MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1932, 15 December 1913, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

■; HOMES IN STRIKE'.TIME. , . A WOMAN ATTEMPTS HEil LIFE. A' respectably dressed woman named Crlia. Parkinson was charged before Mr. W. G. Rlddell, 5.M.,-.at, the Magistrate's Court on Saturday with attempting to commit suicide at Wellington on* December 3. She pleaded guilty. Inspector Hendroy stated that somo time ago accused, whose husband is out of work as the result of tho strike, had boon drinking very heavily, and her child had been admitted to tho Wellington Receiving Homo. Accused had taken poison, and had nearly paid the penalty with her life. She had just been discharged from the' Hospital that morning, A lady friend was willing to take caro of her. "I hopo you won't try such a foolish action again," said His Worship to accused, "ami you'must keep off tho liquor if it has this effect on you. You will bo convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon." BOOT KLEPTOMANIAC. '"' "You must.have a mania for this sort of thinn," said Mr. Riddell to a man named George Evcrson, alias Emerson, who pleaded guilty to seven charges of stealing boots from Ideal shopkeepers. Chief Detective Brobera explained that it was accused's practice to enter a bootmaker's shop and before the shopkeeper had appeared at the counter detach a pair of boots from inside or outside the door, conceal them under his overcoat, and then, after buying a pair of laces, ho would depart with bis stolen property. When arrested accused had £4 in his possession and £20 in the bank. Evcrson was sentenced to thrco months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative. An order was also made that £2 Ms, bepaid o'tifc of accused's rnonev to'sonic of the shopkeepers .whom lie" had stolen boots from. '.. :.-', ..,"..■ , ■■'~ : "' •'theft'opbkas^;'.';■'., George Briaiit. a young man, twent-v----ona years old, was.charged with committing the theft of 301b, of brass, valued at £2 13s. !.! ( i., the property of C '™ °i and So "' Ho P {ea <J<sd guilty. The theft was ' committed at night, and on Friday morning accused attempted to dispose of-the stolen property to a second-hand dealer:'. The doalnr'had been previously acouainted of the-theft ami he communicated with tho p'oiice. with the result that; Brianfc was''arrested, - A fine of 20s: was imposed, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment; THEFT. ON ■sk'manJTAKAV;;., Edward James Winter and Frederick Ahem were charged with steaiinf a suit of clothes, from' William Council on December 11. 'Both.pleaded guiitv.:- ■ Detective Broberg 'stated that": the ohencc ■■ lijki been- committed' on board the Himulaka while it was at'the ■whari.. Complainant had left tho ship on the day in question.' and when .he had returned the suit of clothes was missing. Later the articles had found in a second-hand shop/ where tho two accused had ■ disposed of them Other clothes bad . been missing, but these had not been'traced. .-' Each accused was fined 205., 'with costs lis. (kl., with tlic-option of seven . days' imprisonment.-' .■'.■■'■.':■:.■ r"' : .;''■-';.-"" "OTHER POLICE CASES For insobriety eight first .'offenders wei-o dealt', with, . Three-: -were convicted 'find., -discharged,. '■'.'.. and five lined .os., with tho ■ usual alternative: For similar offences John Quinlan was fined 205., .and-.Arthur Short 10s. A proliibitioiKorder was', taken out against the latter, on. his own-ap-plication. ', t. John Patrick Barry, a seaman on the s.s. Rualiino, was'charged with desertion from tho ship.;' He" pleaded guilty, , and was sentenced to seven days', imprisonment, with Court costs 7s/. Reserved judgment was uivoii in the case against James. Frock lor. He was adjudged the father, of an illegitimate child, and ordered to pay 7s'. a week towards its 'support, also .Co ss. con- I fmement expenses and £2 2s. solicitor's I