MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 10

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

| (Before Mr. !\V. G. Riddcll, S3L)".' | .ALLEGED SLY CROC-SELLING. T , COMMENTS BY COUNSEL. v t 'As 0 result of tho polico raid in Cuba Street last. Sunday/ Fanny. Prior apj 1 peared heforo tlio magistrato yesterday. I chargod with having . unlawfully "sold !■- beer to Arthur. Palmer 'on . Sunday i last. Arising out of'tlio • 6amo charge, ■ ton men were arraigned on n chargo of ' having been found' 011 premises wliero .'•..liquoriwas seized. Their namos.w.cro: • John Belford, Thomas Belford, William" i Bolton, Benjamin Eado,-John Galbraith,' •Frank., Hunt, Donald Larn'ach, James i.; M'Donald, Michael O'Brien, and Charles i Saunders. Mr'. C. R. Dix appeared'on ; behalf of all the defendants; and entered » plea, of not guilty in every case. ■ When the case against Fanny Prior f • was about to bo called, Mr. Dix stated that "a' Woman . named "Kate," who ! boarded with the defendant, could fur- »> jiish material evidciico for tho defence, ! but she could not be found; • Counsel [ asked if sho had .bqen.called,as".a,"4vit,, i ness tor tho i)rosecutioii.* ~\ [■ Station-Sergeant • " Darby said" tho [. womnii \vas.a defendant, but tlio'polico ( ■ had not been ablo to\sorvo' her with u Eummo;i?j'ct. v ; , p. Mr! Dix: You givo us her.name, and (> we'll find Lor. . \ ' ,

'Addrossing tho magistrate, Mr. Disc continued, "Wo havo reason to beliovo that she has-been told to ge£-tjut of thq.iway. -I t*i 8 * rem ft rlmblq, Jlm t lie so men,'- nearly »1T seafaring men, could bo fdulicl,~a woman, addressed as < Katc i ~by~tftg~psTtsgr - (i6Uld' IWt' l>o found." .

■ Station-Sergeaut Darby, stateiLathat lmnjcuwasrlv'atft.,Nugent. were find nor as were tho other side,' and her summons had-hlready been enlarged. • i Mr. Dix applied . for tho issuo of a . warrant to compel tho woman to attend, v .Tho> application- was. granted, ' !caStfa"wero ad--1 journed until Monday next. CRUELTY TO HORSES. ' ;:Isdward Bloomftold, Walter Andrews, and Ernest Sargeant wcro jointly charged with cruelty to horses, Bloomfield was" tho proprietor, of a inilk run and tho owner of a brott'n liorso nnd a bay horse, tho. subjects of,the charges. , Andrews..nnd Sart'eartt weTe: driv<Sr3 in . tho employ of Bloom/ield, • and had each driveiH<)ii««'of tho horses.. Mr. D. S. Smitli "cnterod"a plea of guilty ou. b.ebalf, of. .caqli. of tho defendants, •stating'that; ■sfs-stoon as tho matter had been complained of by tho inspec-tor,--of- tho S.I'.C.A. Bloomfield had 'secured tho services of a veterinary surgeon for both horses. Mr. A. L. Hcrilman, who appeared for tho S.P.C.A., stated that tho caso was a bad one, and asked' tho magistrate to inflict an exemplary penalty. Andrews and Sargeant wero cacli fined 305., with costs 7sj,<. in •default-seven -days', imprisonments " BloomTjcltn; TojU !each qhargo .Wag,'fined* 40K, v,'ith tVJ®t& 7p aqd solicitor's fef Is;;; •baas fouri^iijdays^jmprrßdwnent.. .. . • "Iho jeason-flflij l X.-liiacCno money on mo when arrested is that I paid my. board_ in. advance," said . Thomas ■ -M-!Guiro|Wiliftß^George ed not guilty.to a charge of being an idlo and disorderly person ill > that lip co^rC^!wM~MpntOT"tEi6viM." r i Oil being pressed by Chiof-Detectivo Broberg, -tho ' accused 'stated that tho "board" ho ( Jjij.d ~i>jid'.' was, ss. 'for a room. Tlio'eviifenco-bf tlwdotcotives showed that a fcw. wjocks'ago ho camo down from Auckland!|Js a fircniaii on thoMokoia, aijd $10 far. tlio trip~and a rcturn.-pdfia^jtoj-Auokland. Ho had let tlie"pass 'rim oift;"an(f during his stay in Wellington had,.been frequently 'sspiHir tl)p reputed thieves." "TEorV.wcro' li previous convictions against .him./ . A sentencb of two months' imprisonment was imposed. ' i ■ ' Marga'tot M'Hiigh. ,plea3«l .'guilty to a cliargo of drunkenness, but denied being a rogup and a' f .vagabond!.- After the evidcnco'lii'd bMii tendered, tho magistrato held that'sho must bo convictions against her, and she was sentenced fo six months' imprisonment. 'On lhe"chargo of drunkenness she' was convicted and discharged. , i ;• -THE GAMING LAWt 5,1 ' ..Henry Jackson - was charged j-with Being ,in Willis Street.for .the .purpose of;bettin^ v on Fobruary„23, A : Mr. 'Pjjy,. "asketilfor'a remand,"aiid 'th'e "caso "was > sot. dow iKfo^W«lii6sday~nf)xt....-Coun-sel, suggested, tbat.aceuscd ha, admitted : 'itf Tho magistrato ho would reduco tho bail toiSJßpVut accused would have to find ono surety of £25 also. " U ! "'Wi/'i.'j' j:'„. . »- JHEEATENINQr BEHAVIOUR, OJj^ioftTSftv ' JlaHWrjr^SWs-ntTiStfi 1 thero were' 52' previous' and Stephen-..Hansen, who had been "con- ,'}® tSt-JW previous both "plf&ded guilty; to a cliargo trf 'using threatening behaviour in a public placo, of tho peace. 'Each defendant wa's" fined 405., m default fourteen days' imprisonment.

