MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

."AGED, LAME, EMACIATED." -

BUT MADE TO WORK.

• , (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) On. information supplied by Inspector Seed, of the . Wellington Society, for; tho Prevention, of • 'Cruelty.. 'to;. Animals, Thomas n. Migaun .'was prosecuted for .having; - it." was - alleged, allow'ed ,an -emP»y«?,ltp'' illtreata ■' horse;'by.'; using' tho ;anMal:;when it jwas not'in a fit-condition ; tovtte,;worked, !:''t/ ; "! ::;/i : . j.-i-Frederiek-Seed;' Inspector ;;f or! the Socii ;etjr for the Prevention of Cruelty !o A'ni--nials,' slated i-n;evidence', that j the; animal , in', question .was aged and decrepit,- lamo :ihj;:a]l:';four' "legs, ; -and: generally.' in air 'otnaualed xqndition.' - - ; : ■ ',: . i-'Evidencp was'-alsoVgiven by' lfr. Quin- 1 neU.- the voterinary surgeon, who cjnmm<!d tho horso. ' ■ - . ;VDefendant "admitted 'tSat; the-horse '■ was used - oi* two and a half days per . week: Ho was; convicted': and; 'fined'' dOs., with costs, ils.y the "optioh 'being -li'-.days" i'm-. pnsoninenl. ;!. " '-'PS BOOKMAKER FINED. Two charges :bf ; betting with aa infant itfre : preferred' against George a According .to ■' tho evidence of ;Detective; Casselis.v the accused had. been ■ observed to register bets; wth on® Albert. Ilarring-ton, ,an "infant" aged 19, v outsido tho- enclosure.;at-tho. ■ Trentham;. Racecourse;'.on. January 24-last;. In fairness to,-the. accused," added ."the detective, it ou»lit. to bo stated that there, was a rush of business just about that time, and the bookmaker was probably too busy tomake the necessary inquiries. - Counsel for '.the accused, Mr. P. W. Jackson, contended that-the youth's appean;ii<>2 was deceptive as' regarded his age.- His- client, had. followed his calling .for 20 years,' and ;dnring. that time had never been 'called- upon to ; defend himself in .Court.' . It was. his : client's ;.usual custom to take the necessary precautions. required by the Act "with respect" to laying .odds'.with infants. - His..Worship held that the lwokmaker had.-to. take the risk i in such circumstances."- He convicted the accused, and fined him -CIO, costs £2 10s/ ' AN . OLD OFFENDER. " !::vOne"m6nth , sJmpri£omnerit 'Was the sentence passed 'upon -Basil Gftrdoh M'Elwain, an old-offender/ five; times - previ•msly; convicted,: who. was convicted on a .charge of stealing, an alarni clock, valued at Bs.' Cel.," the. property, of Charles Hart, : which , Ue subseauently nawncd for 2s. 6d.

INSOBRIETY. V .Thomas Laery, ivitli three previous convictions for drunkenness standing against his name, was Sentenced to 21 days'; imprisonment for having .been found drunk m Customhouse Quay. " Michael lfarrington, once ' previously convicted for drunkenness', was fined 10s., with /tho option'of 48' hours' 'imprison? "rnent, on being convicted of a second offence. - . . _ . |; A (prohibited person,' Charles Petersen, was convicted and : discharged . for. , the' offence of drunkenness. For entering licensed premises during .the currency e"{ a. prohibition order, ho was 1 fined 405., costs -os., with, the option of 14 days' imprisonment.' , I'pur, first offending. inebriates were convicted on charges of drunkenness, and variously dealt with. -. • i>V. //-> ■.. OTHER CASES. For, riding a bicycle without, a'light, in Adelaide/Rpad after, sunset, 'Charles Cheritbn was; ordered . to. pay. the . costs of- tho/ presecutipu;'7s., with'the option of, 21 hours''imprisonment. . ' On a'/charge of unlawfully soliciting :custom on Thorndon railway station; oft January.:2s,: a . l'nau' named, George Reid was convicted. and fined ■ 105.,. with costs 155.; the'option being 43 hours' imprisonment. :: 'No order , was made/in the application of. Da'Vid' Hastio, an old-age." pensioner, for a: maintenance allowance from David Hastio, jun., his son/ ' ■:A cabman : named- George Adams was fined 205.; . with costs, 175,,/. for driving round "a corner/at d pace'faster than a walk." ' The:"option; was seven ■days' imprisonment.: , ; -I;.'. . ■ Ralph Batconibe, a youth, who was charged: I with a ..'serioris'".'offence;' alleged to have 1 been.' committed 'at Brooklyn, was remanded until I February, is;. / ::/ v /'./ COURT. : Threo..-.bbys, /.averaging eight years of age,. v;ere charged in tho: Juvenile Court, with .the'theft of four.knives, the pro- ■ pertyi of Charles Sims.':; Tlfey were discharged, with: a caution,-and : an order was iriade for :the.. refunc 1 . cf tho value of tho goods;-riVj... - v . : : .'-'V