MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

: ;: l : (Before' Mr, ! :W.< G.. Eiddell,; S.M.) i'c ' Half ' .'an ' hour : ;> sufficed: ;■ for ' :,th'e disposal of, the cases on the charge-sheet at the Magistrate's-: Court on .Saturday morning.'.;',.. : ;'".-'-'X ;- ; '! r •.'.-: ..■ .'.■;■'.'.•,•'•'

-:''. >K NUISANCE TO;EOSENEATH..: ; , ;; ; George M'Pherson.' wis -deemed vto <bo an' idle bid disorderly.: person, having .insufficient .-.-'■ lawful' .means:,.of "■ support; Station-Sergeant :Darbyi.'for ;!> tho "-police,' stated that-the,accused had been a. 6onrco "of annoyance', to. the' residents, of. Itbseneath.. Ho -.was. ''sentenced to thrco months'; imprisonment.' '"; : .';,v ",- ''■'.'.

,f ■•;•■.; ,v, othbe ,cases;v., ■~:: ^;.;;, i A prohibited; person, : Edward. - Grove,' Was charged with having been' found helplessly drunk in AbelV'Smith; -Street, and was also,charged 6ti two'counts.with -haying procured liquor while 'the:ofder was : in force against him.' He .pleaded guilty'to' all three charges. /On-the first ho. was ordered ■ to pay, 176. (id.; cost of 1 curative, treatment, in. default 48 hoars' imprisonment;' he .'Was"•' convicted .and discharged on the 6eebnd oharge; and on tho third • was convioted and' fined ■..■.4os;,' with costs ■ 165.,; in. default' seven,'days' imprisonment." .-' ;'••;:•:•■;;;);:'.■.,;■■:■:;•:.■:■ i■'-.; • With■■■ oner, previous 'conviction i-'fbr dronkenncss'.'against! him, "Charles -Hall, charged with '. being found : driink, wau convicted: and .' fined. 103.;'. in default"4B hours' imprisonment.' ,- ,' Edward' Donovan,. who pleaded .not guilty to a charge of being an habitual drunkard, was convicted and ordered to be sent to the Inebriates' Institution on Wkatoo Island for ,onp.year. ::;'/.'■) Two first offenders' Were convicted, on charges -of drunkenness,-'and fined- : Bs.-j----with tho option of; 24 -.hours' imprisonment; two others,, 'ako/.first ■ offender's, wore fined 10s. each, with, a 24 • hours' option.- ■..•'..'■■ .:■,"., '■'.'; .' •'. .»'■.• •;, Miohael Farrington.was ordered to : pay Js. per week,towards.tho maintenance of his illegitimate,' child: • v • ;■,: .:-.