MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 818, 16 May 1910, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Eiddell, S.M.)

WORRIED BY WANT OF WORK. A middle-aged man named James Ford was charged (1) with insobriety, aiid (2) ivitU procuring liquor during the currency cf a prohibition order. Pleas of guilty were entered on each charge. Sub-Inspectov Norwood informed the Court that last month, whilst in a drunken frenzy, accused had cut his throat with a razor and had been Temoved to the hospital where his treatment had cost the State JC2O. Subsequently ho wns brought before the Court and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called on, a prohibition order being issued against him He had now begun drinking again. Accused stati-d he had been worried because ho could not obtain work. In fact, his mind had got into such a stato that ho hardly knew what he was doing. He was negotiating for work at present, however, and if the Court could give him another chance he would not offend, again. On the first charge accused was convicted and discharged and on the second count he was convicted and fined 205., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. A CHINESE CHARGED. A remand to Wednesday next was granted in the case of the Chinaman Jim Kee charged with having, on May 13, been found in possession of opium, the importation of which is prohibited by Section D of tho Opium Act, 1908. On tho application of Mr. Jlerdman, who nppeared for accused, bail was allowed in the sum of .£SO and ono surely of .£SO. NIGHT THEFT OF OLD IRON\ A plea of guilty was entered by Cuas. Win. Nicholson, charged with stealing a quantity of scrap-iron valued at 205., the property of tho New Zealand Government. Sub-Inspector Norwood mentioned that accused had been seen passing the Pest Office with a hand-cart at I) o'clock in the morning. A constable asked what wr.s in the hand-cart and accused had replied that it had nothing in it. On investigating, the constable found a quantity of scrap-iron, and later, ho found something like lumber on the footpath near the Government yards at Davis Street railway crossing' A good deal of I pilfering- had been reported from the yard. The sub-inspector added that he wished to make further inquiries into the matter and Accused was consequently remanded until this morning for sentence. BOOTS GOT BY SUBTERFUGE. A young woman named Mabel Hart pleaded guilty to having, at the Lower Hutt on May 9, obtained a pair of boots from Hy. Miller by means of false pretences. Sub-Inspector Norwood said accused went into informant's shop and asked for a pair of hoots for a certain bank manager's wife. It was subsequently found that the boots were not for tho person named and accused was now wearing them. She had never been in trouble before and was a girl with a respectable past. She would pay for tho boots within a week. His Worship entered a conviction and ordered accused to come up for sentence when called on, on condition that sho paid for tho goods. LIQUO7I AS A "LIFE-RAVER." "A pint of beer will sometimes save a man's life, your Worship," glibly remarked Chns. Enticott who nppeared on a charcn of insobriety. Tho police stated that there were 20 previous convictions against Enticott, but only ono within the past six months. A conviction and fine of 10s., in default 48 hours' imprisonment was entered. Michael Rilcy, remanded from Otaki on a charge of helpless drunkenness was convicted and ordered to puy the expenses incurred, 17s. Cd. One (irst offender, who failed to appear, was fined Ills. Two others were convicted and discharged.