, ..ASSAULT; ' ' ; . ; sVilliam~Sto'pns,..for. whom ,Mr. H. ;F.;o'.L«arj appeajedi lfl£ad<jd not'guilt.v to a cliargo of having' assanlted-nJosepli John Tobin, in tho Koyal Tiger Hotol, on February.;. 17., Accused,/admitted having ; t\fi66,'hit Tobin',"'btit -bleadod provocation. /Mfepj aencc, tho inagislra'to held that a conviction must ..bo jeeorded. A fine of £2 was imposed;, wjth witiitfss'e 'expenses Gs.,; in. "dcfauitTSCvpn'v, days'^iinrgrison- , PEOmBtTED, FEBSONS.,. ; charged;,vwitH:! tho currency-of-a..prohibition.ordci;, was finod 20s. and costs 75., in default soven days' v , imprisonment,'.; ;thp jniagistrato warning; him that' ho'was 1 bo sent' for a term to' tho Inebriates' Homo at 'Eotorua. not appear to answer"a cliargo of procuring liquor during'tho currency .'of prohibition . order, He. "\vaß, iniQ<l 40s. } and costs 7s;"' • ' .:v!-"'"-v..:-; - .!: ".'OTHER CASES. .

• , A ' first-offending • inebriate,» who ' did ■not','appear, was'ordered to-foifeit his /bail of ;ios.).;6r undergo 24" -1111prisonment, Four other first "offenders, 'were fin^^fis"., :: 'altetiiative' of 24 hours' i'niprisoiimPiit;. and.'twl) tithcrs wero convicted and,.discharged;; ,

- A prohibition;order was issued against -Jlargaret Grace Lano,. to.takoeffect for 0116 year. . ," , -'";a

v A youth pleaded guilty.'to a charge, of having. damaged., a.. windo»via s-AYriglit Street,'. by.,,thra)vjng,.a. .stone., JstationSergeant Darby stated that„the dajnago had - sincp 'bceu good by 'the replacing of "tho wimloA'. 'A'Tino. of' 55., with costs 75.„-,Wi\s, imi)osed;','tho default being .4S Jiours' 'iinprisonmcnt. For'driving .a-.Yehiclo .after", sunset without a light, Walter ; Harris was lined 10s. ; and coits Vs. An adjournment'until Mafcli 6' was granted, in tho, : cases brought .by tho Inspector of Factories, .against 1?. Barber and Co., Garrett and Co., Tlho Gear Co., Jainps Rod and-C0,.. and Mio/Waingawa Meat Co.V.Thdfchnrgo in"6vcry casewas-that i,tho ..firm empl,oy_cd an assistant for nioro.'.'Jthan: lliiio hours on moro than one day in tho week ending February 13. ' Mr. "A." t: Iferdinan appeared for all of tho defendants. For having, an unstamped icachino'in his.possessiou,.shcllmachine jiot being '\Y?jtL>r a fruit hawker, was fined 105.," and court costs 10s., .48 hours' imprisonment.

■ Louis William Ludwig admitted n breacTi of tho Shopsiiiul Offices "Ait in having Tailed hiV'Ship "at 9 p.m. on February; 13. 'Ho.istatcd'.that 110 business was dono - after thathour. The magistrate recorded a .conviction, and ordered' defendant to pay : • court casts 7s. 'V. " i JUVENiLB;iCpU^T,v;>7 ; % lad ten years of ago was iicforo tho magistrate yesterday on' ftYtHnrgo of stealing a watch, valuo £S.los-, tho property of Ernest Bowater. , Tlio lad admitted tho offence, and Ukk'magistrate convicted him and ordered,! him to rcceivo five-strokes of the 'bitcb.