THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

magisterial. FRIDAY.Be.'ore Mr H. P. S.M ■ disorderly. Robert Failoon, guilt'" to charges of being drunk and disorderly in Caebel etreet. and commuting a breach of his porliibition orr^r^ Sub-Inspector J. Matthew fin i«e a " l !_s t was drunk in Cashcl street, an • ine hold of girls on his way aioi-s Us. street. Accused had been remanded ,or medical treatment on his previous appea.ance before the Court. On the first charge ia-.'oon was cor.uc.ted acd ordered to pay medical "P™ 5 "; an, » on the second charge was fined A first offender for drunkenness was finea iOs, in default 43 hours' imprisonment. quarterly returns. The Magistrate's Court quarterly return? show that the plaints entered for the last three months in 1926 totalled against 1702 for The amount sued for increased from £19,631 12s lid to ~ 31 - 5 lid, and the amount received from «,K,790 3s 5d to £14,050 Cs 9d. The .lodgment summonses were 459 last year and iu 1920'b last quarter. Tho fees m the civil, cases amounted to £2149 3s Bd, as opposed to £1702 7s 6d in 1925. Criminnl fines were: —19.6, -1109 l.s 6d- 1925 £1293 15s Gil; criminal fees: 1926, £2S6 2b 6d; 1925, £368 2s. The number of persons arrested was: )9-b: ma cs 303, females 41; 1925" males -io, females ° 3 The numbers of persons fumniooed were: —1926: malts 1271, females oo; 19-0: males 1445, females S3. For the year, 1926 shows an increase of civil plaints over 1920 of from je-3 n 8827, and in criminal cases from 0133 to 6952