MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 16

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

A PERVERTERQf YWTB ' HAN FINED 153 SHOWING AN INdEOcNT PAP&R. '& young, respectably atassecl' man named Walter Gordon appeared i boforo the Magistrate's Court yesterday .to answer a cjiarge; of haviiij? delivered a certain iiujeeent doewneinj to a'telegraph, messenger nafflfid ivobe.rfc Vnght. ■. K-.y.: ■■.■■ In stating 'the fasts.afc-the. ease, l Police Inspector Heiidrey' said 'that the infer- ■ matibn, which had been, en'dsrsed %'tbe Minister, of Justice, warlaid- undei" Section 3 of the Indent Publications-Act, 1910. On the" evening dE Jtiiie 3, fte accused accosted a tetegrapli iJiesseu'gisw,. who was a-perfeco s.ti'aiige'r-to Jinn,"ami took Mm into tho' Beejle's-.l'ietare.'l'al-aco. Whilst in the theatre the'accused showed the boy a docitmciit of a leastly and filthy nature,- ;Sstef leiiwns tfee show the accused J.ft&eed the kjy to go for a -walk with him towards the waterfront., The matter cam© under' 1 tho notice , of a polieo sergfiaht, wJio interviewed tho deferadaiit. aiid ' attested him. When the accused was seawlmd a number of similar. typc-ivrit&en clocttniouts wero found on. liiifts • For a wilful act'of this nature, a person was iiablo to a line of £100, or three' ftroutte' irn» prisonuient. Sergeant Cassidy and tho telegraph messenger, gave £vid£iiqo eoimbevative of the Inspector's, sta.tesioiit. Mr. H. I , '. O'Leary, wlio ejtpßSMfi for tho accused, stated , that five prosecution must fail, beeaivse tho flocMmeat was not actually M deli\-ej'e.d." In .sup' port of his contention, tic. O'Leary quoted definitions of the word "deliver," which, according to counsel:, iHado.it M - cessary for a persgn to give up posssssion of an article. In this cam the accused had handed the etaettment to tlio hoy, and tho latter. aft?f I'wdiiiß it, handed it back again.. This, submitted , counsel, was not "delivering" a d.oen* ment. . In sentencing tile adettsed, the Muristrato (Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, SJI.) said that lio was satisfied that iliO Sisction of the Act covered tie present cbsu. Tli.o accused would he._ fined £80, in default, two months' imprisoiimoirt. ' PILFERINC SORAP WttftL, FROM RAILWAY WOiKSHOPS YAK& Theft of scrap jrtetttl 'fram the Petraw Railway Workshops fortted the basis of a charge preferred agflinst Jaitice Watt. The defendaiit vtttS.charged *ith tho theft of 261b. o£ Ijronzo aijd. copper, valued at 325., the property'of. the New Zealand Government, %U . coftittiiotion with the above charge, iffpies LldWellyK Churchouse was ehjirged. with resseivijig. the bronze and copper, th<i prflperty of the Government, .wtjl fcn&wiitg the saineto havo been stolen. -fiWh dioJeiidaiits pleaded not guilty. Chief Detective Broherg iwesootited, Mr. H. F. O'Leaty appeared fgr Watt f and Mr. T. M. WiUorct appeared tet Ohurchouse. A furthor chars© of tfcrfi flf iO\h, <f metal, valued at' 18s., tho .property -c-i Hi e Government, pi'eferrec; as'U-nst Churchouse, was -witJidrawu, The hearing of tho cases. MKiiftflneed at neon, and was concluded-rt ; (S p.m. • Evidence's to ilia oiviiwsliip rf tho bronze'arid copper. prpiJnced) *bs givirn by Charles. Thomas Batgh, workshops manager, at the