MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

POLICE CASES. \ (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) t ' A JOCKEY REMOVED BY FORCE. ' i ~ ,/ r FROM A TRAMCAR. ' ' , ■peonard Kemp, a young man described as ftrjoekey. was charged (1) with having used obsqene language in a tramcar, and (2) with having' on January 27 unlawfully assaulted one Alfred Bade", a tram conductor, by strikangjhim on the face. Accused pleaded guilty to;both charges; - '' , *„• i~i n ;l ln* Phair informed the Court thfct the cases were ba"d ones." ''Accused -vrn j a trftmcar in ' "Willis Street at 3.30 011"- Wednesday> set'out for , Ivewtown. Ho._wag, undeiOthe influence of liquor at the tune, and, on 'getting to Keut Terrace, he was revested to leave the car out'declined to do so,-and force'had to be to eject him. It was when he was bouig put off the car that ho used the language complained of in' the presence of a number of women and children. He also struck the conductor in the face. Nothing was known against accused previously. ,-On the charge of using obscene language, accused was convicted and fined £5 and costs 20s\) in default one month's imprisonment, and on the charge of assault he was convicted and fined 205., in default 14 days' imprisonment. INSOBRIETY. ' Arnold Buckmann, charged with insobriety, was-convicted and fined 205., in default 48 hours imprisonment. One first offender was fined 10s., and another was fined ss. JUVENILE COURT. , "FIVE STROKES OF THE BIRCH.'" ■ 'A',boy 12 years of age appeared boforo the dtjyetule Court on a charge of stealing 205., worth Of tram tickets at Kilbirnie, the pro- ?? rt Xiil e Winston City Corporatlo.n,-:, A ™ r hearing the evidence, the Court sentenced accused to five strokes of the birch, tojbe administered,by a constable in the pre-' nonce of a sergeant. An order was also made that the boy's parents repay the sum ' of'ss. to the tramway authorities. 1 "' ' *■ ' 1