MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 15

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

' (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, SAL) ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKING. Herberi Conroy, appearing 011 remand, was charged with breaking and entering the. residence of Abraham Myers, iii Majoribauks Street, and stealing therefrom goods valued at £13. I He was further remanded until Decem- | ber 7. : fines for assault. 1 A man named Heed, for whom Mr. Myers appeared, was charged with assaulting M. Corliss, so as to cause' him actual bodily harm. Mr. Myers stated that he had communicated with yr. Henry, who. informed him that the injuries sustained by Corliss were not serious, and counsel therefore asked that tlio charge bo reduced to one of common assault. Sub-Inspector Norwood offered nonobjection, and the Magistrate allowed tho charge to be reduced. Accused then pleaded guilty.. It appeared that, as tho result of an altercation in Panama Street, on Thursday night, _ accused struck Corliss with a inflicting a severe cut, ana temporarily disabling him. A fine of £3 was imposed, with medical expenses £1 Is.-, in default 14 days' imprisonment. ?■ * William Norris, who pleaded guilty to assaulting a youth' named Stanley JJavis, ou the .gangway of the steamer Arahura, was fined £3, with witnesses' expenses 125., in default 14 days'' imprisonment. . As the result of a neighbours' quarrel m Peter Street on Sunday afternoon 1 frvo cases of assault were dealt with in the Magistrate's Courti yesternr' rA, caso a 6 ainst Charles Marshall Vc J & ckson) for assaulting Mrs. Martha Moran (Mr. Wedde) was dismissed. For assaulting Mrs. • Ellen Marshall (Mr. P. W; Jackson), Mrs. Martha Monln (Mr. Wedde) was fined 10s.,with witnesses' expenses 125., and solicitors fee £L Is., in default 48 hours' imprisonment, THE NIGHT OF THE PiRTY. Gilbert Tinney, through his solicitor, Mr. J.. J. M'Grath, pleaded guilty to a charge of taking two gallons of beer into a No-License district, without having such beer properly labelled. The ottcnce was committed on November 14, but Mr. M'Grath stated that it was a mere technical breach of the law. Tinney was. going to a party, and the beer was his contribution to the commissariat. Ho had no idea that tho Jaw required tho liquor to bo labelled, or he would have complied with it , A .fine, of'2os. was imposed, with costs 7s., 1 in default 48 hours' imprisonment. THREATENING BEHAVIOUR. ■ Nieri Eugenio, a sailor on tho Italian barque King Malcolm, charged with "using threatening behaviour in Featherston Street, was fined 40s and witness's expenses 65., in default seven days' imprisonment. ' ' ■'■i. THEFT. Daniel Percy Thompson'pleaded guilty to theft on October 1 or a portmanteau, valued at 305., tho property of William-Sniith. He was fined 205., and ordered to pay 30s. (value of the stolon articlo), in default seven days' imprisonment. ■ . , BOYS WILL BE. BOYS. A lad in knickerbockers,.. Laurence M'Mullan. (Mr _ O. R. Dix), charged with . throwing- -a, iinissile in a - public -street, was fined 55., "with" costs 95., in default 24' hours' imprisonment. .Three youths named G.eorge.Christie, Aldred .Howard, and Charles Grinrod, pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging a window blind, valuo Is. 6d., tho property of Wey Keys.- Each accused was fined 55., and ordored to pay 2s. 6d. towards making good tho damage, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. INEBRIATES: ONE HABITUAL. Frederick Hunt, charged with drunk-• nenness, was deemed to be a'habitual inebriate, and was ordored to go to the Inebriates Home at Rotorua and' remain there for ouo year. For breach of a prohibition order, tho same accused Was convicted and discharged. James M'Michael, for breach of a prohibition order, was fined £3, in default 21 days' imprisonment; and, on a charge of drunkenness,' was. convicted and discharged. William 'Newman, charged with procuring liquor during the currency. of a prohibition order, was fined 405., in default seven days', imprisonment. On a charge of drunkenness, he was convicted and discharged.' , : BROKEN BY-LAWS. Charles Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of burying two dead horses in the city, and_ was fined 405., with costs 7s.', and solicitor's fee £1 Is., in default seven days" imprisonment. Andrews and Lissington, .charged with having no registered number on a vehicle, were lined 10s., with costs 95., and solicitor's fee'£l Is., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Mr. 'J. O.'Shea (city solicitor) prosecuted. ■ For driving a vehicle at a pace .other than r, walk round the corner of Tory Street and Vivian Street, John Bowen was fined 205., with costs 75., in dofaidt 48 hours' imprisonment. The same accused was convicted and ordered to pay court costs, 75.-for refusing to stop when called on to do so by a constable. Thomas Turner was convicted and ordered to pay Court costs 7s. for riding on tho step of a tramcar. Default was fixed at 24 - hours' imprisonment. G. White, for a similar offence, was cflnvicted and ordered to pay Court costs 135., in default 24, hours' meut. For boarding a tramcar while in motion, Edward Neale was convicted and ordered to pay Court costs 175., and witnesses'' expenses 125., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. ,For leaving a vehicle unattended for more than five minutes, R-obert Cunningham (Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon) was fined 10s., with costs 75., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. . For allowing horses to wandfcr in the city, the following defendants. were fined^: —William F. Fogden, 205., costs 75.,, in dofault 48 hours' imprisonment; Frank Dunne, 10s., costs 75., in default 48 hours' imprisonment; Thomas G. Needham, 55., costs 75., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. <. Edward Jas. Dennehy, for riding a bicj'clo after dark without a light, was fined ss. and costs 75., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. For not stopping when directed to do so by a constablo, tho samo accused wis convicted iind ordered to pay Court costs 75., in default 24 hours' imprisonment._ . _ Young Loo, charged with riding a bicycle after .dark without a light, was fined 55., with costs 75., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. OTHER CASES. Samuel Bray (Mr. H. F. O'Leary) pleaded guilty to- using obsceuo language, and was fined £4, with costs lis., in default 14 days' imprisonment. Leonard Carter, charged with failing to maintain an illegitimate child, was remanded for a fortnight. Bail was allowed in £50 and ono surety of £50. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for defendant and Mr. Grundy for complainant. William Jame3 / on a charge of indecency, Was lined £3, with costs lis., in default 14 days' imprisonment. H. G. Wilton (Mr. C. R. Dix) sued Geo. Reichardt, wider tho Fencing Act, for failui'o to erect a dividing fcnco. Tha'

magistrate decided that defendant must erect the fence: in accordanco with tho notice, and pay costs 10s., witness's expenses 10s., and solicitor's fee, £1 Is. An adjournment for a week was granted in a case against Daniel M'Carthy, charged with furiously riding a horse on the Lyall Bay beach on November 20. A case against G. Crocker (Mr. Wedde) for using insulting behaviour at Lyall Bay was adjourned until Monday, defendant to pay 12s. witnesses' expenses. CIVIL BUSINESS. (Bofore Dr. .A. M'Artbur, S.M.)' CAB PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, Further evidence was taken in. the case in which Richard Patrick Flanagan (Mr. A. Blair), cab proprietor, of Wellington, sued Thomas Patrick Lyons (Mr. Machell), cab proprietor, also of Wellington, to rccover the sum of £45 18s. 4d., salary from Octobcr 1 to December S. Defendant counter-claim-ed £40, which it was alleged plaintiff had made on a deal in horse 3 during time ho should havo been devoting his services to defendant's business. There were alternative counter-claims for lesser amounts. There is still further evidence to be heard, and tho caso is adjourned -until Tuesday afternoon.