THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18364, 23 April 1925, Page 5

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL.

"WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr "vV". Mcldrurn. S.M.) DRrXKENXESS.

Donald Jlatheson, with 55 previous convictions for drunkenness against mm, was lentenced to seven cUvi' imprisonment. Robert Charlton C.'eVhorn was convicted and Gned ±'l, in default 21 hours" imprisonment, for drunkenness. . , , A statutory first offender was convicted and ordered to pay cost?. , r , James Gallagher was convicted and.fined 5a and coifta for breaking his probation order. ON* RACECOfRSES. Rih»rt Ceorpe Barr pleaded ffui'ty <". having attendtd a raco niecting »« Aldington, ha being a. person excluded iroru the count. ~ , ,„ , Mr C. S. Thomas r-aid that his client had been convicted in 1918, in the Juvenile Court, for breaking and eiiteriisi. . -Ho was or.'? 10 cr 13 rears old at the time, and that should bo taken into cons:dcraticn. Tha Magistrate convicted defendant &nd ordered him to pay costs. Timothy O'Connell, similarly charged, was fined SX and costs. , , j 4,« Georg* Michael Slnniv, who had trespassed on the Hororata racecourse, was convicted and fined £2 and costs. Arthur George Mcl--eod, who illegally attended a New Brighton Trotting Meeting was convicted and fined £l.

SUNDAY TRADING. "For trading on Snndavs in cigarettes and Chocolates, the following shou-keepevs were each fined n and coats:-Francis Cottms, James Gnrtly. Wliau Alice Everett. Jess-e -JCagee, Robert Miliar, and Thomas Edward Thomson. Mabel Gwy, similarly charged, was ordered to pay costs, 7s.

BREACHES OF ARMS ACT. Arthur J. Avers.,' a- boy, who had had an nnrogi&'.ered rifle in h ; s possession, was ordered to pay costs, 7s. , ■Senior-Sergeant Eewin said that tniec lads two of them under 15, had Rone out shooting, and on'o of them had been snot in the shoulder. A charge against Cyril Gordon Sasgers, of having, been in poswa-ion of an unregistered firearm, was dimiisKcl. Leo Scrimshaw, similarly charged, w»3 ordoted to pay cost's. . , ~

DRUNKEN DRIVER.

John Beattic Bejjgs. jnn., was charged with having been drunk while in charge ol a horse and cart. fienior-Scr<»eanl Lewin said that the man Uad been found Wins; drunk in h:s oirt, while his hor=o was galloping along road, Panama.

' AcWed" was fined £1 awl costs 7s. AFTE& HOVES. Andrew Carnev, who w S3 found on the licensed premisss cf the Kin? George Hcl ?1 after honis, was convicted end fined £l. For a si>nil(ir offoncu in respect of ths Cafe da Paris Hotel he was £n:d cs sua co?t» 7s. . Edward Carney, charged with having h een on the nrenuses of the Cafe do Paris Hotel after h:m» and with having given a wrcii-j name and address was eoaviotod and fined Ba-on the first charge and 10s en tJia second.

1 John McCoimick, found on the prttni-MS 'of the Excelsior Hotel aiter hoi»», was fined ss. - . COMMON ASSAULTS. Frank Ghurton was fined SI and costs for- sas*ulting Ernest Howell, £1 for usin-j insulting words, -ind i'l for using obscene language. Roy Qriffen (Mr P. D. Hall) uleaded #vilty -to having autitlteVl Irene Eden, at . Page's road, New Brighton, by striking her three blows on ths arm with a riding crop. The Magistrate convicted and fined accused £!> for rim ss=ault, urd hound him over ta keep the peace on two sureties of £SO. SCALES NOT VERIFIED. Malcolm J. McDonald was fined £1 and costs for not having his scales re-verified. T. H. HensrrtftH, Joha C. Baldwin, an<l George Finney were each fined £1 for similur offences. •WEIGHT NOT MARKED. The Cranford Coal Co. (A. Carmichael) was fined £1 and coats, for conveying coal withput a label, showing the weight, attached to the bai THEEE CHARGES. Joseph Alfred Hobspn, a coal merchant, was charged that, on April lath, ho drove a motor-truck at night without lights; that he had no certificate of ability, and that ho was drunk while in charge of the vehicle. Police evidence stated that a broken beer bottle and a. full bottle, were, found inside th»_ lorry. There were, no lights on the vehicle, %nd the driver was not in a fit at»te to tlrive, as he was partly intoxicated. Senlor-.Sergcanfc Lewin said that the casa ajose o,ut of a collision between a lorry and a, motor-cycle, the rrtotor-cvclist having V»een injured. The defendant had been arrested %nd. waa in custody. Mr 0. S. Thonus said that defendant, with two other men, had had two boors at the Crown Hotel, and that ihey had put two bpttlea in th© lorry.

