MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 15

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TOLICE CASES. , : Messrs. H. Baker and It. A. Baldwin, JJVs, presided over the sitting of the Magistrate's Court held yesterday morning, : v DRUNKENNESS. Pour first offenders, .including a young woman, were convicted arid' discharged; -A' fot ioifender, who did not appear, was'con--Vvictcd and fined 10s., tho. amount of his bail. , 'i.Thomas Milligan, who had been convicted . of this offence twice previously, pleaded not ■' -gnilty. Constablo Murphy deposed that he found accused lying drunk on a footbath. A ~ fino of 205., in default seven clays' lmprisonment, was imposed. •On tho application of the police, a pro-, hibition order was issued against a middleagod man named' John Miller, at present residing in Nairn Street. SHOP-LIFTING. ■ .Thomas Walterliug, a young man, pleaded riot "guilty to charges of having stolen eight pairs of rug-straps, valued at 165., tho property of H. Fielder and Co.,;and ten shirts, valued' at 355., tho property of Georgo and Gcorgo. ~ ".. Evidence in support, of the : charges-was given' by Sergeant Dale, B. Doherty (H. Fielder and Co.), E. Watts (Georgo arid George),and J. Ward (manager;' Shamrock . Cafe).., ■.; / 1 v,\Tho.accused stated ho had been drinking. He was a fireman on board a steamer, but hid not -Veen- working;for about a 'week.-. " The.Bench :Ono months imprisonment oil' ■ each charge/ the sentences to be concurrent. ;; assault in a hotel; Patrick Sinnott, a young man, denied having assaulted one Robert Charles Hood. • VProsecutor: I refused to buy him a pint. Then ho put his hand in my pocket;-and ■ collared: 2s. 6d. When I followed him for my'money he struck me on the mouth.". Just ..then'a young along and laid liim .'.out for about ■two minutes. 'f The, Accused-: Didn't we have a drink together in another hotel just before that? — ■ No. • . ; . Constable Murphy also gav6 evidenco Questioned as . to what accused said at tho time of tho arrest, tho constable replied that ho'was drinking a pint of beer. ' The Bench sent accused to gaol for fourteen days, with, hard labour. .-' OBSTRUCTING A CONSTABLE. Robert Bugby admitted having obstructed Constablo M'Leod in tho ■ execution of ■ his duty on tho Queen's Wharf, and having unlawfully assaulted Walter Usma., ■ • Sub-lnspcctor O'Donovon informed tho .Court that, whilst the constablo was 'arrest--ing a. man belouging to the Athenic for drunkenness, accused, who also belonged to tho'.vbssoL obstructed him in every possiblo ■ mariner. Usma, who came to tho assistance of tho coristablej was struck violently soveral -, times; by tho accused. _ - A Sentence-of ono month's imprisonment, with hard labour, on each charge was imposed,'the sentences to bo concurrent. " ! • 'y ' " THEFT OF TOOLS. : .George Meredith .Griffiths, a married man residing at Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to charges of various thefts of carpenter's tools at different dates from tho following persons: —Emanuel Heriderickson (value of goods £2 i lis.):' Walter-Robb (£2 12s. 3d.); Joseph' Tillyard (£1 18s. 9d.); John Christen&n (£1 ,Bs.' 6d.); Thomas Horning (lis.); Herbert Boddy (75.); and Harold M'Kenzio (£1 145.). Tho Sub-Inspector stated that the accused ■ was fined 40s. .tho previous day for stealing a wicker chair from tho verandah'of a neighbour's house. '.As the polico were at present ' investigating other charges against tho ac--1 cused, no would ask for ai remand until Wed- . nosday. v• ■ .. . ' . ; The remand was granted accordingly. Bail was refused. -> ■<: ; ALLEGED WIFE DESERTION. : . Sue "Young was charged'on "remand with hayingddeserter Thisd rT his .wifo-;-at Mastorton-.-on : . December 4. "'"' .Detective Broberg asked for a .remand until Friday, in : riei?'.of tho fact that the case could bo heard only before a; Magistrate. '-. Tho application.was granted. ; -■ •: The. accused -addressed the, Court!; His speech, which was a fusillade of "pidgin" English, and which, from the rapidity of -its delivery, left tho. Court, and the Press repre-; scntatives hopelessly out of tho face, was i ultimately interpreted- to mean a request for . J bail. ■V.Tho Bench: Can 'you. get someone to,go bail for you for £25, John? , ' • Tho accused, beamed. "All li," he said. .

Bail was granted.

, : PRISONERS REMANDED

' • Patrick Brady was remanded until Monday on a chargo of having stolen £6 in money from F. Saloon.

.'John Joseph Hagerty,who was. charged with'having broken a pane of.-glass, valued ■at: £7, tho property of Gallato 8r05., ; was remanded until. ' '; ; The hearing of tho case against Robert Rankin, who wa's charged with having stolen £22, the property of John Hennessey, was deferred until Wednesday., ■. . Edward K. Black, alias Wilson, charged with. being an idlo and, disorderly . person, was remanded until Friday.; ', This concluded tho business.