Pettttve Huilway WerksWops. ■ ■ ' ' ■ James M'Chaffirey, 'foreman of the fitting shop, stated thai JBflsfc of the metal produced 'e&tQ flic boilershop. Occasionally , pieces o;f metal would fall on tire floor in the 'bailor-, shop, and the labourers weuW gather it up and take it to , a. Vi« specially built for the purpose, Accused, Wait, was employed in th© -workshops;, and his work.included that of gatlienhj? lip the rubbish. On the aftenioQU of Juno 16, Watt was detailed to bad , rubbish kitea truck. Witness sa* Watt Joatlfng tlj* truck. Tho truck ivas rcniorod froffl i tho shops on tho fatlowlng day (Juii-0 } 17), against witness's | Archibald Hartley, efiipltfysd in the {■ fitting shop, said that lie. had seou a truck outside the sheds laden with the rubbish. Ho saw- a niaii olirabing on td the truck with sal old drum ill , iiis hand, ■which he appeared to fe- trying to . conceal. Tho man wham ■nitness saw was Watt. AVititese reprfed the toatfcr to his superior effiecr.After other.eviffeiic-e Tiad bean called . Detective Cameron stitteil. how h.e, in company with Coji.jtsiMe MDrklejohMj ' had concealed themselves, atvd waiched ] Watt romoving a kerosene tiii froni t!x> ■ tmck. At about 6.e0 witness saw the defendant Clrtifoheuse to the riilb- '. bish truck and wraoTo a tin and, lato, an oil drum. Cli%rehouse then cniriea the oil drum.oft' in t.be. (BrceilfliT. of liis house. AVlien acfcDStwl'by't-Jm detective, Cliurchouse said, in hip'ij - to a questi.oii, that "Watt had been toM by another man that there was solus tnetnl in Mw vwhbish truck.' ' ChtWeheu.so sniil t.liot. h-e was removing it ftoifl- the ' triiel;, in order to place it dtrtwv tire yaf-cl. ■ Witness subsequently arrested tW (te&n* dant Churchouse. ■ ' ' ■' . Mr. W'.ilford p saijj tlat Ms' clieiU- Smd removed the oil drtmi Fi'oni'tlie rtilibish: truck, as'he consScfed U 'his duty to do so. His client at the thus did' not know that the confciUj oil. dnun bad been stolon. Chureliwuse I.i:\f) 15-years in the railway swciei!, nl.nl did not have a black MKii'lc agaiTi.svt his character. ...... After C]itircli«usc had given evidence, His Worsliiyi stated thilt Ire Was satisfied that Clnivclintisc Was net guilty. Tim information against nt'm tffctiM ie ■lisiniisocl. Hn could not dismiss ftte iiiforma'tion against Watt. Tlm> actinns of the 'defendant wereHlw&e of- 'a siiilty mail. ' Chief Detectiva BMera mi Ujat'.tSte

de.fe.nd!tnt was in a goorl jwsitioiii earning £-i per week, aud there was no necessity for Mm to steal from tie Department. Oases of the kind vwro very hard to detect, ;wd oveu moro hard to W< Bis Worship fined Watt £3, with costs SOS,, ill default one month's ii»prisonment. A FBOfiATtOSBR'S LAPSE. ■ William John Qoau litoaded guilty to a clins-go of breaking a eoiwitinii of liis lirobatiiaiiivy license. I'olfec-ksiLwctor Hftftdrov stated that the accased Imkl howr released from pris«i-on a lioner'SMiceßSo, one of the coiulit.tojis , of whioti *as that the sujßosed must abstain from taking intosicatiiig liquor. last week Quail had b\-eii arrostod for drnnfeeswoes, ;tftd tlic m«tter was reptirtcd to tho Justice Dopartineiit, wtb tho result tbat he voqld liavo tocrettmi to prisefi. Sis Worship sentenced tire accused to seven days' imprisonment, hi order to