MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

A'® — 1 —*' POLICE CASES. "LSIi I'ISKD S BATTERED. WOMAN"." $%Mr.' -W. (>) Riddell, R.M., • presided at yesterday's sitting' of? the Magistrate's Court. Walter -Porch - a] Pines appeared to answer -, a'ehni-ge -.of- having ..assaulted Mar.r lioui.sn Sea! on Thursday, and also a charge of. being idlo nnd disorderly, in thai lie consorted ■■■: : v ith.. disreputable women. . Mr. II." I'\' O'Lcary appeared for.the accused,"a.nd.asked for a week's rernivmi. .ii?:-'-' Poiice-Insncctor Hqidrey said 1 that'' while ho did not. opposo. the remand, he t that the woman who was I assaulted and.the woman who witnessed the assault should he called to give their evidence right away. It was desirable, he added, that the woman who had been struck pbould appear before the Court' in the condition in which she then was. . His Worship decided to grant .in adjournment, as Mr. O'Leary said that he had not had time to prepare the defendants ease. The adjournment was till to-day. Inspector Heiulrey: Then if this man is allowed out on bail, the woman who lias been bruised and battered will com© here and swear- that, she got hurt through falling down on. i.h© corner of a table. • Bail (£'2o) was allowed on tho first charge. ■ ' Inspector Tfenclrcy: I would ask Your Worship to refuse bail on the second charge. ; ■ The Magistrate; Bail in this case is within the discretion of tho Court.,.. It ■ Will be refused. :: CHKESE^MPMEX. ; <\ : : ;' : . . For allowing employees t<i work during prohibited hours, Ying Lee- and Co. were fined £1, with costs Wong Yung and • Co. £2, with costs 75.; and Hop Tai and Co. £I, ivith costs 7s. ■ OTHER CASES. Norman Brown .was ordered to pay Court costs.. (75.) for having swept rubbish ou to a footpath. . Louis. Staples, who rode a'motor-cycle without a light between sunset and sunrise, was fined £1, with costs 7s. For having broken a. prohibition order, John McCarthy was fined £2. ■ A mouth's imprisonment was imposed 1 on Margaret, M'Hugh, who was arrested for having importuned in Willis Street.