THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15868, 5 April 1917, Page 3

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. (Before Mr "Wyvern "Wilson. S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender wa s fined os, in default 2-1 hours' imprisonment. VAGRANCY. Minnie Brown was charged with being a rogtie ■and a in that she had insufficient lawful means of support, having been previously convicted a 5 an idle and disorderly person. The. Magistrate sentenced her to two years' reformative treatment, on the undoxstanding than if she applied to the Prisons Board to be allowed to go to Magdala Home, he would acquiescc in any suggestion coming from the Board. NO LIGHT. Francis ('•. Hudson was fined 10s and costs for cycling without a light. CIU'ELTY TO CATTLE. C-has. Nelson Foster nnd Thomas Kircher v.oro c-harged with oonvcying cattle in i-ncli a manner as to cause iheni unneee.-sary pain and suffering. Jvach defendant was fined 4l)s and costs. MAINTENANCE. John ] ' .aovan ~y:;s charged -with failing to provide for his wife and tivo children. .Mr TTpham, who appeared for the wife, said that the Defence authorities were willing to accept the man were it not for the fact that he had live children. 'lliey would take liim if lie had three, and the "wife had communicated with Sir James Allen. Defence Minister, asking if her husband could l>e allowed to go in£s camp if an allotment order were made orilv for her and three children. The ens" was eventually adjourned for 0110 week.

LYTTELTON. (Before Messrs. AY. ('. Cleary and l'\ Anderson J.l'.'s) THEFT. Antonio Preer (Mr Donnelly) who appeared on remand v.ns charged with stealing fivo bottles of lubricating oil, three bottles of essence, and one box of pastilles. Accused was convicted and discharged. Ou a second charge of stealing 40 padlocks lie admitted the theft of <3 locks, which lie said ho had picked up from the deck of an over-sea steamer. Sergeant Jackson consented to reducing the charge to the theft of C padlocks valued at 15s, and accused was lined £15, in default ono month imprisonment. RECEIVING. Harry Clarke, a watersider, admitted the receipt of one pad'lock knowing it to have been stolen. Ho was lined £5 or 14 days' imprisonment. MILITARY SERVICE ACT. Benjamin Rhodes was charged with failing to notify tho Government Statistician of the change of his address within fourteen days as provided by the Military Service Act. Ho was convicted and ordered to pay costs. REMANDED. Phillip Iveazler, alias Smith, of Wellington charged with failing to maintain his child', was remanded to appear at "Wellington on April 11th. EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS. (PKESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, April 4. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Tfjomas Silsby. until recently clerk in tho Mental. Hospitals Department, nleaded guilty to forging the "name of Dr. Gray I-Tassall, of the Porirua Mental Hospital, to a Government voucher purporting to bo an authority for tho payment of £84 14s 9d to one J. Thompson, and using tho same forged document as if it were genuine. There wore fivo other similar charges. A detective stated that enquiries proved that Silhy and "J. Thompson" were the same person. When arrested Silsby had £2000 in his possession. The total amount of the defalcations, as far as could ho ascertained, was £2872 3a Bd. ...