MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.MJ' "MOVE ON." i BARROW MEN AND POLICE. . ■ At ilho Magistrate's Court yesterday John Clarke and James Reynolds, fruit . hawkers, were charged with loitering in. ' Dixon Street after being requested by the police to move on. Accused pleaded not . and were defended by Mr. H. P.' O'Leary. _ Sub-Inspector Norwood said that the ■ informations were laid under the City . Corporations By-Law No. U, which made it an offence to loiter orstand in any one place on any footway, street, • or open, public'placo, after being directed to move only a police officer. , ■ Several constables gave evidence to the ■. effect that; shortly before eight o'clock on \ Saturday, July IC, Reynolds, who was in a .' femi-intoxicated condition, was selling '. fruit from his barrow at the corner ol ■' Dixou and Cuba Streets, and his barrow was only seven feet; from Cuba Street. His antics caused hilarity amongst passers-by, and on the. police requesting) him to move further .back into 'Dixoni.- • Street he refused to do so, and gave a| wrong name. Clarke also refused to movef ■ his cart back. Later in the evening an-* other constable noticed that Reynolds had] brought his barrow further towards Cuba/.' Street, notwithstanding the warning* given, and thus obstructed the 'footpathV traffic. ■' • . , :. - Mr. O'Learv, on behalf of accused; eaidl that although..the civic authorities had) made provision .for the licensing of hawk-t ers, they did not like to. issue the li-< ■. censes, and had made a compromise by, granting permits for hawkers to sell afci ! .street corners, subject to being moved oa ■ by the police from places where they- ; interfered with the traffic The icsnitj' - was that the hawkers were , being har-. assed continually by the police, and-their! sales Vjere 'very poor indeed.' It was' es-i. : eential, when- the liawkeTs had fruit andjvegetables lq sell, that they • should be(, on the principal streets, though' wlien,' selling rabbits they could ply their calling profitably in the back streets., • '■■.■■ John Clarke, giving evidence, flatly cobhtradicted the statements - made by, the] police witnesses as to being asked to stand|.back, and further .stated that arrange* , ., ments had been made between Inspect . Doyle,'of the City Council, and sentatives of' the trade, ' whereby , tl*3yt\ .- were fo bi> allowed to place their barrowaj' twenty feet from the main street. On the' ; occasion in question- his cart was feet back, and had ho gone further t<i'tuec rear his sales would have suffered. ; Sub-Inspector Norwood ; remarked that Clarke had been before the Court on five* previous occasions, and Reynolde thrice. ■ His Worship imposed a penalty'of with 7s. costs, in. each case, in default seven days' imprisonment. ALLEGE]* CITY BUUGI/AEY. Thomas Joseph Lloyd, was charged witKi breaking aad entering the- warehouse of I Messrs. E. H. Crease and §ons, Ltd., inj Quin Street, on Saturday night, and feteaU ing therefrom two tins of jam, four tins of honey, three tins of coffee, four, bottles' of tomato sauce, four" bottles of picklesu, and one bottle of sarsaparilla, of the total ; value of 16s. , ........ . -.■■-.. • Chief Detective Brbborg applied lor a! remand till AYednesday next. The ap- • plication was granted, accused being ol< '• lowed bail 'in £50, and two sureties of ■•' JL'25 each. . . ■ ' : ALLEGED FORGED TELEGRAM. : An insurance canvasser named Arthur Cyril Dowell was charged with having,, on July 25, at .Wellington, caused a tele-. ■ gram to be sent purporting, to be by the, ■ authority of one H. A. Read, though,-/. knowing that it was not sent by such; : authority. . •' ; . Accused was remanded till Wednesday uc-xt, bail, being allowed in the sum of ,£SO and one surety of a like' amount. ; HTOETING- FOR THE STEAMER. ' Charles Young, a motor-car driver,'who: ' was charged with driving his car over]: the. railway, crossing '? at tho' Wharf while an engine.was approaching, ; ; lriaße no appearance. , .; Sub-Inspector Norwood mentioned that. , -? accused hiid "admitted tlie'offence.' , 'Thefacts of the case were that Young, who had passengers in his. car, was in a hurry ■ to catch a steamer, and had crossed the railway line within four or five lengths \ of an approaching train. The/ signalman in charge of tho crossing had giveai . a warning, but no heed was taken. ■■'.'' ■ His Worship considered that.such a\ practice was a dangerous one, and im-i posed a penalty of .62, with 7s. costs, ia. ! default 14 days' imprisonment. .INSOBRIETY. Mary Burnip, witli numerous conviM. tious against her for drunkenness, was: ( fined £\, in default seven davs' im> - prisonment. • Thomas Eeoves, also pr*-- .' viously- convicted, was dealt with siml-, -'•, larly. . ' . ." .■ 'John Vincent,' who had appeared be»< fore, was fined 10s., with the option' of ' 2-4 hours' imprisonment. ■/. Seven first offenders were each fined 53., : with an alternative of 24 hours' imprison- ■ ment, and two delinquents, who made no s , appearance, forfeited bail, 10s. t: ■BY-LAW CASES. .V ,\ William Viotcr Weaver was penalised . to the extent of £1, with lls. costs., for -;■•. absenting himself from his cab so as not to liave full control of it. ■ . ■ " : . Cyril , Purvis was fined 55., with 7s. ~ costs, for riding a bicycle without a light ■ after sunset. The alternative was 24 ~: hours'■ imprisonment. _ ■ ■ .'■■: . . lIANTENANCE. •■ :' Herbert Hebberley was. sentenced to one month's imprisonment at Auckland for ..- disobeying an order to maintain' his illegitimate child." The arrears totalled .£9 . ■153.- ': ; ■■:-■; .'. ''; ; .--''! George Hancock and' William Hancock, who had failed to comply with ah order tii maintain their father, were each sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment. '•■..' Henry Julius Ackermah, whodid not '■ appear, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for disobeying an order to . ■maintain his mother, the arrears amounting to £6 15s. . ■ . ._■"■.- Samuel Smith was convicted ■ of disobeying an order for maintenance of his illegitimate child—arrears ,£ls 10s.—and sentenced to a month's imprisonment, the jvarrant to be suspended on condition that ss. weekly is paid off the. arrears. ' ,Au application for. the remission *of ' arrears in the maintenance case against James Frame was acceded to.