MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 488, 22 April 1909, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

:V- ;-•/(Before'JMr.-AY:-;G.;Riddell;\S.M.)'; , ■{ !*'■•; DISTURBANCE ON THE LANGTON ; 'V ''■;■- : .'' :: - ; -; ; .f:.',;GRANGE.\/ ;.-':'//./'■ .-■ ■ 'A disturbance on the steamer. Langtoh Grange early ';.yesterday.;:morning. resulted -in;-a, burly Italian; named Augusto Pellini .appearing .-.in answer; to' a.charge'of having. unlawfully assaulted one Ernest Trensch .so r'as .to .cause him actual, bodily harm. ';..' : '.'..■ < '; Dr.' Henry stated that he was. called to .attend' Ernes- Trensch, a seaman on'the steamer Langtori Grange, early yesterday, morning. The man'ha'd a. wound over' the • right eye and..another 'over the left': eve., 'The .wounds in themselves'were not, in witness's ■ opinion,'of; a dangerous nature.'' '■_:■.' : ';' '-,- Ernest Trensch, fireman'on the-steamer Lan»ton Grange, stated that trouble had occurred below, arid,, after- some argument, accused hitwitness on: thc.'face,' later;'hit 'him: over the left cye/with a :hammer, and then over the right .eye.';:'■:■; Ar. .-/•/'i.:/:-'.;'' ';.:'' , ■'■■■ '•, Hugh, Davis, chief refrigerating engineer on the'Lahstoh.'Grange!,, stated .that Trensch 'was a quarrelsome man'when ho bad been drinking, and had been in trouble before. Accused bore an excellent character on board the ship. : . .After ■/'evidence ■'■ by r. George v . Smith,. chief steward on. the iLangton Grangcj and Sergeant Kelly, l his intimated .that there was no. reason why the charge shdiild not-be reduced to-one of .common assault.. ; ',-;, :'\ Augusto -Pelliniy 'greaser on .. the'. Langton 'Grange; stated\that: when he: went'.below, inforriiant was;asleepi'and'witness, tried, to-'get him to go away, whereupon Trensch struck him in. the eye.' : The hammer was ' not':. used ;by either.'' After";' Trensch struck witness,, they : both; fell/over,: and it. must'' have been ,in the fall;.that:;tbe injuries;-were.sustained;..;. ,i ; His.; Worship, rsniarked .that th'o bvidence was hot';-.very 'strong, hilt it 'was' against, accused/ "^ who,' the Court ;was inclined',to- think, did use 'the hammer'. He,'would bo convicted and fined .£3 and costs'^2.2s.), : in default 14 days' im-"prisqnment..-;vV-':'■■.■■•■■'■■'.-"/.'''.:','.''.•:.'•''■.. : vTHEFT PIN./} ''.-• ; ■ ' ■John Cooper, on.remand, pleaded'guilty to a charge.of theft of a tie pin, valued at £3, the property of Hans Scott. The charge, which originally stood.as theft from the person, was, .oriv thei! application of.itho police, reduced to simple theft: Sub-Inspector Phair'stated that Soott was in a local hotelj when accused came ■in'.arid; commenced feeling ;about Scott's -waistcoat. /Informant ". took, no 'notice at the -time, .but.'whenhe got'home he'iriissed his tie pin. Remembering ::tho incident in the hotel, Scott went'.back' to theliotelkeepcr,; and. mado a complaint, and w'as'told : that' accused had offered a tie pin; for. sale.' The matter.was placed in the.'.hands of the;.-police, ' arid. -subsequently .accused'was. arrested by Detective Abbott.; Ac'bused, sold. the pin' t to:'a 'dc.alfc:'- for.. Is. 6d.. S.His^Yorship,' ; jn: entering, .a c/Miviction -and sentence ;6f 'three months', imprisonment, 're-, marked that accused had a long list.of previous cijnvictioris.against'iiii'n;. .;'..: •>.'■..• : GIVEr ANOTHER"CHANCE. V/:'"/ John'Johnston appeared on remand from last week on'a'charge:bf being.deemed u rogue and Vagabond,..within the -'moaning of the Police Offences: Act,: 1908, iu that he was -found., by' night-without lawful excuse on the'premises of "Henry: Fielder, Old' Custom House Street.. : - 'flis Worship said/that: the niedical 'report', showed i.that there was nothing .wrong with accused beyond dullness; -He would be convicted .arid ordered to come';up for sentence when called; on, but' if-, he:-. was found' sleeping "out again/he would'get;into trouble. -y\ :.;'.:; '- ■ THE : SECOND-HAND: DEALERS'; ACT., : :', Valentino Farley .pleadedif guilty i.tb- a: charge of,having carried on business,as a second-hand dealer withbutholding a license, as required bv tho Second-Hand Dealers Act,'looß.i. "■■'.:'■- * ■ According to a statement made by the police defendant, applied for, a second-hand dealer's license,- but the application was .refused. .'■'• On .April; 13 she purchased three coats, aijackct, cap and hat for 2s. from 'n man who -had since been before the, Court. - • , Mr. -Kirkcaldie, who appeared, for; defendant, stated that his client took over a : shop, which contained certain second-harid goods, and when' she could not get a' dealer's license, decided to carry!' on. a small drapery, and fruit business. She had some old furniture,'etc., of her own, arid was advised -by a solicitor that she could' sell it, as long as she did not buyanvthing The - man with tho - coats', etc., brought the goods to defendant's:shop, rind: she refused to buy them at first, but when the.'man pleaded poverty she; took the articles. ■.-'-''.-. V.■-..-.;■■>•:,.-.-.'. ■-. His•:Worship; considered r that-defendant should haveknbvn she had no right to do business when she had. been refused ii license. She would ;bo.'fined 40s. arid.costs 75., in default seven days' imprisonment, seven days' bein» allowed within which to pay'the fine." ° -/; ,; COMMITTED FOR. ; TRIAL. : Chas. Leonard Buchanan was charged on'remand with having attempted an offence against a girl under the age' of sixteen years. After hearing the ovidence, for the 'prosecution, ac-,ei-*>ed, who reserved his defence, pleaded not guilty,'and: was: committed ".to".' the Supreme Court for trial. : Bail was allowed in ths sum of =GIOO, and one surety,of £100. Mr. O'Learv appeared for accused. . " ■■■-'•■ .-.;■,■ ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.' >. ;.'A", big,: raw-boned man named Timothy Va]ward Dwyer.was fined; 55., in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for insobriety, and on a further charge of having assaulted and robbed one John 0 Donoghue of the sum of 30s„ he was remanded to April 28 ...".■■'•■. "',';;'.-'' INSOBRIETY.' Three' first' offenders for drunkenness' were dealt-withi .One was fined 10s., another was fined 55., and -the third was convicted and discharged.