THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 4

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. SATURDAY. (Before Mr H. A. You6g,.S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first-offending inebriate was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Another offender a woman, was convicted And discharged, a "condition being that she take out a prohibition order. MAINTENANCE CASE. George Clifford Butterworth was charged that he wilfully failed to provide his wife and children with adequate maintenance. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatriek stated that the warrant had been issued at Wellington. He asked that Butterworth bo remanded to apwas remanded to appear at Wellington on Tuesday. Bail was allowed, self in £IOO and one surety of .£IOO. Mr B J- Lougbnan, for defendant, asked that the' name, bo suppressed. The application was refused, tho Mag.f t ,i stating that he did not have the power to do so under the circumstance. ALLEGED THEFT. Samuel Phoenix Briggs, aged 42 years, a Hw clerk was charged that on divers dates be ween September 17th and June Ist, 1920, he stole £337 10s 3d, th 6 property of the until Thursday Oh ef-D P etecUve Lewis at»ted that accused had been employed by a city solicitor, and bad faUed to account for money .wh.ch was n his keening. Ho was a marr.ed man. Briggs wasßemanded until Thursday, Bsil wXri, in £2OO and one surety of £2OO. CHILDREN'S COURT. B^b^^^r^ D M.^t,^^> ESOLD PAPERS. Three bovs, eaoh under the age of fourteen years, "admitted that they Bold newspapers in Cathedral square. Each was admonished and discharged. BY-LAW BREACHES/ Two boys, who cycled on the footpath, were »*rh fined 5s with costs. For cycling at night without a light a boy was fined Is without costs.