LAW REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 16 June 1914, Page 9

LAW REPORTS.

MAGISTRATE'S OTRT. THE OTAKI HOSPITAL PATIENT. AND WHAT AILED SIM. Rather unusual d-r-euffistaiices were associated with the arrest of Win. Edward Johnston* iS'jjo- was Gh.arg.ed boforo Mr. D, 0. A. Cooper, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yestsrfcy with being found in a state of h.olpless drimki enness at Otaki on 3me 7. Inspector Bond-revy explained that Oift arrest had been ijiade sura time after accused' had been discovered drunk. Accused had beei} removed to the Otaki Hospital for treatment, but had become almost mentally deranged, ■ mid. out- of consideration for (fitter hospital inmates, he had boon taken out w to the public rond, and there arrested. "Were you driiiik at the time," inquired tlio Magistrate. ". _ . "I don't know what it was," replied' accused. "It may have been whisky, I know I was iia- it state of great f&m'' 'Hie Magistrate jjere intimated that, if accused pleaded guilty,, he would! merely order him to pay police utoAmedical expenses., SiJs. f>d. Accused theretipaft pleaded guilty. "Am I free no*?" he inquired eagerly,Ho was ntisn<ercd ill tiro affirmative. "ARRESfID OUT OF MW A sordid tale was unfolded by the police in re.ga.rd to -Mary Collins., who was charged' with insobriety and with being an inqorrfgibfe rogue, ■ Inspector Henflfey: "She is sot fit to ba at large and was attested more out of pity than anything. i! Tlio inspector then 'stated that th<» woman was habitually mi the streets, had no means of support, and, whenever "arrested;, called for food and ate so Tavftoously as to indicate ttevt she was starvm?;. Efforts had bean nvado to get her ifflia homes, but these had beeii ujtsuccessand there w<src old? two places. left—gaol or Pahafoa. Accused ihdigMafliiy jcpaclated tiro charge against tier, and .adriaoiiishfid I'lieconstable who gave oridcn£e Against" her, with iiiany shakes of iher .ikige-r. She flatly refiiscd to go to Pakatea. On the second cJiaigo accused Was sent to gaol for a year; oil the first she was coijvictoft and discharged.

SYDNEY CASE: George Samuel Owyer, a young .man, was charged tfi-tt dssaf flag'Ms wi-fo'at-Sydney. _ Inspector Heijdry as.kctj- for a, rsmaflid. till Friday, by wbMt time he- expected a police, office* tr> arrive, from ftew South Wales. Tho remand was granted and, on the application of aeeVsed, hall was altoWod in £50 and two. sureties of 02® each. OFITENQE TOO GOJRJOS. Win. Henry feiit pleaded g'iiittv io the theft of aii eftreo/at valued iv'fc £'9 gs, from, the shop door of Ifobert- Jt, Scott-.; ' In sending- Accused to gaol for one month, the Magistrate remarked that this kind of offon.c? "Ms getting too common altogether."OLD ENOW! T?0 ENOW BETTER" "You are old eno.itgh: to know tetter," remarke'd the Magistrate to Ale*/ andor Pattie, A' greyvHifed oljj man-, who was charged With insobriety arid .with using certain langvtagei '. _' On tho first charge- accused wigs con* victed and flfschniged, and, ofl the 6&& ond, ho was fined ■£§ in.-defsuit one month's injp'risoSttie.nt. PROfflßttlON OBOEHS,. Alice Parker wfrj fined ifls., w,ith casts 75., for cemnviWrtg .a breach <if her prohibition orfe* For di&tapng a maintenance order, tho arrears of which amounted 'to £6 2& 6.3..,. ■ej}& was m> victed and ordered to be imprisoned, for fourteen days, the wa.rrnrit- t6 ho . suspended on pitysseffb of 18s, per w-e:ek off arrears, .Cecelia Parkiu-SOn was convicted and' discharged for committing. of '. her prohibition order, lit rMtwc&m. wjth this caste Eva Cleveland was ehtvsged with assisting the accused PftTkinson to drink liquor and also with assaulting he*. On the first eha?ge she was treated 'similarly to her comp'ttft•ion, and, Second,, she was rjned 10s., with wiltnas.ses' expenses I2s* The alternative' was 4'g- hours*' im.p.rrso-ftj^e'iit. 1 Annio Smith was charged ii'Bn- eo.nv mitting.a breach of her p'ralvib.vt'toii. arder and Lottie Wofcb with assisting her to drink liqmt. Sine's of £1, wi&.eosts 75., and ateriatives' of O'iie Biontli's imprisonment, wer'e imposed fc each, case. C&AttSE OF ABODE. . "I am never qui; of prison. They■■' don't even give fire hours' out," indiginittfly. .•etcinimed. Mary Joyce, a prohibited .persWi, who was charged with drunfenjißSs. Tho Magistrate decided fo\ vjtfv theplaco of doifeiition mi accused was seittto the Pakatoa Iforae for tWeltfi months. -. A fine of Ms. was also imposed. BfEBfttATES. ■ For insobriety George Starter was fined £1 -ant[ Ui®s. #.%&$ IBs. 'Three first offenders were coftvk-ted and discharged imA two first feifpftders tfho foilcd to_ appear Were, fitted £t and Ifis. respectively, ABfltiiCf first fiflfind'er tf'ho failed to put in ah appearance Wns fcund, as Inspector H<?ii;dr-'cy pufc it, "trying to wrestle with ,1. tea'to-car," Expenses incjifetrta] to this feat and to his being confoyMt' to the fock-ttp' amounted to ip's. Acmmi. was convicted and orifercd to jMy tjsi-s am.ouafc, (ih.i a fine of 10s. was alkleej,