THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20496, 15 March 1932, Page 6

THE COURTS.

I —♦ — I MAGISTERIAL. MONDAY. (Before M.r E. D. Mosley, S.M.) SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. Margaret Cecelia Hansbury, a domestic, aged 40, pleaded not guilty to charges of being, without, lawfill excuse, on enclosed premises, and of using obscene language, and guilty to a charge of breaking the terms of a prohibition order, all the alleged : offences being dated March 13th. Sub-Inspector G. B. Edwards said that the present instance was the accused's nineteenth breach of her prohibition order. She "was convicted and sentenced to bixmonths' imprisonment with hard labour for using obscene language, and was convicted and discharged on the_ third charge. Tho first charge was dismissed. INTOXICATED IN CHARGE. Cuthbert George Derritt, a clerk, aged 42, of Langdon's road, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a car in Colombo street on March 12th. Constable Sylvester said that at about 6.10 p.m. last Saturday he was standing at the corner of Colombo and Gloucester streets. He noticed a car coming west along Gloucester street at about 20 or 25 miles an hour. The car turned north into Colombo street, just missing another car and narrowly missing the gutter. The car continued in a zigzag manner, finally turning into the kerb before reaching Armagh street. Witness and TrafficInspector Snow accosted the driver. , His breath swelt strongly of liquor, and he staggered when he got out of the car. His gait, when he was asked to walk along the street, was unsteady. Accused admitted having had four beers, and in the car there was a bag containing four empty bottles and glasseß. Counsel for accused said that Derritt and two friends had gone out to the motor-cycle racing, at New Brighton. They took with them -iour bottles of home-brewed beer which they shared. Counsel submitted that accused was perfectly capable of driving his car and that he was not intoxicated. He had a clean i record and had never been before the Court. "This is not a bad case," said the Magistrate, "but I strongly advise Derritt not to take liquor while he is. using his motor-car. From the evidence it is clear to me that he was more or less intoxicated, both while driving and at'his arrival at the police station. He was not drunk, but was disturbed from his normal condition." Derritt was convicted and fined £5, with costs. TRAFFIC OFFENCES. Harry May and John Capstick were fined 20s and costs for driving at a dangerous speed. For permitting a bicycle to be towed behind hi* motor-cycle, James McCullough was fined 5s and costs. Jack Neely was fined a similar amount for riding the bicycle while holding on to a vehicle in motion. Jack A. . Christian was fined 10s and costs for having a noißy exhaust on his motorcycle. For parking without lights, John Douglas Fry was fined 5s and costs. For driving without licenses, James Dowdall was fined 10s and costs, Clarence Falconer and Charles W. Hall were fined 5s and costs, and Norman Hogwood was fined 5s witfiout costs. Thomas R. Pollard was fined 10s and costs for leaving his car not alongside the kerb. Alexander Grant McAlpine was fined 20s and costs for using an expired heavy traffic disc. ' Herbert Browning was fined 10s and costs for parking over the time limit. Eric Blake was fined 5s and costs for cycling without a light. MAINTENANCE COURT. (Before - Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) Frederick Mitchell was convicted ajld sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour for disobedience of a maintenance order, the warrant to be suspended provided arrears are paid off at the rate of 10s a week.