MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

;^^eforo}'Mr;r ; W/ :G. •.Biddeil,;;'S.Mij

A NAME IN THE NEWSPAPERS,

ANP WHAT IT LED TO

■e.'A-.weefc ago'a roan named William JWat-' tins .was Jconwcted iii ! the 'Magistrate's'' Co-art of iassaulting : and beating his. wife, Eva l-'Wafirihs'.' sThe 'press ; report of ■■ '.the proceedings happened to; catch .the : eye of \:vVillia^:.:Tingey;'.a. member-of lithe- crew' .'of; the-:Ty'ser steamer : :Whakai-ua: ' 'The: .name of: the man seemedfami-' 'liar to'. liim; f and," as a .result':of: certain iriquiiies'thatr'followed-.vthe:. man -Watkins;:was,. again' broujht;before' : the Magis'trate /yesterday.:,, He 'was• charged ;; that, .on. SeptembeT.49, being already: inarried,' he:, went through': a'■ form of ■• marriage with ..'Eva ;,Gibson. -.Also: that. on the -same:-datei. r '.'rit:,,Wellington ) :'he', wilfully niade.: the.' Mai--riage 'Act, .1908, alleging, that' he' was a : bachelor.(.'■',--'.•'■■'- --'i'•'..•'■■• 'v■:..--',. ='''-'.-*---■•. ;'.';'; ;. ; .Chief-Peteotive Broberg,' who'.conducted stated.that,he : proposed-■&.'-call"a^witriess,;;W.hol:wa'ST''leaviug -the Pominion' on Friday,,land,..when-his evl:dence,had been:' taken, to;, apply for.'a'ie'.inaniL'--■':■.:;•■■•'- ':;;:':'.■;,■-,' :..,,..::/:,■';..'-..-.!;.- ■■:'{:

.-. William;Tingey, fireman,on..the;6team-'.er;;.'Whakar.ua';;-'sta'ted;.that.''-ihe'.;;.was...leaV-! ,ing.the:Pomiiiion in his vessel'dn .-Priday.'- : On'.September -4; :li)07, he .was", present -at •.Jhe'"Church ; ';bf- England, at iSilvertoivn, a .suburb' of ; E6ndbn,' : when'.'.accused' went fthrough\the\fdrm ; of: marriage, with wit.ness's ' sister/' Mary,: Ann :Eeed, ■ !widow,' whose husband 'had been:. Mrs. 1 , .Reed's: maiden' jnam'e ■'■■ was ' Mary. .'Ann Tingey.;.- A Jclergymah.' officiated -at-: the jyedding,;,an.'d:: tlie usual,"ceremony was ;performed.. ■' -Witness was .best man; and : the'.' .Marriage . Register:, as :a; witness: ./,"•'A'fter;'' the marriage and .-witness's'.'sister'...went to CardirT.'and lived' together, 'but.about three 'or :four.'months' later: she ieturned. to :Silyertriwrf/ without her .'husband.; -:;■ Witness: last saw :liis: sis-' ter,'6n:'or. about;. July,24 last,. : at Silverwell -nndin good health..: I.She:.was:in the'habit- of visiting .witness's wife. ..'Since' witness;-landed iia.tho Dominion' he. had.received twoilet■ters from ;Home, and,, to. the'best'of his knowledge" and- belief, his sister - was.-still alive.,' .-So:far 'as wi tness:knew,, the mar-riage-had. never, been J'annulled. , :In'answer: to! a: question: by the'/Magistrate;' witihess';'stated :that there .were four persons present. at the .marriage -besides :the prin-"oip'als.-V-':,-;.'■'■'. h '.. '' ,'■•' V .'•'''-.'.■ ':,>' ''■::-, ' •Accused, .'wha.'ihad no ■ guestions-' 1 to;, ask ,the; witness,-- was'remanded until October :":":■ :y ■•■:[: '■■ .:' :■: 0,;

'-. ; -Johhl Lewis; alias Lindjay,; alias .New-tonj:-was .'charged, with that,: on 3,: he. broke into; the dwelling, of. Mary :Spencer;' 70 .Cambridge.: Terrace,- by, night, and stole therefrom one rolled gold.waichy one- gold chain, one matchbox, and'. one shark's . tooth',: value iSI7, the 'property -jbf.'-.Thomas Davidson. . . \ '.':

