LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1730, 22 April 1913, Page 9

LAW REPORTS.

—:—* LOWER COURT. lIIS SWOOP ON MASTERTON, YOUTHFUL BURGLAR. Glyn Ivor Hazel, a_yout.li of 19 year?, who wns already awajting sentence cn two charges of .breaking and entering in Wellington, appeared on a charge of "having broken and entered the shop of Alexander Henderson, a jeweller, in' Queen Street, Hasterton, on March 29, and stolen .£BO worth cf jewellery. Tho ovidenco wag to the effect that Hazel left Wellington by train for 3lasterton on the afternoon of llarch 29, and after reaching Masterton that evening, "had a look round" and decided to break into Henderson's. Ho broke into tho place about midnight, and at about 4 o'clock ill the morning got away to Palmerston North on a goodg train. Hazel forced tho bars of a window apart by placing a vice betweer. them, and opening it. Somo of tho goods were recovered at pawnbrokers and second-hand dealors' shops in Wellington and Palmerston North. Hazel pleaded .guilty, and. was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. ONUS ON HOTELKEEPERS. "HOW CAREFUL THEY MUST BE." In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Elizabeth Mary Davey, licer.see of the Royal Hotel, La.mbton Quay, was charged' with having permitted drunkenness in her hotel. ' ..... : Mr. T. M. Wilford appeared for Mrs. Davey. Poilci'-Inspector Hendry gave evidence that on April S, in 1 the evening, a man was biongUt iiij.o the Lambton Quay police litation under arrest for drunkenness. The man fell down in the passage, and it was that fact which drew witness's attention'to him. . Later Mrs. Davey went to the police station and statal that she was sure that the man was not drunk, and she wished to have him examined by Dr; Henry. Witness was of the opinion that Mrs. Davey really believed that'tlie man Was not driink. • Sergeant. 'Henry deposed that he had seen the man referred'to in the bar iof the Royal Hotel, inebriated. This w'as just after a race train had arrived from Trcutliam. . , ■ Mr. Wilford'asked that the case be dismissed without calling on defendant to Itive.evidence; He mentioned that. Mr. Justice Chapman had said that a licensee I was net bound to take "excessively harsh measures" in order to eject a drunken mail. - In Mrs. Davey's case, continued Mr. Wilfc-rdi even if the man was drunk and she knew .it, the police had not proved that he was permitted to remain an unreasonable time on the premises. The magistrate: I think there is a case to ariswer. . . . I think that once a drunken, person is found in a hotel the onus'is on the licensee to give an explanation. The;defendant, Mrs. Davey, then gave evidence. She stated that she had been on her way to have the man removed when the police came in. She had ordered the'man out, but was exceedingly busy at tho lime as a race train had just come in. Mr. Wilford was proceeding to call other evidence, when the magistrate interrupted. ' . 1 .., "You need not call any further evidence," said his Worship. "I am not prepared to convict the defendant on the evidence. The position only shows how careful a licensee must be." STRUCK COURT CONSTABLE. Johii Anthony Campion was fined -CI for Wiving struck Constablo Miller, who was removing him from the Court during a sitting. * > 1 OTHER CASES. ' !/ For disobedience of maintenance orders Charlrs Blatcher was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment, "William Laining sentenced to threo months',imprisonment, and Alexander Johnson was fined .£2. William M'Luckie was fined .£1 for hiß, having assaulted Peter Benston, rind 10s., with costs 155., for having been found in this Railway Hotel on a Sunday. ■

Charles Bentley was fined .£3. with costs .£1 45., for having committed'a certain act in" Cambridge Terrace. /

Griffiths Charles Entwistlo was ordered to pay 2s. ]>er week towards the support of. a child in an industrial school. 1 ■