MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

t (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, SM) ' ALLEGED FALSE DECLARATION. CONCERNING A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE A-young,couple; Colin Hector ICewpton,and, with; r.:ffiifulljjmakfn{:| a.cert&iii,-false: statement,',at • Wellington, ort April 15, touching a.partieular required to beik'nown and under the Aet;';l96B.*tTho ilwo'cajes were heard v.!'together,',.'Mr,.;Wilted,:appearing for tho de- ! fence,;,,and ; Broberg - for. = the •. ' prosecution. '. , • {. John ' W'illasonv gardener,':said, that'^Vir-, ,l«':piniav l Kempton\was'.vh '\'daukht«r.V, ! VH« 'had ■s, .Nknown.'iemptaniEor: about:' three! months,. hav'.iine'jfirJK.'met. Hinv when thev>.boarded together. . About va^fortnightafterffifflr. met,;'. Kempton •,'j f :'asked;his,:permissiou:',.to""walk\out"iwith his /'y.itdan^h.ter,-''and,' : a-fortnight'later,'asked. for: his Jo: ; the:inarriaKO.'i/r he. !to. ; wait,Until 'later—he' : : " mentioned ' Labour Day—and then see if . they ' i .: were ■>,then' of, the i'sameviniad..-.. On - April : 17 \ ; .,SvK6mpt6n: :,toldi' f him',-thatJ l the..:iiiarriage : :had' taken place on. April 15. --.Witness had .pre-X-i i'yionsly rtold iKempton that-: his' ;daitghter .Avas, £& only;. 18 •,years, old. ' i. ' ~ ,v. :. vTo ".'Mr. Wilford: ■He (witness), had married i}.:. ; .'.'»' -Kirby 'about'seven years i-v'sqiil*.' nibthor ;:ofthe but -; i :bMh?;t'6ld, two! years/ago;','.' Part. . .of t 1 - 5 - birth certificate of: ,thb"fethale , was,n»)ierefore, untrue, the particular part being ftiat in relation to his marriage with:CatheriEe iJoylo. now Willasnn. •. , ■ : . - ' .'Gilbert praham'Hoilgkinv registrar:.of;births, : : deaths,'and marriages; at .Wellington; 'Paid that, 1 .1 on April 15, ;tho" two' aeouscd callfd at tho . 'A. aiensed supplied {y'rparticnlars} as f, required; Suridei;; 1 the. 'Marriage, -V-xj Act.:*'; One {of . these; partidulars. -stated' that jtho female-accused-was 21years,of. ago. • - Detective; Abbott-gave^evidence.as;ito; arrest-- '.;^ v ing >Keinpt6h:lwheh; hS and' Slrs-'/Kehipton were: :p'{j oi ■.'hoard;theManuka;-; .bound .-for- Sydney.", >• ■' iRv-noton made • no 1 ■ roply. but •„ Mrs. :.'Eemptoi\ jj'ityeafd 'ihat.rit 'was' her: v'vjHhiit■ she ■was': 21.'.-iSho -'rbpeaWdythis. statement'Pi summons a onple of days later. , ;"-t to the 1 Suprfme Court for :trialtjbail being fixed :%\fat'psoi':[and.,'6ne.'.:Shrety-'of; i£so ;f6r, : :tlie-'m'alo.' V~ accused, and the 'female accused: in ■ her \ own .;. .recognisance. Of• i^o. : ', '