allow the Justice Departmenttime hi which to net,. HIS FIRST LONG TROUSERS, The initiation of a boy into long trousers caused trouble- in tlie Brooklyn distriet recently, and as a result seven Wye appeared in the Court to answer a cliargu of assaultMin; another lroy named Hegiaald Bmvard. I'he effeatlei* were; Envest Smith, Donald Mat.Me-. son, Allan (irey, Chas,. J3*rtwi, Geo, Ktant-oii, Dick Napier, and John. Stick. All wore represented by Mr. Aysoti, who ontereti a plea of guilty iw gidi case. Inspector Hewlrey ssid that Howard had .been a companion of fctic other Buys until h<j comiwtioed to wot long trousers, Qμ Sunday he fras soea owt \valk-_ ing with a-young la4;V by.. Ws-. .fete' friends (tlw defendants), ft© dcfciid' aft is statifffwd thenis'rfv'es in ii seeltided spot 'aid waited-the coming; , of Ho*ard. As seon as .the "piyy" uppetired. on the seeiio, tlie deteflfonts. bomharded Mm with sod.6 pulled out otthb gXttUlK'!. ■ Alter adjftiffnisWng the dofcfl.da.nis fl.is- .Worship dischargefl tltefli. OBSTRUCTING PARADES." Tte fsM:o»ing .youths were, fined 10s. and costs 7s. fer obstriifiting *Xerri£«rsal parades-;— Alfred. Cecil Eetetii, Fret!. Bestaond, J'rH-Z M'Mofran, Wm. Ohm. BreVi'ii, nud 0. C. Frtteis. Ckarleg .Priitj; was fined £1 and costs 9s, for failing to attend «■ Iteritattal parade. For a sintilai- effieiwe .Jawt's Albert was comieted and ffediiirsei. . toSACBES Of T&B. BY-LAW. BSgar SiiAW was; fined Ss. ior loavfeg a voniclo.' without .'first' tecking the Wheeli'' ■ . v '-~'' ■.I'ines of Si. *yero .wposed'oa Charles CfesiV^llj'\'a.sle,y Cjtfiorpie, and Williarn- - tepjioJv .ivlio drove Vohicks at flight tt'itji&it ligiits.' A Sfhiifer Waa Ttas-imposed an Arthur George is'lto. drtfvo a. 2«otar-car wit-hoBJ carry' ittg. a tail light.. For. a like aft'eniie fforaas Koweii was uouvis-ted aftd dis* charged. ■•■.-' ■George Waddle, Leslie Jl'Kk-e, and Oiwatel Gi;ali : ani Were >/«,ii fined OS,, and eosts. *■$~ for hreades ei the Bwi* tcr iStroet taxi-cab stand regri-ktions-, Jfe-r , allowiiifS s-toek to wander Joiiii H. Grosgiur was flnqd 10s., and, Court cosfe 7s. fakn- CmmcU aiid Wfflfem Mi-flnr we eacii..fined. ss> and. costs ISii. far f«jfii-j;g to "ke(?ij'tiie.ii- dii-majoys' «te9i», iljcrGl>.y catismj; outbreaks of lim. /fliOTJias K-'UaWll was convicted aiitl disttoged foi' faiKn-K to camply witji a drfluiago notice. • ILI-TRBiTIKG' A' H0:ISE ; . Ott ft eha.rge crucHy i : ll4i'eaMng a. iiOTse Cerry -IJuAam iras fitted $'} u)u.l costs 17s. M, <Jiii> week was ai'lowid i» wjiicii to nay the few. TTOAKDI. For failing to seftd Iris ekfld to seltool Josepk Wilswi was fined IDs., ■ witli ■ Gfttirt costs 7s. oriijm cask. JVw' iasottriety M.ary Jolmstaflo «as seht te gfttfl for three.. jnipiitlis, aitd Aimakvila Swaitapn was ftiioc?. 2Gs., for a. liito o"fte,uee. Cte. Thowos Bujjcan was fined JQs. Two fjfst otfpnders w-etc fi.OTtl 10s. e.aeli aiid s.a-eu others were coir.vic.toil. aiid .ttischarged. ■ Qeorge Hastings wrts ftitcd IDs. for beliayiiig ia,..;a disoi'telj- iriaitucr whilst iltWik. , Anitio Masow' aiwl Btlitli ttimtei' Daijis were both renjajifel tjft Monday on clvargcs of tioins idle aiitl d'i«ordwly {(srsoijs,. who cffiisojtwl. with pcrsfins of ilj-fanie. Bail was alkwcd in each ease in tho svi-in of SIQ.