MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 15

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

A GILBERTIAN BY-LAW CASE

'COHNCILLOK FINED

-;i .'(Before;: 73i: RWdell; :S;M.};:,; ■?6h a.dhargeiof ridirig-;d:motor bicycle at-more than the. regulation speed across the- intersection-:bf . two'.'main ;sticet's in the -city,' J.VE. -Fitzgerald pleaded , ( not ■gliilty. 7 '. '■'.'■':'■-. : " ; -'--''■'• : : -'-'.:'.'' : -- ■ ..;Defendant;'.who is a City; Councillor,: stated: that he.had ridden; a,motor cycle, tor": years,, ; and ■' had ',- always' endeavoured ■to set-ah example-to'others by conforming with : the city by-laws, tin-' this, case he considered '.that '.he:: was .unfairly: charged.' ; .'.-:_'.;,:''..'.,':.'.'.';.'. ■'■?■■■' ""■■'.'■ <■ ■■' After'hearing the evidence' of thepolice ■his '.Worship' considered that: the defend-, ant'-.had-ridden:his cycle at "more than' four miles,an hour", and,imposed: a fine of 10s., .with 17s ;: ;cost3. :' : -~^;^;. ,': : '*:}'} ■: ; ; :HAZASt)S.' :V:^":>:.". :--V -.For playing, a game of chance—hazards r-Hm 1 .Waterloo ;Quay, oil.- : Tuesdayi VPor'cy Braithwnite,' employed; on • the steamer Gertie, was fined- i 2 and costs 75., with the alternative of seven days', imprison-. ment.;:' : '- ...-'•■•■ /.[■■- i '■:; :; . jUSAQE >OF j HORSES; '■''' - ;,■/: : :.-Wm; M'Clelland-was fined 20s., : with .£1 'is.'costs, in default soveu days' imprisonmehti for having trotted a horse: from Kaiwarra':to- Wellington, while' it. ■ was lamo and suffering from disease. ■' On' a charge of ill-treating a horso by working it .while suffering.-. from a; sore back, i Frederick : Taylor was fined iOs., '■. costs 305., in default 14 days': imprisonment. ■-•• A : charge > against George Pin-: nock, owner of the horse, of sanctioning. ; the ill-treatment, was. not'sustained; and the. information, was accordingly ..dismissed.' V ' ; ; '■'.' '.'■'. ■,-'"■'"-■'..'.'.'.'-.-

. "CHINAMAN'S WINDOW; : '■ : For" throwing ' a carrot ; through the window of' a ChinamanV shop, a:youth named Raymond Dawson-. was fined . 205., and ordered to■:pay 205., cost.of -the damage,:' in default 10 days' imprisonment.; :: . -.-,-■ '■; • ..'.",- '--'~ ■■' ■I— v: "WORDS" IN A TRAM. ' -.\: ■■;' John Good,'charged, with using offensive'words hi a tram-car, was convicted and fined 10s.. and !)s. ■ costs, .with. ; the option, of seven, days'- imprisonment; .: ALLEGED' DANGEROUS DOG.'.''-. At the- request of the City Solicitor (Mr. ,o'Sbea), leave to withdraw an 'application that a dog (owned by Robert Daniel, and',alleaid to be . dangerous) should be destroyed, .was agreed to. It- was mentioned that the animal in question was in .the habit o£ flying. out at conductors on the' Brooklyn tramway, but it had since been-sent away. ' : BY-LAWS. Messrs. John Odlin and Co., Ltd., wore fined'los;, and costs! 75., for erecting a scaffolding, ■ -without permission from' the City Corporation's Building Inspector. lor infringing tlio. city by-laws by watering his garden, without water lirst passing through a meter, ..Tames M'Quoen was ordered to pay costs totalling 17s. 6cl. An information against Charles.Gooday of leaving a vehicle unattended was struck out.'; ■■■ .' '"■

■EXPRESSES AT THE. STATION. : On a charge of having disobeyed the commands of tho Thorndon stationmastor, in that ho did not remain on the stand plying , for hire,. Albert Crunipton, exnressinan, was fined 205., and costs 75., with tho option of seven.days' imprisonment. ■ ■■'

' OTHER CASES. . :| -::; .""' . A seaman named James Rowlands was eonvicted of tho thel't of, a pair.of-boots valued at Bs. fid.,'and was fined 405., and ordered to pay ■ witness's '■ expenses,.total T ling 65., in default seven days' imprisonment. '' ■ ' •; ,'.: ;: -'.-.' ''.':■

1 William Patterson did not, appear jn answer • to a charge' of assaulting tho chief mate, of a. vessel in port. There was no appearance of the other party, and : consequently the ease was dismissed, with /.Ells, costs against' informant. / James Thompson pleaded guilty to being ail idle anil disorderly person. ;. On consenting.'to go.to the Ohird Home for six months, he was. ordered, to come up for sentence when .called upon.,. ' .

.'; Phoebe.Post, an. aged .woman, also pleaded guilty to being ,an idle and disorderly person, and was ordered to come up for 1 sentence when called upon, on condition. that . sho 'remained in, the St. -Jlagdala: institution-for six months.- ■ John Morrison was remanded to. ap.. pear, at I'oxton .on' February 11 on a charge of theft of:a pair* of boots'.and suit of clothes, valued at £A, the property of James Smith. , : -- ..'',..

For insobriety,' Roderick Matliieson was fined 10s.,'in default -1 .days! ment.. .Alexander Smith;. convicted; on a similar charge, -was. remanded for sentence. A first offender,';who; did. , not appear, :was ■ fiued. 10s., -with tho option of' 24 hours'. imprisonment. ; ■; Another;, was ■convicted, and discharged; : -...... v. -••..