MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3149, 30 July 1917, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES. lit-. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., presided over a .bitting of the Magistrate's Court on Saturday. Thomas Bourke and Michael Kenny wero each fiuod 2!)s. for insobriety. Joseph lirennan, a Crimean veteran about eighty years- ot, age, was convicted of the' samo offence. Ho \Viis brdere'd to come up lor sentence when' called upon. Charles. \Vm. MacDoiiald pleaded guilty to a charge of drurikonhes'', and not {.uilly to one of being found by night without lawful excuse upon euclosed p'eniises in Pipitca Streot. A householder in Pipitea .Street gave- evidence that accused had' come about tlio plaoe after dark, ami made a nuisance of himself. Ho was a discharged • soldier, "You have rendered yourself liable to twelve months' imprisonmeut over their escapade," said His Worship, "if you are to be dealt with loniently by tho Court you must.consent to tho issue of a prohibition order against you." jracDonnld was convicted on each charge, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. diaries Jenkins, was lined £5. with tho alternative of a month's imprisonment, upon ft ehargo of using obscene language. Cyril M'Conchic, a youth who had Icon remanded for sentence on two charges of stealing monoy, was convicted on one charge and sentenced to one month s imprisonment. On tho other, ho was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called on. .... Alfred Tiicha.rdson, a' soldier, charged with beiug absent without' leave, was ordered to be handed ■ ovor to the n Hilary authorities.'