LOWER COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1920, 1 December 1913, Page 9

LOWER COURT.

BROKEN WHARF BARRICADE. Saturday's sitting of the' Magistrate's Court lasted less than an hour. Several now strike cases appeared on the list. Mr. Evans, S.M., was on the Bench. I'-ohort .Tames Chris Seal was arrested on Saturday morning, and charged in Court with' having wilfully destroyed a wharf barricade, valued at £20, on October 21, Seal is a wharf labourer on strike. lie said that he could not plead guilty as lie did not remember the occurrence. J Jo lias remanded till "December 5, and was in-ant-ed bail (£25). The Bootmaker's Escapade, Robert Adams was convicted on a charge of having used obscene language on Friday last. .Accordins to Inspector Hondrey, a

number of special constables were gathered near the Taranaki Street AVliarl, and tlio accused, who was probably under the influence of liquor, tried to get on the horses. Ho was told by one of the special men to move. 011, and shortly afterwards had to again be told to go away. He then used the language complained of. Adains, who is a bnotmak.er. expressed regret at his having used the words, and said that- the explanation was that he got excited. The magistrate said that such language was not tolerable in the public streets. He fined Adams £3, in default seven days' imprisonment.

Snatch at a Qritlls. For having conducted himself in a disorderly manner while lie was drunk, George M'Leqd was fined £1. M'Leod said that he had just arrived from the country. His offence, it appeared, included the act of stepping out into tho road and endeavouring to catch tho bridle of a liorse ridden bv a special constable, Two special men apprehended him and conveyed him to the police station. A Well-drosscil Russian. Alfred Janscn, a rather well-dressed Russian, !2'J years of age, appoaroij, charged with having taken part in a riot 011 Queen's Wharf on October 24. flu was remanded till December Bail (£SO) was allowed. Samuel Thompson was remanded till December 5 011 a charge of his having taken part in a riot in Waterloo Quay on October 30. Bail (£SO) was allowed.