'■, ALLEGED SLY GRCJG-SELLING. •' Datid;Barrio was charged with, that' being 4 the'. : bt<iiipier»of'unlicensed 'premises;..to wit, the! •Paragon':,Bpardinghoußoi ! ' ; ini,Tfluchlifjiior • woa /foldiVheivfas^prWyvtovth'eisaidisaloV.arid, 1 fnr-- . oh; May 29,'- h'e ; iv'asVfound:: on: the - said pMmisea nt a time: that-]iqtaor?was seized, i and-:tfas : d«eme'd ; -t6;'haTe.;be«n . there]: for: the ;purpose; oof "illegally; dealing ; ; in"..liquor.;V, >The' charge of being the'! occupier 'of'"the/premises, : and - being ..- priry,,; to the: sale.. of liquor, was deaUwitnfirEt.Defctidontpleaded'notßuiUy, and,was defendwl by Mr. Hordroan. :> ;yM'V- -. I .Station-Sergeant. Dnrby . intimated : that all ;the.; evidenco he proposed:■;to; .pot riaX.fori the Sroseontion: was tuat given-in-fhe .case against [ary! Jane : :Barrie,,f and-the. faot .of .defendant's ;,proiipn3 : ic6nTiotion''for; being rthe ; ; .,bccupier •; of ■' promises wherein ' liquor t'was illegally ; sold,'Q; .Defendant,, in '.the': box;''nriet. the charge;,with a i To-Station-Sergeant Darby s- He; had lived :in -.the.bouje ;for; about two -years, but -had paid no,'board money. His, joint lease of .the pretetminawd agoi'butii'smce ;the:'Urminattsn, 'liis .'conviction for;: being :ith* occupier, of the premises had taken place. He ■;had..^ordered"some sbeer.'}i(b6nt isix;'. weeks; ago; bTlt lt ivas for him.vlf and 'his. friends., ;-lmd.;ta]£en :;it vto' : ;tte' ; Paragbn :Boardinghouse.'-:; rMfilry.''Jane'ii'Barrie'v'BMd'.j'that?; part of 'the . beer, seized,by the police, «aS'for' herself and ; : part;;f,OTia;vman,' named,;,C!emeritjne;;Dew.: r Bella' 'dftTifihter of Uhe -previous . -witrßess.visiud.ihat/ClepentiMi'DewsgaYe'her.lspmbl money ..to » rive. to ■ ■•her,- mother to buy bc-or,i She thought the-date'.was May 15. ■. Win. Scott said; that,;- on- -May 29, he and Dew :deoic(ed to -purchase some beer, and Dew gave the money to Bella Bame. • TfliS' concluded < the 'evidence for the defence. t Mr.- ; ;Herdman; r :in -addressing' the'' Court,''said : . that, no .olear, evidence had' been' called, to show that rßarrie -.was the, occupier , of .tho ,'boarding- , house.__-.There:iwas alsofionly. sthe evidence of Mi& vKitre; to ; show; that'.'any. liquor had' been' taken .from Barrie's bedroom. • • Station-Sergeant ? Darby reminded his Worship, that the, witness Wykos had sworn in the i previous case that. he had seen Barrio about on ' , tho premises oil the night of May 15, and bad i ■ 6pqken with .bim. .' Barrio had also' shown' that i , he bad i some , authority .when be - ordered'. Mibs :■. Kitts out'of tho house. ' " , ■:i' ... -Hie. Worship, ; intiraated -that be'.would rewiro his decision until Juno 28... case iwaa, therefore, adjourned :TQiui, tho same data. . ■ r . 1 - . - 1- 1 CHEQUES AND SIGNATURES. .•fotgMT.i'.'were -.-pleaded guilty ,wv byvAVilbam. -M'Kay, alias -Howson. ' The first was.thatuof G. J. ihddell to s. cheque for £10 10s., and ;:.;UtteMg': tho'saine •-toVAvR. -\V; 'ladd<fe ; \The 'df Thos; .Bern to,.a.,chequ« for \CB/;163., and uttenng; tho ,'saffiOi to .Mrs.. Fairbairn.- ; ■ Chief- .; I)6fcecti7o Broborg /appeared on s behalf. of * thd : prosecution. 1 \ > j A. K. V..Lodder, licensee of the City Buffet . : Hotei» eaid„-.that, on ;March .25 - last, - acoused i'. Btayed at ?the -hotel under the.'namey'of ; N Howson/ , .On. March, 31 >ho presented a-oheque for • £10 lus., purporting to oe drawn by G. J. Riddell m favour,.of. J amo9• Howsou. r When the cheque Presented. ,at >th&.„bank it •••■fras returned •Bigriatard;unlik6v , -- ;^:^^l Wald . aocUßeu in March-ati-Featherston^'where:-they' stopping at the eamo hotel. In April ho iv '.were '• missing. *:■ Tv om 'opoK; i : The:.on© pro'dnced:.'was : .on0 : of .^them^^d.'iwaaiaot./si^'ed^by^himVor^^ .was also -'given manager : of i! of .New; Zealand- at.Picton* and De- .. wotive. Lewis. was committed to the ; 'r

\ ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. The same accused was Also charged with that, OUQi rviSamndpNbsegood;'rby;-means:-of ■' a-.false preten%- -with.'. intenti; to ;■ - He.pUaded notiguilty,-,and.was remanded !to . .appear. at - Dannevirko': on: Juno 30.) ':• - ■•• THREATENED TEE RAILWAY PORTERS. ; vA. pica.of guilty was entered- by. George Walv:/;Joioe';to'\a at tolling-' i in: a. public'; place, to ivit tho/Thomdon sV-jP-W*®!?;Station platform, he :tiid?;behave in ; a .' :~ maniieri.wherehyAa breach; of .the, peace ;might . nave•. be«n .occasioned.■ '.. ... • .• -The. facts; as' . stated . ;by Station-Sergeant JJiiby. Viers that accused creatcda disturbanco ;th6. pOrUaf■ ■ ■ Aniao.of.4o3.' f -in-defaultsoven days'imprison-' : -..merit,. was imposed. -.." ' ' • BROUGHT OVER PROII SYDNEY, i, , .John Hemingway, who had just been brought : over,: from Sydnoy . byv Andrews, - was -j.cxiargea. that, between .September 14 . and '15. ho did...break.'-arid -'enter - thS .premises. of - Clifton - Henry -Dickerson, - and steal; articles'to'the-.valne of ;.,£lO.. . ...". Ohief-Deteotiv®.-,'Broberg .'. appeared for the presecution, and Mr. Wilford for the defence, 'r.' Accused waa remanded .to Jnno 30, . bail ■ being ~, fixed.:ttt ; Xlso. and; two sureties,of :£7S -each,i • , A POOR RETtTRN "FOR, KINDNESS. ;i ' i A .? "S"}, man stopped into: the dock in answer ..ato the call',for Wmr;Howson.<' Hestfas charged : ; the. property of. Jemima .leffcott..; - , :v. Chwf.Detective: Broberg stated: .that.,' accused. I - illness,, and,, .when ,ho ilcft,'- ho vborrowed ■ her.i Watch;*..,wliich; hj; jraWe^nentlj.:''p»yned? : f6r'fjS2 ( : l :presehtiß«mng. : aLMntenc« f of.-three' ■■■■' 10 "is ; inipnsonmtnt - for .false . pretences. " ; i His Worship remarked that the theft w&s a .. , I^ tari Accnsed.' would - be 'Mntonp«d ■ to; ~ jii, months'-imnrisonmest, ■ and an order would •, be inao» f»r..tt« ireutra «f the .watch. ■: ,CHARQI3 OF ASSAULT. .:...- EniMt Hall:.ple«d»d:.not guilty to a ohargs that, on June 22, h* unlawfully .-ass&ult«d Joeoph ffm. Millan. ' •?. ' iQn.t!w ■ application of Station-SeTgeant Darby ; a r«n»nd ; wat: grantad• to Jdne :25, -bail' being ■. fixed.at.and on* mrsty of MO., : ; ' INSOBRIETY. One.first offender for insobriety was convicted ~ .and discharged. John-13 re tin an, was. fined 10s., .in default: <8 hours' imprisonment; and- a ■: similar/peAalty/AvaS- imposed 'on Francis. J oSaph .;;. John ..Reed; /.with 'a/long: list •.•of,''pre-' ,i.%Vious'vConyfctionsNagaiiist: hia.''name,''; was fined - .: . 205., ;with:theralternative of:seVen days in gaol.