THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18413, 20 June 1925, Page 5

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. FBIDAY. (Before: Mr AVyvorn Wilion, S.M.) DKUXKEXXESS. livo men, a first offender and a statutory first offender for drunkenness, were each convicted and fined 03 in default 'J4 hours' imprisonment. Both, had ..pent the night in the locJi-up. IJEMAXDED. _On a charge of having obtained £lO from r.ihvard J. Costcllo at Lyttclton on Mav 21st, iiy means of a valueless cheque, ;n old white bearded man named Charles McDonald was remanded to appear 0:1 Wednesday. WOMAX COXVICTEU. "There aro 72 convictions aiainst this woman," said Senior Sergeant" F. Lcwin, who prosecuted for the police, when Mary Agnes Vaughan, a domestic aged 41) years, appeared and pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness for the second* time within six months, and to a further charge of having t> roc 11 red liquor during lb© currcaey of a prohibition order. Accusrd said siio. had com? into the city from the country on Tuesday to do some shopping. his u'orship said th«s best, Ming she could do was to get back to tho country as soon as possible. For that purpose, he postponed sentence till to-day. IDLE AXD DISORDERLY. Appearing on remand for sentence on a charge of being an idlo and: disorderly person, Charles Fvaser, an Invercaigill labourer aged 4S years, asked his Worship to give liim a chance to get back to his home in England. He expressed himself as being desirous of working his passage back to tho Old Country on a, boat.

"I think you're.a. bit cantankerous," said the Magistrate, "I'll givo you a. fortnight to think it over."

"Oh, thanks," said i'raser, "I don't ca.rc as loug as I can get out of this country." Prisoner, who had previously teen remanded for medical attention, was convicted and sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

In tho case in which Henry Porter, aged C'J years, admitted having attempted to commit suicide by cutting the arteries in his wrists and. legs on Monday, and which was adjourned till yesterday to enable the police to place accused in the Ashburfon Old Man's Home, it was stated by the police that Porter was "now safe in the Home." - GOLD BANGLE STOLEN.

Charged with having stolen a. gold bangle valued at. £9 13s tho property of Mrs Althes Walsh, of Chris telntrch, a young man William Robert AValter Mooney, aged 25 years, single, arid a. labourer by occupation residing in Cashcl street, pleaded guilty. "I want enquiries to be made about.him bofore'l senlenco him," said the Magistrate. Mooney was convicted and sentence postponed till Tuesday next. DANGEROUS DRIVING.

"This man is apparently a, danger to the public; ho seems to be ignorant of the- bylaws," said his Worship when convicting Herbert G. Wilton, residing in Wakefield. street, Sydenham, who was charged with having driven a motor-car in a, manner dangerous to the public in Page's road, with having failed to rap'ort an accident to ;.he police, and with negligent drivingin Page's road. -,,.,-, It was stated that Wilton had collided with. John T. Chesterton, a- cyclifit, in Pago's road on April 13th, and that ho .had failed, to report the accident. Wilton denied the first two charges but pleaded guilty 1o tho third. He stated that he was ignorant, of the fact that he should have, reported the affair. On tho first and thud charges he was ordered to pay costs, but on the charge- of having driven in- a dangerous manner he was convicted' and fined £5 and costs and an order was made disqualifying him from taking ; out a. motor driver's license for six months. BY-LAW BREACHES. For having motored at night without a rear light James Garland was convicted and fined 5s and coats. Cecil Jardin was convicted and fined 40s and costs for having driven a heavy traffic vehicle on Wainoni road which had been closed to-heavy traffic. Hector Jardin was ordered to. pay. costs oir'a, similar charge.

(Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) CLAIM FOR. DRAPERY, ETC.

In the adjourned case, in . which N. 7.. 'Farmers' Co-dp Ltd'. (Mr ,W. ■F, Tracy) claimed from George- McDonald', a- farmer of Sheffield (Mr H. Ellingworth), the. buto of £G9 16s lOd for drapery, general merchandise, etc., judgment was giren for tho plaintiff for the full amount less ila lis 9d paid into Court.

