MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

.(Before Dr. A. It' Arthur, S.M.) DESERTING SEAMAN GAOLED. SHIP PUT TO A GREAT EXPENSE.. Georgo Jl'Leod pleaded guilty to a chr.ree tliat on December i 2, bsinVa duly d^w. SMman . of the cIM M'L»ren- • Sub-Inspector Nonvoid stated'.• that J Lood ope of tho four desprtoi"; ivlio had left the ship when sho was oil i t SV, , , Tl -" S " ot onl - v P ut the -nip to considerable inconvenience by way ot delay, but it entailed heavy csaSths°h"b U tutcs Sc ,'i uml demanded .£■lo for tho trip.Home. It was becoming c ° mm °Mhiii.S for firemen and others to desert 111 this way, and-it anreared as if nothing but the.infliction of penalties would put a stop to it. MLeod. had actually arranged for portion nn bo paid to someone in the Old Country, and the ship was put to further expense >. cabling Home to have these payments, stopped. The magistrate said that he looked upon this offence as a very serious one. Not only did the offenders break their contiT.cts and put tho shipping coinpauv to very great expense to £11 their places'but in addition, they wore..foisted on the eumtry, and that without ,a" certificate a.s to character so that it was even nns siblo that .they were criminals. "?nd vet," added his ■'Worship, "these fellows cry out about a few foreigners that tako their places." ' . Asked if he had anything to say the accused answered, "Nothing at all," and the magistrate, after remarking on the man's air of indifference, imposed a sentence of one month's imprisonment. OTHER CASES. Robert M'Minn. charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and promised to leave tho city if. given 0110 more chance. He was convicted and discharged. Three first-offending inebriates, who had spent a night in the cells, were also convicted and discharged. Another first offender' was fined 55., with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment, -md (wo other first offenders, who did not appear; were ordered to forfeit their bail (10s. each) or undergo 48 hours' imprisonment. Two charges against Bernard Alfred GiiYord were ineuiioned. Chief Detectivc Brobsrg stated that Gifford had taken his own life in gaol during the period of remand. An entry was accordingly made against the charges.