MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

* APPLICATION FOR A RE-HEARING REFUSED BY THE MAGISTRATE Oil bohalf of the young man James Boyle, who was lust week sent to gaol [ ior a month lor assaulting a constai)le, Jil. J. S. Barton applied to Mr. 1). G. A. Cooper, S.M., iii tlio Magistrate's Court yesterday, for a rehearing of the case under Section 120 of the Justices of the Peace Act. As far as the main facts of the ease were concerned, 6aid Mr. Barton, lie would not contradict them. It was a fact, however, that Boyle had got into the trouble as the result of 'an accident to his motor-car. Leaving his car outside the hotel he had met the soldiers inside, and the fact of his being unused to drink had been, responsible for bad beliaviour. As a matter of fact, said Counsel, Boyle was a quite inoffensive studious young man, and the association with criminals at the gaol would do him harm. The whole affair was inexplicable. Inspector Hendrey opposed the application. Accused had pleaded guilty after hearing the evidence against him, and when asked if he had anything to say had replied in the negative. The Magistrate remarked that he was sorry, but he must Tefuse the application. The police, as he said before, had unpleasant duties to perform and must be protected. DRINK HIS TROUBLE. "This man makes an. awful mess of his life when he drinks," said Inspector Hendrey in referring to the case of James Evans, who was. charged with drunkenness and resisting the police. The inspector further remarked that accused was otherwise a respectable man, and had won military honours in battle. The Magistrate advised accused to have a prohibition order taken out against him, and to- this accused agreed. Accused was fined .£2' or sevon days' imprisonment for resistance, and merely convicted for drunkenness. A "WRETCHED RECORD." A perennial offender, James Oliver Armstrong, pleaded guilty to stealing 15 packets of cigarettes from a Chinese, Chow Boon. Inspector Hendrey said. Armstrong had a "wretched record"; he had 65 previous cdnvictions, mo'stly for theft. The question was whether he should not be committed to the Supreme Court and declared an habitual criminal. The maximum sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on accused. MISCELLANEOUS CASES. On the application of Chief Detective Boddam, a young man named James Edward Harper was remanded to Friday on a charge of stealing a money-belt and contents of a total' valuo of ,£7 2s. 6d. trorn Arthur Edward Brierley. The case against Y r iolct Williams, charged with being idle and disorderly, with insufficient means of support, was adjourned sine die on the understanding that accused went to the Salvation Army Home for six months. Accused was defended by Mr. P. W. Jackson. Charles Henry O'Laughlin was fined XI, with costs 75., in default three days' gaol, for committing a breach of his promotion order. George Forbes was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, and fined £1, in default three days' gaol, for indecency. A fine of .£3, in default 14 days' gaol, was imposed on Alfred George Driscoll for' indecency. Thomas Renwick was remanded for a week for medical treatment on a charge of helpiess drunkenness. Por drunkenness, Joseph Barker, Arthur Laming, and Michael Maloney were each fined 10s., in default 48 hours' gaol. Five first-offending inebriates were dealt with, j Elizabeth Russell, for whom Mr. H. F. O'Leair' appeared, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of keeping a child for nursing on payment for sevon days without being registered. For' failing to register the birth of a child Waldemar Schierning was convicted and discharged. Albert Barker was ordered to pay 10s. a week maintenance. for his illegitimate child, along with past maintenance .£3 and solicitor's fee £1 Is. For disobeying a maintenance order, John James Thomas was sent to gaol for ten days, the warrant to be suspended on the payment of 10s. a week. Fredk. Blair was ordered to pay 15s. a week towards the maintenance of his wife, while Albert J:<s. Burns was ordered to pay 17s. 6d. towards the maintenance of his wife. An affiliation case, in ; which Albert Richard Johns was the. informant and Thomas Barber defendant, was heard hv Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon anneared for informant and Mr. H. F. O'Lenry for defendant. After hearing the ovidence the Magistrate ordered Barber to pay 7?. 6d. a week towards the maintenance of his illegitimate child, and to pay expenses, ,£S 13s. •