.'■; ChiefrDetoctiye . Broterg/stated that two other men were.remanded to appear on October 13: in'.connection .with the same. ,chai|e/-and. he> therefore, askedvhis Worship to: remand: Lewis till- the same date. : The remand : was;granted..'; .• '■■'.. V,- 'B;', DE'NIEb' HIS '/IDENTITY/', a.; v 'Join Halford, alias' Lindsay,. alias 1 Hartley, was charged with that.on■•August 28, '1909,; at/Auckland,,he' did forge 'a cheque, for saine:,to;Timothy -O'Connor./" /-' ~/■.■.■/ /' ■■■■>■• -.-/".'...:/' :.'Chief.-Deteotive;Brober§ stated" thati'ac-; bused .denied . his,/ identity, and '. before asking ;;for ' a' remand. to . Auckland, the' chief/detective .asked that.' a remand-of avjday. 'be- 'granted.•'■'/so':'.that :further /inquiries, might be .ma'de; .Accused was accordingly, reminded.to/appear this morntng.j/v,y: i; ; . ;tr ...;., ,:/;.:/; :. ';;■/':,; •//; ' WISHED'TO:.GOBEFORE A JURY. A'charge of '.being' a rtfgue and a, vagabond.iya~s'preferred against a man named. Thbmas\. Albert-Lepper,.; who stated-'that 'he..wished-to be.tried.by a jury, -and remarked/ that New. ; Zealand was ■ no free country 'at; all, as he had'only been out of-'gaol,,for three, days/.before being, ar-.-tested' on the . present • charge. He. was remanded .till October 13/:.- !■''•'. ■..l'lB : ':'\B\l'-OTSER:.C&.SES, : I : ;, ,"■; : ."';- David Rogers .pleaded guilty to' a charge of. .using''obscene language'' In Lome Street,' -and ■;was fined, £3, in default li days' imprisonment. ' '. "Richard Pyher.on a.charge of drunkenness was fined ,10s/, with.the alternative of ,48 hours' imprisonment. One first .offending inebriate was convicted and discharged, and"-another',''.who did not appear, 'was.ordered to forfeit his bail, 10s. ;/',i ■■'.'■ ' ■— '■■'•■ CIVIL/BUSINESS. A TRADES UNION'S 'CLAIM,.'.'.. Reserved judgment was delivered in the case in which the Wellington Amalgamated Society of Carpenters', and Jointers' Industrial' Union of Workers claimed . £2 12s. from Robert Lamason, of Tancra Crescent, carpenter and joiner, for fifty-two weeks' contributions ■ at Is. a week, from February 13, 1906, to February 13, 1907.' Mr. A. Hindmarsh appeared for the plaintiff union, and Mr. C. R. Dix. was-for defendant. During the-course of his remarks, the magistrate said:—Dofendant states that he notified the union secretary in October, 1905, of his-intention to resign. No written notice was given, nor do the rules provide that notice should be given, but it is evident that defendant's memory is at fault, for the books sbow -a. pay.

ment on account of subscriptions in Feb'ruary, 1906. The onus of proving the date of resignation is on the defendant, and he has not discharged it.. Judgment was accordingly given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, .£2 lis'., with Court costs. ,■ • • ■ ■ • ■ '■ UNDEFENDED CASES. : . Judgment by default was . given for plaintiff in the following . undefended oases:—Hutcheson, Wilson and Co. v. Harry Listen, ■ .£23 Gs! Id., costs'.£2 Hs.; Gordon and Gotch Proprietary, Ltd. v. Frank Edward Meyrick,. J-3 10s., costs 10s.; Kosher Meat and Poultry. Depot v.Thomas O'Neill, £3 Bs., costs lis.; Eobert Slartjn, .Ltd., v. Frank Cameron, \£3s 7s. \id„ costs. £2 175.; Eliza Lee' v. John Llewellyn Arthur, il3 155., costs ,£1 10s. !"■- ; : __.- .;•' JUDGMEiNfT SUMMONS. ■ : James Mathieson was; ordered to pay £1 16s. to George and Kerslev, Ltd., on' or before October 20, in. default .seven days''imprisonment.