MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1874, 7 October 1913, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

-9 — ■ . OUTPOSTS OUTWITTED. i. 1 \ Caught unawares by the police oa ; Saturday, George Albert Rit6on was : charged before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., . at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, with being a roguo and a vagabond, \ and with plaving "hazards," on Water- : 100 Quay, on the day indicated." Hq, pleaded not guilty to the charge' of" being a rogue and a vagabond, but pleaded guilty to the other count. His Worship: If you aro found playing an unlawful game you aro liable to be charged as a rogue and a vagabond, j By. playing ail unlawful game, you aro ; deomed to be a rogue and a vagabond. Polico Inspector Hendry stated that ; a detective rode up to tho crowd on his bicycle, and beforo those present wore . Ware of his presence, ho had arrested l ;• llitson, who was caught in the act of .. picking up the dice. •'. i The charge of being a roguo and a ' vagabond was withdrawn; and on tha; ; count of playing hazards, Ritson was : fined 4.05., in default seven days' im« i prisonmant. ' j EFFORT TO GET HOME. A plea of guilty was entored by Mar«'; shall John Jenkins, who was charged ; with travelling between Picton and Wellington on tho s.s. Pateona, with- 1 out paying his faro. _ ' ' Accused stated that ho was ill at tha : timo, and ho know that ho could get tho fare immediately on arrival at Wei- ; lington. ■ ' Police Inspector Hendry said that; j the accused nad been goldmining in tho ■ Marlborough district, and contracted a i lung disease. Arriving in Picton sick' and destitute, ho had adopted this means of getting home to his mother. N ; The inspector also mentionod ' that accused's mother, had offered tho fare to the Union Company, but tho company, refused it, owing to tho fact that kins-was (hen in custody. _ Under the circumstances, His Wor-.;; ship ordered the accused to pay amount of the faro, lis. " ' ' ""AFTER HEAVY DRINKING. lii swallowing a dose of poisonoug[ : fluid, Albert Potter attempted to com- : mit suicido, and when charged with tho offence, pleaded guilty. The polico. .statement waß to tho effect_ that ac-, ; cused was a married man living apart ; from his wife, and had been drinking heavily. • After warning the accused, tho Mag« istrato entered a conviction, and order-' ; ed him to como up for sentence when called upon. Potter was also mado tho . subject of a prohibition order, and was' ■ ordered to pay medical expenses/ amounting to £1 2s. 6d. OTHER COURT CASES. Finos of 20s. each wero imposed on ; Alex. Francis M'Lcan and Gordon Webb, and Geo. Meliide, who pleaded guilty to a chargo of stealing an ovor- 1 coat, the property of Alexander Purata. Ernest Alfred Schultz was sontenced I to one month's imprisonment for dis- i obeying a maintenance order. For a : "similar offence' Mary James was fined 20s. • : Francis Walter Godfroy and John Cashman, who created a breach of tho ] peace on Saturday night in Molesworth ; Street, were each fined 20s. On a charge, of assaulting his wife. Maurice Bardsley was fined 405., and costs £1 Is., with the option of going • to gaol for fourteen days. Alice Parkor, who entered a hotel whilst under tho influence of liquor, and refused to leavo the premises when or- . dered to do so by the proprietor, was made tho subject of a prohibition order,. ■! and was fined 10s. - For resisting a constable whilst in tho execution of his duty, Robt. Henderson .was fined 20s. Richard Robinson, Wm. Paterson, and iWin. Lowis wero fined 10s. each for insobriety, and.James Brown was filled. 20s. Ono first offender, was orilered to pay medical expenses, amounting to.£l 10s. _ . i George, Hastings pleaded guilty to a chargo of theft of a quantity of old brass, valued at 55., snd was fined 40s.

A now method of giving medical shi. dents instruction, which, it is said, will j largely obviate the necessity of dissection, will shortly be put into practice at 1 a Philadelphia medical college. The process is based on the recent discovery by ; a German scientist of a fluid by tho uso ~i of which the human body can bo render- | cd transparent. Tho fluid, which is com- ; posed of several oils, turns tho flesh into a sort of transparent jelly when injected, ; enabling tho student to study the veins, | muscles, and bones far better, it is asserted, than if they resorted to the dissecting knife. It is said to b%> one of tlio ! most 1 valuable discoveries in medical, ! science of lato. years. ■ Members of tho Wellington Central ' Chamber of Coni.merco are reminded of i the general meeting to lie held at tho i Town Hall at 3.30 this afternoon. ■ " ' <