PETONE MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 19 August 1915, Page 6

PETONE MAGISTRATE'S COURT

j Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., presided at the monthly sitting of tho Petone Magis--5 trate's Court yesterday. ' Harold G. Nicholls was charged with b assaulting a ffirl of 17 years, by stnk- - ing her on the face. .The Magistrate unf posed a fine of 10s., lyith 7s. costs, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Jemiuak Heintz, and elderly woman, stated in answer to a charge of selling bread under weight that she had bought the bread from a local baker and had no idea it was below the standard weight. Defendant was convicted and discharged. Josiah Joseph Eord pleaded guilty to stealing a gallon of paint, valued at 3s. 6d., the property of the Railway Department, and was fined 205., in default 6even days' imprisonment. , , , , \ Mark Fraser Parr, who admitted falsely representing himself to be twentv-one i years of age, in order to procure lntoxibating liquor, was fined 10s., in default ! 48 hours' imprisonment. George Cavill was fined 205., with is. costs, in default three days' imprisonment . for riding a motor-cycle along Jackson 1 Street, Petone, at a-speed dangerous to pedestrians. Thos, M'lntosh was smular- | ly dealt with for driving a horse and ! trap furiously. ; AVilliam Morela'nd, John Lawlor, and ' Frank Wilson were each penalised to the extent of 55., with 7s. costs, in default > 24 hours 'imprisonment, for being on iil censed premises after hours. A further i chargo of giving a false name to the constable was preferred against Lawlor, ana , a similar fine was inflicted. William Henry Ellis was ordered to pay ! 10s. per week towards the support of his | mother, Elizabeth Eose Kelly, and to pay ; costs amounting to JCI Is. ■ ! For failing to attend drill James 13anks ! was fined .£2, or to undergo seven days military detention. John Hurley was fined 10s., with is. costs, for keeping an unregistered- (tog. A boy of fourteen years of age was ordered to receivo twelve strokes ot the birch for stealing a bicycle lamp. Judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the following undefended civil eases :-J. Elvines v. C. Clarke, .£1 55., costs Vs.; Sibun, Ltd., v. Alfred Smithj .CI 19s. 7d„ costs 55.; J. W M Ewan v. C. T. Smith, i! 8 7s. 2d., costs Bs. 11l tlio cose, T. IVomey v. Charlie Yuen, a claim for 12s. 6d. in respect of rent, judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed. J. Clutterbuck was .ordered to pay Sibun, Ltd., the sura of Us. 9d. in instalments of ss. i>er woek, first pay* ment to be made on September 1.