MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1497, 20 July 1912, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Mddell, S.M.) ' A YOUNG MARAUDER. UP-ON CHARGES OF THEFT. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday George Albert .Vfallingford pleaded.guilty jfco a charge'of Having,'■stolen-'k'-'pocket-book, a. pencil-case, and , three handktTphiefs (valued at JOs.) from, Robert Law. He..was. fined .£2.b 'Defendant is eighieeu'iyeais.of age.-. ; .f ..-.■ ■■:''/■■-.'■■•■ ■ ■■' , Two other chargeSof.theft'were brought , against Wallingford. He was charged ■with the theft of a gold watch, a gold chain, and' twVgold , pendants (valued .at .£lO 155.) from E. J. Furrell, at Wanganui; 'and.with the.theft of two diamond rings, two gold brooches, a gold' stud, .a silver buckle, a pair of gold links, a pair of ear-rings, a greenstone brooch, and an enamel star, of the total value of • £6Q, from Thomas Nixon, at Wanijanui. On the two last-mentioned charges defendant was remanded to appear at Wanganui'on July 26.

ONLY SEVENPENCE. John Albert Corbett appeared on a charge of having broken and entered the shop ".of F; Cooper, Ltd., WRlis Street, Wellington,'on tho night of July 18, and Btolen sevenpence. : ■ He-was remanded till July 24. Bail (£100) was allowed.'

WOMEN.IN ALTERCATION. May Gibooss, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having' assaulted Mary Bond, was convicted and ordered to appear for sentence when called on. A prohibition ■srder was issued against the defendant..

OTHER CASES. Vox having disobeyed a maintenance order.made by the Court, William "Arthur Andrews was fined £2. 1 Margaret Isabel Bolton was fined 55., ■with costs 75., for having allowed a waterpipe at her premises, Tory Street, to be out of repair so that water was wasted. __. . . . ... ; i William' Join Bell, a carter, was ordered to ,pay Court costs.(7s.) for having failed to keep a.wages and over-time book. Defendant stated that he only employed one man, and that he had'not thought ■;t necessary to keep a book. ■ / For having broken a prohibition order Came Co'rbett was fined £1. Five young me;i were charged with having tailed to render tho personal sen-ice Tcquired of them by Part VII of tho Defence Act, 1909, through their omission to attend tho regular ramp at Foxton in Jlay, and the.casual oamp at ■ Palmerston'North in Jmw. The five we.re: Leonard Book, Eobert Rrcd, N. White,. J. Hill and \ . Hawthorne.. Hook's case 'was ttiKen; hrst iuid was- dismissed. Heed • -.who lives inTinakori Bond, was lo pay .he cost of tho.Cnm-t procrediiips (11*.). White stated lmt ho JiP.d. no objection Iff^lT s !' T l ' U l at ho hiul frequently attended drills and parades, nn d his renKffi for not having SO nj to camp w.is that he ami another l, a ,V -hart to milk 06 cows daily, anil his employer had been unable to get anyone in his place. B> was ordered to pay. Court .costs (11*.). Hawthorne did hot appear,'and , his Worehip said that he had offered no excuse. Ho was fined £S, with Cmirr costs (11.?.). defendant it was said, lived at Lower Hutt. Hill was fined .£2, with costs lls.). His Worship remarked that .a i? tt ! r jsfi fore - th ° Coflrt frora Hin - ■that Hill was now in Mannia. (Taranalri). John Smith was fined 10s. for havin* damaged'a cell pan while ho was locked flip on a- charge of insobriety. He was &lso, required to make restitution fe.OdY William Hames Barrow, who was conVictecT of ■ insobriety, was ordered to •pay 'expenses amounting to 13s. Gd. John Williamson pleaded guilty to a V-.ha.Tge that he had attempted suicide at Otiiki on July 11. He was .ordered to appear for Pcutenco when called on. William Edward Thompson was convicted of va.jjrai'.or, and was ordered to appear for .sentence- whoa called on.'