THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. SATTJRDAr. (Be/ore Mr E. D. Mosler, S.U.) THEFT OF FIiOAVERS. Jame» Arthur Hancock, aged IS, was charged that at Probbleton he stole flowers valued at 2s, the property of Honry Alfred "Wheeler. Senior-Sergeant J. O'Grady atatod that the youth together "with his brother and another boy had gone into Mr Wheeler's placo and taken some pansies which were to haxe been used for exhibition in tho ebow in Chriatchurch. As a result of the damage the boys did the flowers were not able to be entered at the show. The worst feature of the case was that Hancock had taken his fifteen-year-old brother with him when "he stole the flowers. Hancock was fined 10» and eoaUs and ordered to make good tha amount of the damage. CFILDEEK'S COUKT. (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., Mr TV. M. West, J.P., and Mrs T. E. Taylor, J.P.) NO LIGHT. A boy vbo gave his agf> as 16 years, and who was later found to be 16 years of age, was fined 10a for riding a bicycle at night without a light. STOLE FLOWEKS. A boy who etole flowers from a neighbour 1 * garden, and did damage estimated at 30s, was ordered to pay five shillings out of his pocket money. It was explained by the Senior-Sergeant that the boy was taken into the garden by an elder brother and waa not the ling-leader in the affair. THEFT OP AN OVERCOAT, A youth of 17 years admitted the theft of an overcoat. He had been at «, camp at Waikukn and had taken the overcoat from a fellow camper, later visiting the detective offioe with the owner of th«* coat, and after hearing bis minute description of tbe lost property returned home and removed all identification mark*. The ca.se was adjourned for a period not to exceed six months, and during that time the youth will not be allowed out after 8 p.m. unless with his mother, or by permission of the Probation Officer.