MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1140, 30 May 1911, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) A STREET DISTURBANCE. As a result of a disturbance originating at the Terminus Hotel on Saturday night, and extending to Manners Street, two seamen off the Drayton Grange appeared at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning to answer various charges. Francis Fisher was charged:'(l) With provoking a. breach of the peace; (2) with assaulting Constable Shaw; (3) with using improper language. Carl Anden was charged: (1) With provoking a breach cf the peace; (2) with assaulting Constable Shaw; (3) with usiug improper language; (i) With wilfully damaging a. pair of trousers; (5) with assaulting Detective Hammond. Each accused pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Sub-Inepector Sheehan stated that it would bo necessary to ask for a remand, as Constable Shaw was confined to his bed, and his evidence was necessary. Each accused was accordingly remanded until June 5, on the understanding that he will-be brought up before if Constable Shnw is fit to appear on that date. , MAINTENANCE. A separation order was granted against William Tollock, and he was ordered to pay £1 per week towards tho support of his wife, and also £2 2s. solicitor s fee. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for complainant, and Mr. Iv. Kirltealdic for defendant. Matthew Cooper, who is at present [ undergoing a term of imprisonment on [ account of his failure to find sureties to keep tho peace towards his wife, was defendant in a case, at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in which his wifo applied for separation and custody of children. Cooper consented to an order being made in terms of'the application, provided that he. should have access v to the children. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for the complainant. Elizabeth Ann Evans applied for. summary separation and maintenance from her husband, Robert Evans, on the ground of persistent cruelty. The case was partly heard last week. At the conclusion of the hearing yesterday, his. Worship said that the evidence did not go far enough to prove persistent cruelty,, and wpuld not warrant an order being"made, but, had complainant nske<l that defendant be bound over to refrain from using the. language that had been mentioned in evidence, his Worship would have ordered him to find sureties. The present' information, however, would have to be dismissed.

OTIIER CASES: Eric Anderson, a sailor oft the Drayton Grange, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and to a further charge of wilfully damaging a cell bucket, valued at 6s. nd., thp property of the New Zealand Government. On the first charge he was convicted and discharged, and, on the 'second, he was fined 10s., and ordcrcft to pay Cs. 9d. for the damage done, in de-. fault IS hours' imprisonment. A remand until June 2 was granted in the case against. Daniel Sullivan, charged with' indecency iii Hall Street. Mr. E. .1. Fitzgibbon, who appeared for accused, asked for bail, which was fixed at ,£25, and one surety of ,£25 or a deposit, of JE2S. Three first-offending inebriates were convicted and discharged.