MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

—— ■ (Before Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M.) A SATURDAY NIGHT. RIOT. AX AGGRESSIVE AUSTRIAN. Antonio Stuparicli, au Austrian, appeared in the dock on four separate chargcs, arising out of a disturbance ill Cuba Street oil Saturday, night. The charges were: '.Assaulting a femulc, name unknown, using improper language, resisting the. police, and damaging a policeman's shako, valued at 7s. fid. Accused pleaded not guilty' to all the charges, stating that he was drunk, nnd did not remember what lirid taken place. Evidence called by Sub-Inspector Norwood was to the efroct that", as a result of a complaint received by the police, Sergeailt M'Crorie and Constable Glynn followed accused up Cuba Street and saw llim catch hold of a woman who screamed, and drew herself away. Accused was then arrested, and as a result of bis resisting, a crowd collected, and followed tho police to. the station in Manners Street. Tho police were obstructed and knocked down several times, and the assistance of Detectives Rawle and Cameron and Constable Shine had to be obtained., The Magistrate remarked that, if nc-' c'uscd took so much drink, ho would have to bear the consequence. On the charge of resisting., the police he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment; for the use of improper'language a fine of <£3 was imposed in default seven days' imprisonment; for the assault, accused was fined 405., with the alternative of seven days' gaol; and for damaging the shako he was . ordered to make good the, value, <s. l!d., in default 24 hours' imprisonment. " . OBST^LXTING,.THB'POLICE. Arising out of the.charges against Stu-' paricli, a man named John Lilley was charged with obstructing. Constable Glynn. Accused, who was defended by Mr. J. J. M'Grath, pleaded not guilty. ' From the evidence of the police it appeared that Lilley vfas prominent among the crowd that followed tho polico, and ho several times caught hold of the prisoner Stuparicli, and.also placed his hands upon Constnble Glynn. Ho was arrested | by the latter about half an hour "after Stuparicli had been locked up. Tho defence was that accused bad no intention of obstructing the police, that he went back when-told-to, and that he had only been acting from a desire to secure tho prisoner' fair play. - • i The magistrate said that acAised had brought the troublo oil himself by not minding his own business. A fine of M was imposed, the alternative being ■14 days' imprisonment. ■ THIEF TREATED LENIENTLY. John Smyth Mitchell, a young married man, pleaded guilty to theft of £7, the of 113. R. Donaldson. Chief Detective Broberg'.ftated that the offence took, place at Titahi'Bay on November 20. Accused'had been'invited-to the bay to spend .'the day .with a party of young men and while there had abstracted the money from the , clothes of ono of tho party, Donaldson. It was accused's first appearance before '.the Court. Mr. E. J. Fitr.gibbon, on behalf of- accused, said that his parents were cmino.tly. respectable people residing in Inyereargill. Mitchell's offence was clue to drink. Thero was a wife and child to bo considered, and. counscl asked that a lenient view of tho ofrenco be taken, and accused would endeavour to. restore the money. . The magistrate. convicted, accused and • ordered him to come up , for . .sentence, when called upon on condition that' the money was refunded within a month. . HORSE UNFIT FOR WOliK. Daniel Turner pleaded guilty to ilk treating a horse by working it while it was ill an unfit and was fined ' 405.,-with costs totalling u£2 135., in dc'faiilt'seven days'. imprisonment. Mr. ■'Webb appeared for the S.P.C.A., and Mr. E. Jl Fitzgibbon for the accused. . A charge ,of ill-treating a horse was . also preferred against Turner's employer, David Andrews! who pleaded net guilty,After hearing .thp evidence, tho Magistrate dismissed ■ the information:- Mr. Webb appeared for the S.P.C.A., and Mr. E. J. Eitzgibbon. defended. PROHIBITED PERSONS. Jabez AVooldridge, for whom Mr. Ayson appeared, admitted procuring liquor during .tha currency of a prohibition order,* and Ernest Mudgway ' (also represented by Mr. A) : son) pleaded guilty to being a party to the offence. Sub-Inspector Norwood stated that the men drove to Pahautanui on the occasion of the of-, fence. On tlie way home the horse and" trap fell over an embankment, the horse' ' being killed, and the trap smashed (a pieces. 1 Each accused was fined 405., and ordered topay court'costs, in default seven days' imprisonment.. For entering licensed premises during the currency of"i a prohibition order, Thomas Chambers Leslie M'Gre'gor was lined 405., with costs 75., in default seven days' imprisonment. . INSOBRIETY." 'Clara Algar, against whom there were 75 previous conviotions, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, aiid to a further charge.. of . procuring liquor during the currency of a iprohibition order. On the first charge, she was sentenced to three months'- detention in the Salvation Army Home, and, for the second offence, she-was convicted and discharged. Violet Campbell, who also had a long list of pervious convictions, was charged with " similar offences, and dealt with in the. ..' same manner.' Mary Smith, for drunkenness, was fined 205.,. in default seven days' imprisonment, a prohibition order to issue against her. Allan Steel Ramsay, Charles Heron, and Thomas Easton, fori drunkenness, were each fined 10s., in default 4S hours' imprisonment. One first. offending inebriate, who did. not appear, was fined 10s., in default 24. hours' imprisonment, and another first offender was fined 55., with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment. JUVENILE COURT. In the Juvenile Court yesterday a young girt was' convicted' of destroying betiding, valued at '<£2, the property of the St. Mary's School authorities.. She was committed to the T'e Orangi Home. ' OTHER CASES'. > On'the information of the Inspector of Weights and Measures, several defendants were 'convicted -of irregularities. Forhaving light : weights in his possession, Neil Ulair Austin was fined 205., with costs 75., a similar fine being imposed on him for having unstamped weights. Mouat Brothers, for having in their possession unstamped 'weights, were fined -Jos. ( with costs 7s. John Mulford was fined 205., and costs 75., for being the possessor of au imperfect weighing madhme. On a similar charge, George Webb was fined 10s., and costs 7s.' . For allowing a horse to be at large, Meyer' and Illingworth wero ordered to pay court costs 95., and witness's expenses 45., in default 24 hours' imprisonment; |