MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

; •;■■ POLICE CASES, : ? "'■'.:■: ;'■'■■ ~,,,< (Before, p.r,, A., M'Arthur; g.f1,) :,".- IN AN OFFICER'S. OABI?J.- V , "THE WAY QF THE -TRANSGRESSOR," A youthftii-jooking ': pffender) ' ■ Ricliard George Clifford Ray, appeared on'remand/and pleaded guilty to a charge pfhavipg, on January 15, jit Dunedin, stolen the sum of £11 19s, 6d, : in rnpney, the property of C,. Smith,'second officer of the steamer- Koro? miko. ■ ■ . ; ............. 1 Chief Peteotive M'Grath .informed his "Wpr, ..ship that acpqsed had been, employed'as, a. steward on thaKoromiko, , and had been disr charged at Pupedin. He appeared/ to ljave gone back to thp steamer' and stolen the money frpm the second mate's. pabin! He came, on to Wellington, and on arrival here was arrested by Detective Accused had £8 in his ppsscssipn. . ",' Mr, Meredith, who.' appeared for accused, said Ray had just turned 21, and had bewi thrown on the WPrld as a child, and had had to battle' fpr himself, .His discharge'book showed an excellent record up to this, first and only slip... Counsel..suggested that tho present position accused- found himself in would be a warning to him, and if he was convicted and ordered to come up for, sentence when cajled on he would not trouble the Court ngam." ~ ' ~:; : ..' In answer'to his.: Worship;• accused said that be had no friends in the Dominion, and bad no parents alive. Ho had commenced going to sea when he was* 13, but had been' at work long before this, and had never been jr. trouble before. .He must hgyo been mad to commit the theft, ■ ""'. ■'" ' ' : "'"■' His Worship: "I think you mnst have been. It s an.old saying and a true one that the way of the transgressor. is hard, and you will, probably understand that "after this experience." The Court would do as; connsej suggested, and enter » convjetipn, and order accused to como up for sentence when called on.- •■ '-.■■; ■ ' . ■ ■, r '■ .;■ ,f Have you got any money after the £8 is taken from you?" asked his Worship. Accused: "No. sir!" ■ His Worship; ''Wait a little, my lad, and come into my; room, and.see what I can do." -..A* w>l9 stage, Petective.Cassells intimated that.Mr, A,.M. Samuels,, who wa? present Jn Wrt, was willmg. to give accused , , a job fpr a few at his aerated -water factory. Accused,- who, up to this had looked as if tnero was nothing-left, in the.ivorld for him. left the dock with the light of hope again shining on the. horizon. "''" '■' ,: An prde.r was'mado that the £8 found on accused he refunded |o its owiie!\" ■" .'■ " - ■ gHRISTMAS CHEER AND FALSE : - :. .;. PRETENOES. ' ". W . ■ .John' William pampbell, remanded from Monday, on a, charge .'of obtaining a bos of butter valued at £2.85 : from .thp Fresh Fpod ana Ice Co. by means of false preteuces,\was also charged with having, on January 14 obtained 48 dozen eggs and a, side of bacon °A f £ yal , ue o? £6 19s. 6d.' from' one Arthur Spiers.by means of fa)st> pretencea, " Accused pleaded guilty to bpt), 'charges! Chief Detective. M'.Grath stated that on January 15 accused rang up the : Fresh Food and Ice Co. and asked them if they could semi a box of butter to the Grand Hotel. A little later he called at the company's factory, and was given the box of butter, which lio took awayand sold to a restaurant for igl.ies; He pbtajned the eggs and bacon in a similar manner, and disposed of them at a restaurant, ; There were several previous convictions agajnst the accused, ' .'"lv am afraid he is a waster," ' concluded the Phief Detective. ■ . . , ■: Mr, Dix appealed for leniency on behalf f accusedj who was a married man.. His tall had been occasioned by indulging in too much gopd cheer at Christmas time. He was a married man; and his wife was in a 'delicate Btnte of health, it wae on lier account that leniency \yas asked for, as the shock might be serious, ■ " Chief Detective M'Grath said that he understpod that the wifp was taking proceed-' jngs fer a summary separation from accused. His Wprship thought accused's wjf« woulti not' bo very much shaken if accused was cpni yictofl,.- He was satisfied in his own mind about tho case, 'It was all very well to say Christmas cheer was responsible for the trouble, There was always some excuse. Accused wae convicted and een,tenpe4 to

