MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Dr. A;: M'Arthur; S.M.) ' THE CLAN M'LAREN DESERTERS. TWO MORE IMPRISONED/ John Nicholson pleaded , guilty to. a charge of deserting from the steamer [ Clan M'Laron on December 22. .. Evidence'was given to the cffect' that accused was ono of those who left the ship with tile man M'Leod, who -was convicted of desertion on Thursday. ! J-t was stated that what had »been said in reference to M'Leod- applied, also to A icliolsoii, but, in the latter's case, it had also to'be mentioned that lie had been signed on because of his excellent papers. As there were plenty of other men offering at the time, he had;probi auiy. kept some more. deserving person I-out. of work. Tho' Magistrate, after | remarking upon the gravitv 'of- the ofa sentence of. ono j month s imprisonment. A similar sentence was imposed on Aorman Morrison, another of the Clan -l Laren s deserters. Sub-Inspector Norwood stated that one of the : four men for whom warrants had been is sued, was still at large. '. -ABSENT WITHOUT LEWE Joseph Anderson pleaded guilty to a feten r<Anting, Wmself from 'the ■Uiaj ton Grange without leave, his'ex-' cuso being that ho had partaken So thitth° o U °u u Magistrate said that there-could be no excuse for a seiman- ge.tmg drunk when his ship''was TW+ /•. polnt of • sailing. a 5 -the ■Oiayton Grange was to sail in-the morning accused'would not be sent to prison,, but -he would be -ordered to |pay Court-costs ,75., and-also to forfeit ,two days pay. / : Patrickllegan, an A3-, on the' New Zealand Shipping Company's - steamer ' <!,]? I' Was , ?° ar #? d ' tftfi: absenting himHit tfom his ship without leave. The' evidence was to the effect that, -after bejng warned, - accused : had left ; t-ha snip, and arrived - back in .a drunken ' dutW° n, Tu eln >l u . n ? ble ' to Perform-his ?? f i-w Magistrate ordered Regan' to forfeit two day and to defray od'w' vll - ® Magistrate ,'stat-. od. that, had the vessel not 'been .'sail-' accused would :have been sentenced .to a term .of imprisonment. .. -■ SHOPLIFTING. f^lf(! r ' ne i? astil ! es not guilt? riSl 01l UM ? ber ;!9 of a pin-box. a trmket-bor, and. a purse,, of ,a : total a'nd U6 \lU ' the J? r °P.erty of Veitcli u ; lii6 eviaence of- one of the shop assistants wa's to the effect tnat accused went" to the" informants'. P9fp she wished to buy worthy qf furniture, but as sho did s°'' a PP. e ?i-- to - be -able to finance the transaction,; she was, told to leave.'-' As' ,sbe was passing out through tho door Lilater she was stopped, and asked to show what she had-in her' Snnil ' a ?- E^ e :then Produced- the goods mentioned in.; the'charge.: A constablo '■ was " consequently called ' in to arrcst > the woraaii. .' . oA^ CC °i^i' n 5 *° tl J e records, tho accused had not been before tk e Court before. She was a hard-working woman .but was. addicted to.drink." ; V^V..Asked_ if. she had-an}i;hing -to-say;'' at - -7 she ' a<3 taken- tho B°°° s they were paid for. * . . r H r<Jed -? conviction tence when called. *as g°ods to bb.^turnedyto

;*" VAGRANCY.''' ■ Robert Burns,.charged. with,bemoan' idle, and disorderly .person;, ivas ' sentencocl to three months' imprisonment/ ■there were ten previous convictions against him.- Ihc same accused' admit-' ted being intoxicated, on- Thursday night, and was'convicted and discharged ior-that offence, ~:. ' ....., , t M'Carthy, alias Carthy,. alias •John James Brown, who had previously i '"j c ? nvlc ' fi d of vagrancy and theft,' pleaded not guilty to a charge of beihe an idle and disorderly person, but the evidence was against him, and he was sentenced to three: month's' imprisonment, . Joseph. Nicholls; alias - Cooper,.. alias (limmerson, who had a long-list, of previous/convictions, against liim for various offences, was deemed to be an idlo and disorderly person without lawful means of support, and was sent-to caol for three months. , ' , , --THEFT OF WATCHES:- ■ i A youth named-John-Pereival Revell pleaded guilty to,-theft, on December y, ot a metal watch, valued at 2-ss. and a silver watch, valued at £4 10s. Both'.watches, it was stated, had' disappeared from a room in ft boardinghouse occupied by accused and the ! two : informants. One watch had - been pawned for 145., and the other had been left for repairs with a jeweller, whose charge was Bs. Accused had previously borne a good character, and was in steady work.; . , . ■ ' . The magistrate advised : the j ; oung man to make up his mind not'to set into trouble again. In order to give: him every, chance, his Worship took; a, lenient view, of" the- offence,- recorded : a' conviction, and ordered him to pay-12s. for the recovery Vof the. goods,, .and to come up for sentence when caned on. THE INEBRIATES. Mary Wilson, against whom theri were a number < of -previous convictions, was sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment for drunkenness. .. The , same accused ,was. fined 40s. for - procuring liquor during the currency of a pro" hibition order, the default being fourteen days' imprisonment. ' One first offending inebriate was.fined -55.; with the alternative of 24 hours': imprisonment, and another first offender, who did not appear, was ordered to forfeit his bail of 10s., or undergo 48 hours' imprisonment. -V •