MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

POLICE CASES*

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S M.)

AN 'UNAUTHORISED BEDROOM. An elderly; man s named Chas. Pidgeon i pleaded guilty -to a. charge of being a roguo ■ .and • vagabond within • the meaning of the iPolioe Offences Act, -1908, in ■ that he - was found night without lawful excuse in the .'.Government railway: 1 " Station-Sergeant Darby . informedtha. .Court that-accused wife seen - •the.streets and at 11.40 p.m.went into the Government railway yard: at Thorndon, and m'a^e..himself..a!,'bed- for. the night; ■..'Accused ■ : was.jnst.out : of gaol after, serving a month's %" imprisonment, for vagrancy. . He had: pre- ; viously been working- in the country, and there:was a possibility that if he was given a chance-to go back he would do so; • jAcousedrsaid of:gaolitho|iiy previous day, iftnd had.been given -2s. on his - discharge: Ho would go away to the country again- it;-tho Court, would'givo him tho opportunity. x |.: His- Worships "Very woll. I'll give you a - rchance and hope you will get-work; Yon v i will; be convicted: and ordered to come up . I for-.sontcnco when: called on." • " -v. LOITERING. A middle-aged woman named Mary Joyce! alias Buckley, alias Jones, pleaded not guilty to a charge of importuning on Jervois Quay* , After bearing the evidence, Chief Detective M 'Grath informed the Court that accused .had. 21 previous convictions against her, for offenqes. which included assault and robbery, theft, vagrancy, and drunkenness. A sen- . tence.'of one month's imprisonment with labour was imposed.--THEFT OF CLOTHING. Frank White, alias Fred. Wilson, aliai ' Whiteside, was charged with stealing a dresi» : basket containing a quantity-of-clothing and , a sailor's discharge, of. a total - valuo, of £1 10s.,ithe property of Ernest. Sinclair. Chief Detective M'Grath, after tho accused ■ had 'pleaded -guilty, explained , that - ; White - came out of gaol ou October ,24/ and went • to the To-.Ajo Hotel and, claimed Sinolair'a- ~ basket,' which he afterwards sold_to a dealer for 4s. The,accused had a long list of, previp ous .convictions /againstvhim;, vHis: Worshiz; imposed a' sentence. of;■ three months' impK i sonment..' ; ; vV'j" Sl'iOTHER CASES. : Thomas Easton, charged with insobriety, ; was convicted and fined 10s., with the option : ■ of 48 hours' imprisonment; and Marion < Stringer, similarly charged, ■. was convicted . and discharged. One first offender was fined 55.,- and another was convicted and- dis- - -. charged.- ''cr'Sr-'. , MOUNT COOK POLICE COURT. At'tho Mount Cook Police Court yesterdaj. , morning, beforo Mr. Thomas Bland; J.P., one : . first. offender charged ' with; insobriety;', am?. who did not answer to his bail, was. fined ; , -10s., in ; default 48 'hours'! imprisonment; ' ,