On tho charge of having motored »t night without lights he was convicted and fined #3 and costs; on the chargo of drunkenness he w*« convicted and fined £5; and on the chargo oi having n» certificate of ability ho was convicted and .fined 5s and coats. "DISG&ACEEUL" MILK CART.

"All together the Inspector called tho outfit a disgraceful one," said Mr A. \V. Brown, who appeared for the. Health Department in a. prosecution against George Cainpholl, a rnilkraan, of Rurwodd (Mr G. A. G. Connal), for "having takch milk around in a cart which was not clean.

Mr Brown sfrid that the defendant resided in Bu,rw6od. "When the Inspector looked iuto tho cart, which was an old one, ho saw throe empty milk drums (he ha.d, apparently finished his round), and sacks, and congealed milk were on the floor. "Tho Inspector said that the cart was ricketty," he concluded. Counsel for Campbell said that defendant Was rather unfortunate in the matter. The ca,rt,ha usually used had been at the blackabiith's for repairs, and ho bad been obliged to Use the old cart. He was in poor circumstances. The Magistrate said that Campbell had been using a cart which might easily result in the cause of spreading diseaso or »ickne33 in the community. The penalty for the offence was a heavy one; £SO he believed, was the maximum.

Campbell -was convicted and fined £lO ajod coets. He was allowed one month in which to P4y tho fine.

LICENSEE CHARGED. The licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, James Raymond Franks, was charged with telling liquor after hours and with openin? hie premises fcr tho eale of liquor after hours, on Mnrch 2'4h. Charles Edwin Hudson, Lawrence Reid and Frederick Roiers wore charged \yhh being oii | the hotel - premises after hours. Mr C. S. Thomas represented ail tho defendants, who pleided not guilty. After hearing tho evidence, the Magistrate said that there was a case on record which stated that if a ?nest entertained a. friend at tho hotel he had a right to treat him to a drink. Therefore, the czso against Franks was dismissed. But if a man went on the premises for a drink only, then ho was illegally on the premises. The_ ether me.n were each convicted and fined 5s and costs.

CROSSING CASE. Chsreed with having failed to keen a. lookout to train* when Hearing the Kiccarton level ctnasipg, Norman J. U. Percy (Mr Hensley) pleaded not guilty. Ho was convicted and fined £1 and coats. (Before Messrs T. Bullock and H. English, J.P.V) COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. A pie* of not guilty was entered by Arthur Smith, » middle-aged man, defended by Mr M. J. Burns, who appeared on renwd on a charge cf having stolen a set of harness, valued at £& 10a, the property of the St. David's Presbyterian Church, Hornhy. The evidence of John Coburn, of Sydenham, was to the effact he had been connected with the St. David's Presbyterian Church, Hornby, in 1923. He drove about in a horse and gig. He iept the harness in a- shed at the back o: the church and the last time he saw the liMnesa was about the first Sunday in January lßi*. About that time witness went on noliciay ami it was during the time he was on holiday that it was stolen. He identined tha harness produced by the detectives as the property of the St. David's Church. "I bought a, set of harness and an extra pair of reins from Smith in September. 1923, and ha gave me a- receipt for it. eaid John Barr, of Ashburton. He said that when he made the purchase ho was living at Yaldhurst. Having pleaded not «ui,iy, Smith »» oorofflittea to the Supremo Court for tnai. Bail was allowed. SERIOUS CHARGE. Charged with having indecently assaulted a> boy near the Botanical Gardens on batwday hrtt, Charles Royal Porter, aged '-a vears, pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. In a statement, made to Acting-Detective A. Allen. Potter e*id that ho waa a labourer and had recently come from Wellington.