LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2124, 16 April 1914, Page 9

LAW REPORTS.

LOWER COURT.3|S#t COPPER MISSING FROM AHUUK:" A young married man mimed' Charles Charlwood appeared before Mr.' W, (i, Rjddcll, S.M., charged with tho theft of loewt. of copper and ono drum of tar, valued nt £30 Gs., tho property of fho Wcstport Goal Company. Tho date of tho alleged offenco was given as (m or about March 2(5. Mr. Id. L, O'Leary appeared oil behalf of accused.

John Revell, keeper of the hulk Jubilee, stated that some cwts, of copper had boon removed from the sides of the hulk in October last., and was afterwards stored in tho forepart of tie bald. Subsequent to the stowage., witness had ito.ticcd. copper on dock, and. on going to the hold bad found that some was missing. While in tho hold be had found two ; tickets and receipts bearing the same of accused. On March 28 witness saw accused, and asked liirti whether ho Lad tho receipt in question. Accused replied that ho had it at home, and witness showed him the receipt and told him wliere he had found it. Accused then said: "You won't\peek- tji'i me if I givo it back ?" He had also promised to refund the value of tho copper. Later witness and Captain Attwood had been interviewed by accused, who had again promised that ho would pay for tho capper. Captain Attw-oed had replied: "It j is not money wo want, but the copper." _ Evidence of a similar nature was given by Captain Attwood, and Detective Ahbot also gave ovidencc. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Stipreaia Court for trial. Bail was allowed in £40. PAIR OF ROGUES. Joseph Johnston, who was found on Tuesday night sleeping in «a outhouse on Daniel Corono's premises in Vivian: Street, was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond. Forty-eight convic-: tions, including theft and drunkenness, were known against him. During the coivrso of the hearing accused .reoited' some talc of misfortune in an undertone. Ho was sent to gaol for one month. Daniel M'JFarlane was charged with having been found in an unoccupied house in Tui Street. Ho was ordered' to come up for sentence when called; upon. STOLEN SPIRITS. Arthur Harold Anderson appeared on remand to answer a charge ot breaking and entering the shop of iikrwin T'homas Taylor by night and stealing seven bottles of beer, and one case of whisky, of a total value of £2 10s. 6d, Mr. M. Connell appeared for accused,' and in asking for a further remand to April 22, stated that a p-tea of guilty j would be entered to the charge. ■ CHINESE & SOME GRAPES. A Chinese named Young King was charged with tho theft ot a box ofgrapes, valued at 9s. Si,, the property: of George Thomas and Co. Mr. J. i: W. Dickson appeared for accused, aud asked for a remand until April 22. Bail was allowed in #20. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. Sidney Heal, for whom MiV P. 3. O'llcgan appeared, pleaded gtislty to assaulting Harold Burgess. The caso was partly Tioard a few days ago. Mr. o'Regan submitted that tho assault was a trivial one.. A fine, of 265., with eosts 125., . was imposed, the option being, seven.days' imprisonment.- . , Bartholomew Mahoney was sentenced to one month's imprisonrHant on a charge of using certain language on the railway-platform at Lower Mutt. Ssven* ty-four provious convictions were known against accused. May Gibbons appeared to answer two charges, ono of drunkenness and another of damaging .three panes of glass, valued at 155., tho property of John O'Connor. Accused wjis fined ss. on the first charge, and ordered to make good tho damago done to tho windows, itt default seven days in gaol. Eor drunkenness, Edith Home, aprohibited person, was sent to the Paka; toa Inebriates' Institute for a year. Similarly charged, Mary M'Uroy (prohibited) was fined £3; Rruce M'Landers, 205.; John Russell, 105..; Minnie Brown, os.: and William Barker,- £2. A prohibition order was ordered to he taken out against tho last-named for a period of one year. Ono first ejender was convicted and, discharged.

PETONE COURT Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, 5.31., presided over the monthly sitting of the Peioiie Magistrate's Court, which was held yesterday morning. Bert Iteesby was fined 10s. with the option of 48 hours' imprisonment for disorderly conduct while drunk.

Charged with obstructing drill, a Territorial named Arthur Waiter Parra.ni was lined 10s., with court costs 75.. Captain Powles for the Defence Department asked that the maximum penalty; be imposed, as accused had given considerable trouble since the defence scheme had been inaugurated, As this was Parrant's. first Court appearance, however, the Magistrate did not impose a heavy penalty. Another Territorial, Harold Alexander, charged with failing to attend drill, was remanded till to-day so'that further ovidenco might bo called as to the sending out of parado notices.