MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

"Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., presided over-a sitting at. tho Magistrate's Court ,on-Saturday morning. : ■ A REPENTANT RECALCITRANT. ; Kenneth M'liiiinon, a- ship's fireman, v<h£, hfindqiiffed and fighting, had been escorted to; the police.-station by four constables . . tho . previous 4 evening, answered, "guilty" to, the three charges levelled 'against' Being found druiik, (2) | using obscene language, . (3) resisting a. constable: in .the execution 'of his duty. . . ... . . . . Inspector Hendrey explained that accused was, .a. fireman on tho Di lphie, while his'yessel had .sailed for Lyttelto'n the night,,before.' , • Oh 'tho'first charge' accused was : fined -10s., with' a 48 hours' imprisonment (iltemativo, on ttio second fined £2,' in. default bne-'mpnth, and on the; third £1, iii. default .seyeii days. The -'.sentences aire to be cpncufrent.'' '' .. ;' , * OTHER CASES. ~ .. Charles William Price pleaded guilty -.to being tho father of an unborn illegiti- - .mate child. Accused was remanded till ..Tuly.2o; and allowed bail in .£100; on condition that lio.reporfc himself to the polico oneo every 24 hours. The cal'sp, is to be withdrawn if accused fulfils his promise' uf marrying -the mother of the child. Daniel O'Keefe was further remanded till July, 18 on the chargo of committing the. theft,on the s.s. Nikau while that . vessel was between Nelson and French pass, of \ one watch and chain, one pendant, one ring, one ticpin, one sovereign case, and £10 in money, of a total value of £27 17s. 6d., the property of. ctSphen: Androw" Tilloy'. ■ .-INSOBRIETY. For drunkenness, Mary Harding and Thomas Elliott were each fined £2, with alternatives of-seven days in gaol. John Hyde,'a'prohibited person, 4 - was fined a oiinilar amountj a;nd given an alternative of one month in gaol. . Four first offenders were convicted and discharged.