MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2584, 5 October 1915, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS A LICENSEE CONVICTED. Mr, •W. G. lliddell, S.M.. presided at yesterday's sittings: of. the Magis; trate's Court, When Elizabeth Mary Davey,, licensee of the* New Zealander Hotel; was» charged with; ■ permitting drunkenness at ;the hotel on September 14 last. In connection with the same matter, sho was charged with supplying liquor to a soldier while the latter was intoxicated. The /barman at the hotel, George .Tozer,' was also charged with. supplying liquor to the soldier. Mr. P; Levi,, with' him Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon, appeared, for the defendants, both of whom pleaded- liot guilty. ' After hearing:the evidonce, the Mag-, istrate said tho evidence was not strong enough to sustain 1 the charge of supplying liquor, but the licensee would have to be convicted on the charge of permitting drunkenness,, as the necessary steps. had not been taken, to remove tho'intoxioated man_from the premises. - In view of , the difficulty which licensees apparently have in dealing with soldiers, the penalty'would not be a severe one. A fine of £2 was imposed, with court" costs 95., and witness's train faro 18s. <fd. BAD. LANGUAGE. For using bad language, - a man, named-Allan' George,'.'was fined £5, the' alternative being three weeks' imprisonment. For drunkenness, the same accused ; was' convicted and discharged'. William; ,Brew and , Thomas .Chtidwick also appeared on charges of using bad language, but, as the -language ■ was not quite so objectionable, they were fined only- £3 each ; - in default to -under--go 14-' days' imprisonment. Brew was fined an additional 40s. for drunkenness. Indecent language. was the nature. of tlje . charge : .preferred against Charles Crampton. Ho was fined £3, in default to undergo 21- days' imprisonment.

BREACH OF THE PEACE. 'J'wo soldiers —Harry Gibbs and William; Edward' Foxward—who engaged in a stand-up fight in Manners Street on Saturday afternoon; were charged with., creating;: a of the peace. Gibbs pleaded igililty, but Foxward denied the charge., : From the evidence, .it appeared.^that;:Gibbs had been the. aggressor, and-ho was fined 205., • with .the alternative of three days' imprisonment. Foxward having; retaliated: with blows, -was penalised to the extent.of 10s., the;', alternative in his -case being 24 hoursV? imprisonment.

( THEFT. A' youths named , Henry Goulding, who was recently' sentenced to; twelve months! dot-entioii for reformative treatment, ' admitted -that • in; July last lie stole a bicycle;-at "Hastings. He .was fined £3, in.default to undergo '21. days' imprisonment. ' - . " v.' ;■■ 1 John Aitken,' who stole some/radishes from the slidp'.of a d'iußse, greengrocer, was convicted and ordered come "up for Sentence \wliencalled upon!-' For 'drunkenness, the same accused was convicted and discharged. . v . MAINTENANCE. ■ Gustay' Charles Nees, who was ".in arrears with payments of maintenance for his "wife; was fined £3, 'the alternative being 21 days' imprisonment in the Whangarei gaol; ; John Thomas Williams was fined 40s. on account of, failure to keep rp the payments, of a; maintenance order, and, for a lapse of a similar kind, Edward J Pcinton. was fined 20s. In each case., default was fixed at seven days' imprisonment. 1 : ~ Ethel Mary Stubbs, admitted having failed to keep up the payments of maintenance for two"of her,children. Mr; H. F. O'Leary' appeared for the defendant, arid applied for remission ofr the arrears andvariation of the order. The Magistrate granted the remission and % reduced . the /.weekly payments to 3s. 6d.;per wetekVuhder each order, . "PROHIBITED PERSONS. • Fines of '40s. were imposed on four prohibited persons, who had broken the terms of the orders in forcfe against them. They were Joseph 'J. . Tobin (represented by Mr/ H. F. O'Leary), Bartholomew Slahoney, Stephen Hanson, and William Steven., ; ; INSOBRIETY. ; / ' James Henry Campbell pleaded'guilty through his solicitor, : Mr. JJ.' F. O'Leary, to a charge of being drunk while in charge if a motor lorry. He was fined-205., and ordered to pay 7s. court'costs. : ' v . • Patrick O'Noil and Daniel M'Farlane wera fined 405.. each for drunkenness, while John Mahoney' and James Howard, on Similar charges wore fined 20s. each. The alternatives were seven days' imprisonment in the''case of the

first two, .and three days' imprisonment in the oase of the other two. - Several first offenders for drunkenness. were also dealt-with, ..