ASHBURTON. Before Mr E. D. Mosl'ey, S.M., a charge of wilfully destroying property to the value of £2 owned by the Winchmore School Committcei' was preferred against eight' local boys, two of whom pleaded not guilty. The value of the damage was increased to £4 and each was admonished, discharged and ordered to pay lbs. ■ Judgment for the plaintiff by default, with costs, was entered in the case of A. Benni-. eon v. h. Stone, £5 12s 6d. B. R. Long, of Hawcra, proceeded against B.C. Donnelly for 55 16s Gd. No order-was made. . , ■ ~ For purchasing a firearm without a license, John James X.iveu was ordered to pay costs 7s. ' ' , ~' ' To a charge Of being on the Ashburton racecourse while the same wns being used for the purpose of a race meeting, Norman Alfred O'Mcara, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty and was convicted and ordered to' come up for sentence when called upon. Herbert "White (Mr AV. J. Hunter) was charged with (1) carrying liquor into a nolicenso area: (2) having no light on the Tear of his car: (3) driving in a dangerous manner; (-t) being in charge of a motor-car while intoxicated; and (5) driving without u license. Defendant was fined £5 and costs on the first charge and 20s and costs on the second and fifth, while the third and fourtu were withdrawn. For assaulting Thomas McCormack, of Hinds, James Duncan Stewart, of Lowcliffe, was fined £-"> and costs in default one month's imprisonment.

IN OTHER PLACES.

FALSE INCOME-TAX RETURNS. (rRESS ASSOCIATION IELEGKAM-) AUCKLAND. June 19. At the Police Cturt, Campbell Ehrcnfricd and Company and two of its officers, Sidnev Horace Abeli and Albeit Erne3t Bollard, were each charged with making {also income-tax return!!. Six charges- were i.referred and tho Court imposed fines oi £IOO and costs on each of six charges, two against the company and two against each of tho other defendants. Counsel for tbo defence said that the defendants had pleaded gui.ty as the Act was all-embracing, and it wns hard to resist it, even if the offencoJ we're only committed by negligence. At the time of the offence, in 1920 and 1821, conditions were abnormal. Tho managing directors were absent and had no knowledge of the offences. The company's managers followed the commercial svstcm which evidently d:d not conform to tho law of tho Income las Act or to tbo Department.

A WILL CASE,

(press association- telegram.)

AUCKLAND, June 10 Under a. will the sum or £2OO was left to reorganise tliu church oE Jesus Chnit of the Latter Day Saints-. The Chief Juslice has now ordered that this sum shall bo <nvcn to Florence M. Mary Smith, w-do"4 of the testator, for mamtcnancs. The testator and his wife had been living apart before he died in 1321. She supported herself until she met with an accident, and was now iji poor JKalth. In additio:i to the £2OO mentioned, his. Honour ordered £IOO to be paid to the widow. Tin? with cost?, will he taken from a, gut of'i-k! made by the testator to his chudicn before he died'.

PRISONERS SENTENCED. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TZLEOnAM.) DO'EDIN", June 19. At the Supremo Court ihe following prisoners were sentenced:—Clive Argyie. Wood, for forgery,■ three chars**, to ««» rear's impriaosurwnt on each charge, the 'sentences to be cumulative. The prisoner, who aircady had been sentenced for aMauiar oCenc* in the r.orth, was described as an expert in handwriting. .Ha Honoui 3lr Justice Sim said it was another illustration of the way such offences were being committed by reason oi tradespeople, cashbig cheques for nheclnto strangers, iic could not sympathise with ihem. John Milne, for breaking enteral?, and theft, was sentenced to three years_ inl » Borstal institution.- <*V\r*«*?h ir,i;v Donald,, ltobcrt McDonald McßcathFran* Abbott McDonald, and William Russc 1 Lamb, for breaking, entering and theft, were sentenced to three years probation.