OTHER CASES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 866, 12 July 1910, Page 9

OTHER CASES.

A Chinaman named Bong Chong was, oti tlio application of Chicf-Dctootivo Bioberg, remanded to appear at Greymouth on Saturday next on a charge of perjury.

James Keid was fined .£l, and ordered to pny 7s. costs, for not having a lihi'ms which ho was driving under proper guidance and control. It was stated, during Iho hearing, that the animal was practically at large in Customhouse Quay on the date concerning which tho chargfc was laid.

Iklwnrd Bevan wns ordered to pny ss. weekly towards the support of his child, together with a. solicitor's feo of .£1 Is., in default two' months' imprisonment. For disobeying an order of tht> Court to maintain another child, defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, jcntonco to bo deferred so long as the arrears were paid.

Frank Reeves was ordered .to pny Us. weekly towards the muinienanco of his :hild, and Elizabeth fihoro wns alsti otdsri'd to pay Is. a week towards the .support of her child.

Michael Mack, on a charge of wilfully damaging four windows (valued at .£1 10s.), in a house in Frederick Street, the property of George D. lUuth, was fined X\ and ordered to restore the dammed property or make good their value. The uption was H days' imprisonment.

Robert Fletcher denied a charge of using improper language in Little Tarannki Street in the presence of young children. The weight of cvide.net',' however, convinced the magistrate that accused was (iuiliy, and ho wan ftneil £5, and ordered to pay witnesses' expenses Gs. Gd. The option wns 21 (lays' imprisonment. Jlr. P. W. Jackson appeared for accused.-

James Knight was charged with drunkenness, and with using improper language In tho vicinity of the Salvation Army Rome. From tho evidence of the police it appeared thai accused, in a drunken condition, went to visit Ms daughter ;it tho home, lie was promptly ejected, and then threatened to commit suicide, afternnrds using tho language complained of. On the charge of insobriety, he was fined 103., with the option of, J8 hours' imprisonment; and for using obscene language was Pent to gaol for 11 days. There ivern several previoua'convictioiia ayninst him.

ifohn Ferrell wns iined 5?., or 21 hours' Imprisonment, lor drunkenness, and ior prociirinj; liquor '.lnrins the; currency of n prohibition onlor 'was lined 405.) in default seven days' imprisonment.

William Blair, previously convicted of hisohrietj , , was fined 10s., with the alternative of 48 hours in gaol.

Three first ofiemling inebriates wero punished as usual—ss. or 2t hours' imprisonment. Another, who did not appear, forfeited his bail, 10s.