defendant

was prepared to provide maintenance when tbe £IOB had been accounted ior. The Magistrate held that maintenance bad been provided, and tbe information was dismissed. * CASE RE-HEARD. A rehearing was taken of the c ase in which Margaret Alay O'Driscoll (Air Tracy) proceeded against her husband AVilliam O’Driscoll (Mr A. AY. Brown) for maintenance. On September 11 an order was made for £2 ss. when the defendant failed to appear. He applied for a rehearing, and this was granted. A ter hearing evidence , the Magistrate decided to leave the original order unaltered, and the defendant was ordered to filul a security for £IOO.