MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 10

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

. . : Eiddell,' S.M.) . >--,-'yj. fSALTJTABY SBJJTBNCEs! : . : ■'■ '•■'..: '(1)• to havin» ;lan ? uage' in Vivian-Strait, and (2);; to- having, resisted Constable Johns whilst .a«,.was,w the execution tof his- duty. Hie Worship remarked -that ih» language W Pained o?was disgusting,- Accused would bo ■Wcted and sentenced to 21, days'.imprison." •ment, ; -On the^, second'.charge, a similar. «,£:. • .■•^ i W;-- :?T HEEX--'pi' -BTJTTEE.,' : 1 p■ 1 PiiHy to-having,! on i.Moy.-ai, , comtolttsd theft of. two bbxos otbuttor, valuad Rt-ifi ss;, the property of J. B. MaoKwan .and Off. Ltd. Sub-Inspeotor Phair stated that aconsert drove up to .Co, 9 .9 tore, and-tpok two bo»s of buttor away without' authority, Hβ was .followed, and one box,ol\ lffitter^w. found in the cart. Acousod .aald-that.one box-of .butter had been riv«n to i um -j ?u n /"fftaintiuiry being made it was found-that accused had left the second boi at n place which ho had been boardini at AoousedJiad boon'before tho Court before on 'M;ei;al:-oharges,-.bnt.none involving dishonesty. M'Gratb,' for aoousod, stated that Woldon was wider the inflnenco of liquor at the time, and ;he ha.d. not-be«n before tho Court • since 1905r; Ho-had ii:wife and family to keep .Rndvhis toplWf, was willing that ho ehoufd continue in lug service. Worship entered a conviction and fine of A in, default one months' imprisonment, a prohibition order also to be'issued against the accused.,. ...... •■-.■■ . . ■ THE KENT TERRACE CASE. Peter Williftmson Tait appeared on remand on a oharge of haying on May 28 unlawfully assaulted on*l David iPCall with intent tocauso him actual bodily tiann, Accused was further oharged with having, on May 28, unlawfully assaulted" one Martha Munday, with intent to oause her actual bodily ' : Sub-Inspector Phair, in applying for a remand.: to Juno Or stated that the man M'Oall was sttir'nridergbing treatment , at the hpspl-L-H.'.asd, accorcUßg to tbo hospital dootor, b*

would not be able to appear for at least a week. Bail was allowed in tho Bum of £50, and tin sureties of £26 eaoh. . CRTJELTT TO A HOBSE. Wm. H'Kellar pleaded guilty to having illtreated a horse. Mr. Meredith, who appeared for the Society foT tho Prevention o! Cruelty to Animals, stated that the horse in question was old and decrepit, in poor condition, and hopelessly lame. Defendant was given the option of treating the horso, but he sold it to another man, telling him that it had strained itself. A conviction and fine of 40a., and costs £1 125., were entered. , MOTOB-CAE DEIVER CHARGED. Frank Groves pleaded not guilty to having, on April 12, on the Hutt Road, at Ngahanranga, driven a motor-car recklessly. _ Herbert J. Coleman stated that ho was coming back from a coursing meeting at Trentham, and leading two dogs, when a motor-car passed him and carried one of the do;a oft the lead and killed it. The car, in the opinion o< witness, was travelling at 50 or 60 miles an hour. Witness had refused £® for the dog. After the car killed tho dog it just missed a child who was walking in front. The car was going too fast for witness to get the number. After the accident the driver of the oar drove right on. Several witnesses were called "to prove the speed at which the car was going, tho opinions from. 15 miles to 50 miles. . ■ ,t, ;.,....;.,'.;.'.'.'.'' ■ Mr. Wilfbrd, 'who appeared' for"'defendant, I urged" that .the.; prosecution- raraldrnot sweeed, as it had not been proved that the car'in question'was not over three tons in weight, His Worship held that this was co'rreot, end dismissed the information without prejudice, V NEGLIGENT DRIVING. George Longhnrst pleaded guilty, (lj to driving an express between sunset and sunrise without a light, (2) to negligently driving aD express in Lambton Quay, and (3) to being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and vehicle. Sub-Inspector Phair stated that defendant was in a drunken condition and, when driving along Lambton Quay, he ran over a pedestrian, and Longhurst did not trouble to stop, but drovo on-without waiting to eoe if he had inlured th* man. Defendant was convicted and fined 205., and costs Us., on each charge, the default being fixed at seven days' imprisonment in each case, v .. - ■ ■ , . ...,.., ' . ;-•::' /UNSTAMPED WEIGHTS. ■■ , For having unstamped weights in their possession, Albert Collyer and Chas. Wm. Oardi. n f r e . ? roc<HKl « d ' against by the Inspector or Weights and Measures, and. were both fined 55., and costs Iβ. Eloira Tlloora, charged with having unstamped scales in her possession, wee'fined 65., and costs 75., and a similar penalty was entered against tho same defondant for having unstamped weights in her possession. ' '•- ■-..: ; • . FINED FOE ASSATTLT. • -. Albert\Crooks pleaded not guilty to a charge of having unlawfully assaulted one Joseph Hayward. Evidence was'given that defendant struck Hayward on the face three times. Defondant admitted striking the Wows,., but pleaded that the language used by Crooks provoked him beyond endurance, Hlb Worship said \tho_ assault,-no doubt, took placo, tut both parties were to blame, although doJei'dont provocation..:A cbnviotion and fine of 205.,- m'default seven daya' imprisonment, was imposed. , Mr. Dix appeared for defendant CASES.- .., Edwin Sandbrook, "charged;' with insobriety, was convicted and' fined Ids:, in default 48 hours' imprisonment One .first offender'■■ Was and two'others were fined 55.; ... "■ ■ Colin; Campbell' Cook, a carpenter, plonded not. guilty^to.a ohargo of■ failing to make.provision for tho future maintenance of his unborn ■child,- and> was;:remanded till llomlay next. Bail was allowed in .• the sum of ito, of two surtics.of £% each.' Mr. Dunn appeared for complainant. , ■ : •, *" " ■ . .Frederick Soon was fined 10s.,'and costs 135., : for; failing to give the.lnspector of Soaffoldin? notice .of, an accident whioh took p!aco on a biiilding in .combs of ereotion. • ■ ■ ■