MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 735, 7 February 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CHARGE OF POCKET-PICKING ~. AT THB THEATRE. ■- ; >"' ' .(Before Mr'. W. •G. .Kiddell/ S.M.) At the Magistrate's • Court.- on Saturday morning .Peter M'Masters was charged , ,wiMi ; .having, on February 4, stolen 125.; Cokper ey ' P r °Pcrty 'of . ' (ieorgo, . Evidence; wis : given ' to 'the;' effe6t that during, the &rly ; rush, at; the- door- of. the*. : Royal,-..the.'informant .felt-i'some--bodys handiu lus pockofc/and on turning round''seized . the accused .by -the, wrist, while Ke.-liad hold of the latter, several small; coins . slipped,, his ,hahti. . Ho: . then: changed tho"man with•■stealing tho money. Mr. Ben Fuller, on hearing! the accusation,: came up and inquired into the . matter.' . While holding the aecusod and ■ informant, he (Mr. Puller) felt.ai'moveitoent in his pocket: as if,some mon-ay was being, put there.- On tho arrival of tho police accused denied having had his ihand' in the informant's pocket, and objected to .'being detained. Accused at the same time offered to.avoid further trouble by paying the ...informant ten shillings, or thereabouts, .if it-was only a question of about that amount.'. Afterwards:'Mr;'Fuller, to his'.surprise,-discovered lis. in his. coat pocket.; ~ ■ "' ~ .. ■Tho accused-pleaded not'guiltyj and Mr. Dunn, who: appeared : for .him; asked' for, a romimd. . . ..... .. -^Sub^lnSpebtor^No'rwood.offerod.no'obiec-, '.tio'n:to the application. „■ He,i'stated that'; when arrested.. Reused.-Had- 'another perv.sou's ,bank book'in his'possession, and thepolice would .have to. inquire into that matter also. Since his arrival in Wellington accused, who was a hairdressers by trade, had been doing'nothing.' The subinspector; as"ked that bail be fixed at a .substantial amount.;, .v: :.v-.-::. : -, Accused was then remanded till Wednesday. v Bail.was fixed;at .£BO, and two,sure-, ties of X4O each. "i'V"OTHER.CASES." . James Traynpr,, on a charge of assaulting Frederick Sobson, was convicted and sentenced .-'to. fourteen, days' imprison-, inent. On a further charge" of stealing two ,bottles. of:lime juice,- valued at. 2s;, the property of-Frederick Dobsoii, accused was convicted and fined 205., and ordered ■to-refund Is., being .the'value of one bottle lost, and .12s; costs/in default seven days': imprisonment. , fj ; Irene Alice Green, a ohild having no means of subsistence, was ordered to bo sent to.'the Wellington Receiving Home. • Bight . first< offending. inebriates ~ wi-re convicted and discharged.

CIVIL BUSINESS. CLAIM'. BY A- MASSEUR.-,-yEvidence was taken ;in the oivil actioh; ill which Axel Holtz, masseur and medical electrician, claimed from. James Fisher the sum of J26 65., for maissage treatment to defendant's wife, who suffered :-froni paralysis. •; Mr. 1 Neave appeared for; plaintiff, and defondant was represented by Mr.,.'Weston.. The-action is based on the 'question of whether -or not; massage is duly qualified medical treatment. His /Worship reserved , his .decision.