THE RECKONING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1926, 8 December 1913, Page 8

THE RECKONING.

, DESERTERS FROM THE MAUNGANUI. LOSE 14 DAYS' PAY. Fifty-font of tho late members of tlio crew of the. s.s. Maunganui appealed before Sir. Riddell, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court on Saturday, 011 remand, charged with desertion. Mr. Levi appeared for tho Union Company, and Mr. P. J. o'R«g,m for the accused, who pleaded guilty. Mr. Levi tofrl His Worship that tJio men had apparently been wrongly advised by a union official that when tho bout vrns temporarily diverted' to Lyttelton their article;; were at an end. The company had 110 wish to press for the penalty of iirfprisownont against tlw inon, the greater number of whom were entitled to about 20 days' pay. j The accused wero each convicted raid ordered to forfeit l i days' pay. Samuel Thompson was called on to answer a charge of 'having taken part in a riot at Waterloo Quay on October 30. The case arose out of thn disturbance at tho Post and Telegraph Stores, and cvidenco was given that the accused took A. prominent part in the trouble. .Ho refused to leave tlvo yard when toM to do so, and called out "Cojuo <in, boys!" to tho crowd outside,'who then tore down part of the fcnco arid rushed tin; special constables. "Hio accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial, bail, £100, being allowed. Uncertain of Identity. Ernest Hackett, represented l>,v Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, pleaded not- irnilty to a charge of having used iusuKina; language at Jervois Quay. The principal witness for tho prosecution was, however, unable to swear to the identity^of tiro accused, ,ind tlvo magistrate dismissed tho information.