THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17109, 2 April 1921, Page 4

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL

FRIDAY. (8.-fare Mr V. G. l>.iy, S.M.)

DRUXKEXXESS. « Thsee fiiit offenders were ouch lined 5?, in cWav.lt 21 hours' imprisonment. Henry P...;ti-iSon was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' iinpris-innicn:. Charges of drunkenness ar.d of committing a grofsly indecent act were preferred agsinsi Patrick O'Ronrke. He was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, on the firs', charge, and was- convicted ai.'.l ordered to come up for when crJled 'upon on the second. ADMITTED TO PROBATION".

Leonard Cecil McKinnon (Mr P. P. J. Amodeo) way charged with, un JJeceniber Ctb, 1920, converting to his ovm use a sum of £2 Is 2d, the same having been received from Wm. Heather, of Asbburton, on ternra requiring him to account for it, to lus employers, Scott and Son, oi Dunedin. He was ako charged wr.li obtaining, on the 3rd, fiom De Lambert Bros., Timaru, under the sanw citcunistances, tlis- Sum of 15s. A charge of obtaining £5 from Brehaunt Bros., cycle merchants, limaru, on December loth last, by falsly representing that the firm of Scott Bros., DuiK'Jin; owed him ±2O in commission, was also preferred against accused. He was admitted to probation for two years, and ordered to refund the sums involved. A SERIOUS CHARGE. A charge of rape was preferred against George Kowiund Stratford (Mr P. D. &ar-g-ant), who was lcmanJcd until the fith inst-, bail being allowed, self in £250 and one surety cf £250. BY-LAW CASES. For cycling on the footpath, Alexander Bsrrie, and Henry Dooley were each fined ss, while John Henry was admonished. For cycling without lights LawrenoD Adams and Frank Fisher were each admonished and 'discharged. .Albeit Watson was finedjss and costs for driving a. car without identification marks. Bangeiou.i driving of cars resulted in Wm. Popkins being fined £2 and costs, Eileen Stringer i'l and costs, and Trevor Thomas Pike 5s and coats. For driving a motorcycle in a 'jangerotia manner Alfred Willougivby was- fined £'2 and costs. David Friedkthder was fined '£2 and cost 3 for exceeding the speed limit. Percy Rpbt. Forgie and David McLaughlin were each fined 10s and costs, and James Ernest Cowoll was fined £a for leaving cars unattended.

On a charge of not having a certificate- of ability, Frederick Miller was fined 30s and costs. A charge against him of speeding in a dangerous manner was dismissed. Percy Curtis was convicted. and ordered to pay .costs for having no certificate- of ability, and a charge of dangerous speeding against him v/as dismissed. A fine of 5s was imposed on Richard Vizer for not complying with a traffic direction. For not returning a taxi driver's badge Arthur A. Korridge. was convicted and ordered to par co.3ts. The driving of an unlicensed motor-car resulted in Alexander McAlpine being fined 10* and costs. ■ The Fame defendant was fined a similar sum for plying for hire without a license. *

Wm, Evr.na was fined Ss and coals for allowing cattle to " w-nndor, and a charge of rescuing cattle was dismissed. (Beiore Mr S. E. McCarthy. S.M.) REMANDED. . On a. charge, of breaking and entering the dwelling-house -al Louis Archibald Crosbie, at St. Albans, between Maxell 16th s.nd 17th, and stealing' therefrom the sura of £5 Os 9d. Joseph John Crosbie (Mr, P. P.-J. Amcdeo) was romanded for a. week, bail lefu&ed. COMMITTED FOU SENTENCE, To a charge of cairanlly, knowing a girl ovar li and under 16 years of age, Albert Edward Miles (Mr 0. .T. J. ..Vipers) pleaded guilty. He was committed to Uio Supreme. Court for sentence, bail, being allowed, self in" £IOO, and one surety of £IOO. ASHBUETON. (Before Mr E. D. Mcaley, S.M.) Stanley Gourdic and Gordon McLaehlan were each fined 20s for cycling without a-light Wter sunset. s , Patrick McGinn,- who pleaded #uiUy to procuring Jiquor during the currency of n prohibition order, was fined 20s and costs. J. W. Tonka, far a, similar offence, was also fin<id 20s and coats. Leonard Mat-all and V. M.. Glynn were each fined 2Cs and costs for failing to clear Cudifornian t'bistlp... For speeding in Tinwald W. J. McCnusland was fined 40a and costs. Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was given in tho fallowing civil casos: •—Dalgety'.ajid Co. v.. fcr. Smith, i' 6 6s; Chapman ;aud'-Davjp v. J. Wcllman, i'2 19s 2d; H. Arnold v. G.. Smith, jun.,-.,.£3 Aa; same v- Miss' Smjth, 6s 6d. . W. Freeman was ordered fo give up Possession of a house by May 6th, and to pay £2 Ss rent

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I HOKITIKA SUPREME'COURT. /■ (PRESS association TELEGRAM.) HOKISIKA, April 1. The Supreme Court sessions opened yesterday, before .Mr Justice Herdman. There was or.ly one criminal case, -in which the jury found not guilty a, young woman charged with the theft of £lB. The case of the Kapitea. Gold Dredging' Company v. the King, a claim for J5930, is now proceeding.