MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1573, 17 October 1912, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) MISSING CATTLE. RAILWAY PORTER IN TROUBLE. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Cuthbort Bridge, a. railway porter, was charged with having stolen two cows and four heifers, valued at JH7, belonging to Frederick Stephen Witton; a . Heifer,. ! valued nt .£3, belonging to John Breeh; five heifers, a cow, anil a. bull, valued at ; JC23 55., belonging to William Bell; and a heifer, valued at .£4, belonging to — i Moxbam;. one heifer, valued at £2 10s., i the property of — Calcinai. i Chief-Detective Broberg mentioned that . the , allegation was that Bridge, Who-was a [ railway porter living at Mastcrton, had > come to Wellington on leave on August la last, and had taken the cattle referred to ) from the Tinakori Hills, driven them as • far as Upper Hutt, and then entrained k them to Sqlway, near Masterton. [ A quantity of evidence was heaitl, and accused, who was represented by Mr. T. ■ M. Wilford, pleaded guilty, and was com- ■ mitted to the Supreme Court for sentence. Mr. Wilford asked permission that the • accused be brought before his Honour the ' Chief Justice "in the Supreme Court at 10 a.m. on Friday next. His Worship I agreed to that, and also allowed bail in ' the sum of .£IOO, with two sureties of • .£SO each. JAMES STELLIN AGAIN. . , James who was brought up on i two charges of betting on licensed pre- . mises, was remanded until to-morrow, [ bail being allowed in the sum of ,£35. J TO GO. TO WAVERLET. : ' William Thomas M'Evoy was remanded t to tho Magistrate's Court, Waverley, on a l charge of obtaining w£3 by false pretences from Mary Kavanagh. U.S.S. CO.'S PEACHES. Frederick Howard, on. a charge of stealI ing two tins of preserved peaches, valued ; at Is. 46., tho property oi .the Union Steam Ship Co., was -remanded until Sat- ( urday movning, bail in. the 6um of ,£lO . being, allowed. INSOBRIETY. s For insobriety. May-Gibbon-was fined 405., with the option, of going to gaol for ■■ seven days. Annie Winifred Dunn ana Thomas Chalmers M'Gregor were each fined 205., in default three days' iinprisonment. ' 5 . MOUNT COOK COURT. • At the Mount Cook Police Court yes- ' terday, Mr. L. M. M'Kenzie, J;P., dealt 1 with six first offenders as follows:—One, i who failed to put in an..appearance, w.is • fined 10s., with .the option of spending > forty-oißht hours in prison; four were • convicte'd and discharged; and the other ; was fined 55., with the usual alternative.