MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18186, 20 June 1927, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

’s «- * CHRISTCHURCH. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Mary Ann Windsor, who has a list, was charged with drunkenness and she was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within three months if called upon, provided she remains with the Salvation Army for three months. A statutory first offender was fined £l. TYilliam Grainger, for drimkenness, was fined 20s, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment, CHARGE OF THEFT. Alexander Boag, aged 19 (Mr Lockwood), was charged'with having broken and entered the warehouse of C. Were, Colombo Street, and stealing therefrom £.2 6s 7d in money. Detective Laugeson's application for a remand of one week was granted. Mr Lockwood asked for bail. “ Well, there is a lot of this going on.’’ remarked Mr Mosley, “ and I don t think I should grant it. People expect too much liberty.” Bail, however, -was allowed ’.n the stun of £IOO, with one surety cf £IOO. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. . . Fanny Johnson, !lged thirty-three, was charged with having used obscene language in Hereford Street. “ I’m very sorry, sir, I don’t remember it,” sh/5 said when asked to plead. “ I didn’t mean anything, and I’m not addicted to swearing.” '* I don’t want to send a young woman like this to gaol,” said the Magistrate, “but the language is very objectionable.” Accused was placed on probation for six months and advised to keep in touch with Adjutant Newton. (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) MAINTENANCE CASES. A lopg list of maintenance eases was heard at the Magistrate’s Court this morning by Mr 11. P. Lawry, S.M. J. H. Inglis, of Auckland, who Mr Jones (maintenance officer) said was over £4OO in arrears on an order for his wife’s maintenance made in August, 1023, had been a motor mechanic, but his heart was weak .and he had had to take up farming. He had had practically none off the maintenance, and had offered his wife a home which was

merely a hovel. This she had refused. The maintenance had been fixed at £2 t 2s a week. Inglis was convicted on the charge of failing to maintain, and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended while the defendant paid maintenance at £2 2s a week, and 3s a week off the arrears. BAD LANGUAGE. Andrew Parnell M’Guire, IS (Mr Lockwood), pleaded guilt}' to a charge of having used obscene language in Cathedral Square soon after midnight on Saturday. Sub-Inspector Mathew said that the language was heard by a constable 15 yards away. At the time people were coming away from a dance. “The sooner these young men are cleared out of the Square the better.” said Mr Mosley, who imposed a fine of £3, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. BY-LAW BREACHES. For having used motor vehicles without having licenses the following were dealt with:—William Miller, 10s and costs; William Cock, 10s and costs: Albert E. Eden, 10s and costs; Fergus Ferguson, 5s and costs; James Carnegie, 5s and costs; Herbert Belcher, 5s and costs: George Tretheway, 5s and costs; J. 11. Southerwood, convicted and discharged. Frederick Mann (Mr Hunter) was charged with having driven a steam waggon without a license, and he pleaded not guilty. Mr Hunter said that the case was a very hard one indeed. Defendant and his brother owned a steam waggon which had cost them £I2OO, and they could not afford the license fee of £75. If a conviction were recorded they would have to lay the vehicle up, as a vehicle subject to such a heavy tax was very difficult to sell. It seemed a shocking thing that in these hard times they could not use their waggon because of the tax. A charge was also made against William Mann, and the cases were adjourned for a fortnight to enable Mr Loughnan, City Solicitor, to go into the question. SPEEDING. Fred Oldridge was fined £2 and costs for having driven a vehicle at a dangerous speed. Walter Tisch was also fined £2 and costs for speeding, and a charge against If. P. 11. Roscoe was dismissed. William M’Gregor Turnbull pleaded not guilty to a charge of having driven a car at an excessive speed in Victoria Street. R. S. M’Kenzie stated that he was on a bicycle and was struck by defend-

ant's car. fie did not think that the car was going at a very high speed. Another witness corroborated ‘ the statement. A fine of 20s and costs was imposed, and defendant was also ordered to pay 10s for damage done to the bicycle. PILLION RIDING. Jack Anderson and C. Belcher were each fined 20s and costs for pillion riding. Alfred O’Malley and Gerald O’Malley were ordered to pay costs for pillion riding. CYCLING ON FOOTPATH. John V illiam Bean was fined 10s and costs for having cycled on a footpath. NO LIGHTS. For cycling at night without a light. Dcuglas .Hibbard and Graham M’Kechnie were each fined 10s. CUT THE* CORNER. D. N. Shaw, for turning to the right at a corner without going round the intersecting point, was fined 20s and costs. A NOISY MACHINE. Reginald Palmer was fined 30s and costs for riding a motor-cycle with an open exhaust. The offence took place in Bealey Avenue, and defendant passed a hospital.