MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14830, 22 November 1913, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

(Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) IDLE AND DISORDERLY. Edward Mills and Joseph H. F. Donnelly pleaded not guilty to charges of being idle and disorderly persons. The police evidence showed that the accused had been hanging about the town since Carnival Week, doing no work, and behaving in a suspicious manner. The accused were convicted, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. (Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.) REMANDED. William Brown pleaded not guilty to being a rogue and a vagabond, in that he was found illegally on premises at night. After hearing the police evidence, the Magistrate remanded the accused for one week. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. j Arthur Alien Dodd (Mr Dougall) pleaded not guilty to a charge of obscene language. Albert Hector Frame also pleaded not guilty to a charge of j using obscene language, and also resisting a constable in the execution of his duty. Constable Maggm, who effected the arrest of Dodds, and Detectives Gibson and Ward, who. arrested Frame, gave evidence of the occurrence. Mr Dougall did not call any evidence, and pleaded with his Worship for leniency. Senior-Sergeant Mathieson.- said th.at Dodds had been warned of his conduct im'the public streets before. The accused wVre both fined 40s, on the charge of using obscene language, and Frame was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon for resisting the constable. • INSUI/TING LAJNGLAGE. William Whitla waa charged with, and pleaded guilty to, using insulting language to a railway servant at Temple ton. " Accused was a news-paper-boy, and' had used the language to a guard, who had remonstrated with him regarding the manner . in which he had been throwing off the papers. The accused was convicted, and ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. EXTRADITION GRANTED. On the application of Chief Detective Bishop, extradition warrants were issued in respect to James Meeson (alias Joseph Andrews), and Dorothy Meeson, who -were in custody, on a charge of feloniously receiving goods knowing the same to tie stolen. THE DEFENCE ACT. Penalties were imposed as follow for failure to comply wjth the regulations of the Defence Act:—Royle Challiner ss, Cyril Dallison ss, Frederick T. Da vies' 10s, Reginald Douglas 10s, Albert Evans 10s, Daniel Forrester 10s, Clifford Gahagan 10s, James Grubb, convicted and discharged, j Reginald Hndfield ss, Herbert Meynell os, Edwin Radcliffe, convicted and discharged, Frank Reeve, convicted and discharged, Edward Richards 20s, Donald Robertson 10s, James Scott, convicted and discharged, John L. Stevens ss, Harold Tarrant ss, Joseph Wilson, convicted and discharged, Jbrederick Workman 10s. For insubora'nation orf parade, Thomas Pauling, and Edward Pauling were each convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. BY-LAW OFFENCES. For having cycled on the footpath Frederick Stewart and Thomas Whiteside were each fined 7s and costs. For having cycled at night without a li<rht Roy Courtney was fined 10s and costs. For having motored too fast over a crossing Raymond Hepworth, Herbert Stevens, and Benjamin Watkinson were each fined 10s and costs. For having motored along tlie Sumner road at a greater speed than sixteen miles an hour Frederick Stevens was fined 10s

and costs. For having allowed a horse to wander Albert Porter (Mr, Leathern) was fined 5s and costs on each of two charges. . Forliaving allowed cattle to wander Albert Henry Parish was fined 10s and costs, and for having allowed a cow _to wander Martin Shorlick was fined 5s and costs. For having permitted his son to act as a hawker without a license Frederick James Parish Horn was. fined 10s and costs. For having refused to produce a tram ticket for inspection Alexander Buick was convicted and discharged. BREACH OF THE PEACE. John Fraser. charged with having committed a breach of the peace, was fined 20s and costs. A similar charge brought against Owen Callan (Mr Donnelly) was dismissed.