MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr. A. W. M'Arthur, S.M.) "THE LESSON OF HIS LIFE.'" To. a .charge of appropriating clothing valued at 14s/ 10d,, tho property of Goorgo Cowie, a man named Michael Wall, pleaded guilty at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. , Station-Sergeant Darby explained that the accused was 1 ii.trimmer on' the Orari,; and had collected .-'certain articles , from tho cook's cabin, bundled them up, and was about to mako ■ his; exit: when the chief, steward of the ship hove in sight. Tho accused then decamped.. Whon subsequently arrested he was,, to'use. the.sta-tion-sergeant's phrase, : neither. - drunk nor sober." Tho chief officer of the Orari, in reply to a question? from the Bench, explained that the accused had not deserted the, ship, and was, still ,on the articles. He had threo or four pounds owing/to him. " 'His Worship: i.'Vl don't want, to send him to gaoL" • To the accused :■ "If I let you off with' a f fine' will you take it 'as tho lesson of your lifo?" ■', . ; Tho acouscd: .Tes, sir;. ' His Worship -accordingly fined him 20s. and .ordered him to pay 125., costs of witnisses' expenses. A CHANCE TO REFORM. 1 ; .To a charge of stealing a suit of clothes, valued at li, the property of Italo Giovanni Frandi, Walter Two'mey pleaded guilty. i .. n ■•The chief, detective explained .that the accused; iwas travelling. inthe same. car with Frandi, who had a parcel of clothes on the' seat; and i when he, got . off: quietly pioked up the ; parcel ana, disappeared. Frandi ; did,; riot' disdover his loss till he reached his destination. Tho accused afterwards becamo. apprehensive,'. and - advertised tho parcel- in tho hopo of getting;, a reward. <This was'his;, offence.;' His Worship:,Drink,'l suppose? ': The accused signified assent.; His Worship:/ Well, I'll give you a chanco. You will bo convicted and ordered to come .up] for, sentence when called upon. If you'behavo!-yoursolf„you will bo all right. . If you don't, and come hero 1 again,, you'.will havo. to suffer for this offenco as well. A DISHONEST WATCH-REPAIRER. ■ ,Wm. Joseph Bray, a watch-repaireri. of Taranaki Street, -was i charged .with :stealing': &■! gold watch,:. valued at ; 1 J620, /belonging :< to- John ' Wm. < Murphy. ■Ho pleaded guilty.;.. . • ChiofrDeteotivo Broberg explained that Bray; : had received 1 Murphy's watch for repairs../and: had then pawned it. Ho asked for a romtmd' till Januaty 19. This was granted. \ ■ ■' : .v- ; : INSOBRIETY. One first; offender was .convicted for drunkenness and discharged. JUVENILE COURT. • A. sitting .of 1 the. Juvenilo Court was hold yosterdny, Dr.: A. W. M'Arthur, S.M., presiding. Four boys,', ages averaging l .: 13. years," were convicted of wilfully damaging a at Island Bay 1 , .the property . of George Honry .'Baylis, and ordered to pay..;jE3, ;.the extent of the .damage,' with witnesses'-expenses 10s. 1 . Two boy6"undei: tho • ago. of 16 were :chargedwith carrying:■.'firearms..They were cautioned and discharged.