MAGISTRATE'S' COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21420, 12 March 1935, Page 6

MAGISTRATE'S' COURT

MONDAY (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS For being helplessly drunk in Armagh street, on March 3, Eric Thompson was convicted and ordered to pay £1 10s medical expenses, in default seven days' imprisonment. The same penalty was imposed on Samuel Robert Prisk for being helplessly drunk at Lyttelton on March 4. Timothy Kelly (Mr R. A. Young) pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness in a railway carriage and of using indecent language. Sub-Inspector D. A. Maclean said that the accused's conduct in the railway carriage had been most indecent. On the first charge Kelly was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, and on the second he was fined £2 and ordered to pay costs, in default 21 days' imprisonment. He was allowed 24 hours to pay. CASE DISMISSED Anthony Zupovitch and his wife. Martha Zupovitch, were charged with wilful damage to three doors, a mirror, and two windows, amounting to £7 10s, the property of Cecil Thomas Sleeman and Allan George Sleeman, on February 11. Martha Zupovitch was also charged with wilful damage lo a window, valued at 10s 6d, the property of the same persons, on March 4. Mr J. K. Moloney appeared for Mr and Mrs Zupovitch and Mr A. C. Brassington for the informants. A plea of not guilty was made on both charges. Evidence called by Mr Brassington stated that Zupovitch had rented a house at New Brighton from Cecil Sleeman, and early in the new had got behind with the rent. A bailiff had been sent to the house on one occasion and taken a sewing machine. Zupovitch denied doing the damage which had been attributed to him, and said that a great deal of the damage had been done by the bailiff when trying to . enter the house. He had broken the mirror by accident. Mr Mosley said that the matter was one for a civil action. He could not see that the damage was done wilfully by the two defendants. Each cc.se was dismissed without costs. TRAFFIC OFFENCES I The following traffic offenders, who appeared voluntarily, were fined as follows and ordered to pay costs: — Parking so as to cause obstruction: William Dean. ss. Overloading motor-lorry: Gilbert Hoalev and Charles Thompson, 10s. Dangerous speed: Patrick Sheehan, £2. Over time limit: Walter Edwin Simes, ss. MAINTENANCE CASES (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.I James Alexander Birss was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for disobedience of a maintenance order, the issue of the warrant to be suspended provided arrears are paid at the rate of Is a week, in addition to the current order. On a similar charge Matthew Wallace Munro was convicted and dis- j charged. j For disobedience of a maintenance j order Oliver Jaggers was fined £5 and I costs. j