one month's imprisonment on each charge, tho- sentences to ran. concurrently. HOMELESS AND-MONEYLESS. .'..' A young able-bodied man named "Wallia Stafford-- Carthew appeared in answer to . & charge of be, ing an idle and disorderly person within tho !• meaning ; .of '• the .Police Offences Act, .1908, in th»t he has insufficient lawful means of support. Constshle T»ylor stated that he found accused sleeping in iNewwwn Park at 11.30 on •Monday night. When arrested, accused said he had been', out of work for seven weeks, and had been sleeping Oβ the hills at Ngar hauranga and Newtown.. •- ' • ■ Accused,informed the Court that he had only'bepn sleeping out for throe nights. Sβ always " lived ..at tho same place, in -Willi? Street, •tut' he had not any money, and did not like to go there without cash.. He had; cabled to a brother in Melbourne for .money, but had not received a reply yet. : He could not. get any.'work. . v: .- ~ • ■ His Worship, to accused: "You are well and stropg, and ought to be'ashained to say' you can't get work." His Worship went on to (>sk acoused what he would do if his brother did not send the money. "Expeptar tipn is all very wejl, but realisation is another matter," said Dr. M'Arthur, who entered -a/ conviction and dischargq, "You had better get'wprkat once," were his. Worship's final words. " ■ ' ; . . REMANP.ED TO COLLECT HIS FAGtJL-;. ■',' ■■■•, ■ •■■ Ti,ES, ; ;•;■. .--:•■■■>■ '.■■■•; A voluble young man Joseph Keen ■was charged (1) with having behaved in a disorderly manner in : the Theatre Royal whilst drunk; (3) with being an idle apd disorderly person in that he has insufijcient lawful means of purport; and (8) with habitually consorting with reputed thieves, Chief Detective M'Gratb, referring/ tp the' first charge,;said accused wa.sdr.unk at , the Theatre -Royal\.pn Monday night, and had to b.e put put. . -. •■■'• '■■..■■■■'■■■ ■:..'. Acpused; ''I ask for a remand. I arn not quito prepared to speak'yet. Lwant a. remand to collect my faculties." ■: ■■• .. His Worship (with a smile): "All right; you will be- remanded "to Monday next on each charge, , ' .- -:.- -. l ', ' ..." '-.

.' SLEEPING IN THE gEMETERY, An old-man nanied John Kitaartin, ed with being an idle and disorderly '-perron, within the. meaning of the Police Offences Ac);, -|9PB ( - in that has. insufficient -lawful means of suppprt, pleaded not guilty.. ■ , Constable Mulloply said accused had been knocking about, the'city for sis or. seven weeke,;and at fen-o'clock on Monday night was. found!. in the.cemetery! He had no money,'.and was apparently going to dpss in the cemetery, " ;.:,;:......,;.' .-,*.:.. Accused said he came over from Blenheim about six weeks' ago/ He had been working; en a station out of Blenheim doing scrub cutting. "He had £9 15s. when he arrived here,' a/tjd. had been a..citizen of this town for going- on 29 years, and. this was. the first time be had been arrested on a charge like thie: - ; i'■■■■ ■-.- Y "■-■'-. •.■:.-"-. ■•....,' .:■ ; Chief Detective M'Qrath: "Although ■ accu&ed lias been 23 times before the .Court for insobriety, your, Worship, he has never been accused'of disjienesty, and would not rob a njan." '■■■■■■-..-. '■-■'■' ■ ■ _ '"■■.-■ •■..•■'■.' : ."'■•".■ ;•'■'.•- ;-. Accused! f'Jf I'd been a robber I'd not havo been iii this position." . .:.-•-: His Worship entered sqonviction and discharge, ■ ■;.•;■ ; ;: . : ;::':■■»■;;,:.'■ ';>'";.'.;.;■

■;-.". MQWT, COOK POLICE CQTJBT..:' ( At'the-Mpunt.Coo)c.Police Court.yesterday mbrning, befpre Mr, W, Hildreath, j.P,", John H. Goode, pharged with iiisobriety,.was convicted'and discharged. A woman, similarlycharged, .was fiaed 10s., in-.'default',48 hours'-imprisonment. Of.twoifirst pffenders charged -with insobriety, ' > one was convicted, and "discharged. :-Tb,e pttipr ivas fined 10s., in default '48 hours' .imprisonment. -'.- -■' ■••?'.■ > '. *