MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Mr.. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court 'yesterday morning,' and dealt with jthe police cases. ' George Henry Parkinson a/nd his wife Cecilia Parkinson were alleged to have enlivened Mulgrave Street _ on New Year's night by indulging in a fight, both being under the influence of liquor at the time. Tho woman, was convicted and discharged, a,Tid tho man was fined 205., in default three days' imprisonment. A fine of 205., with the alternative . of 24 hours' imprisonment, was imposed on Robert Bardman, who was convicted of being disorderly in Molesworth Street on January 1, while drunk. On New Year's night, according to the polico evidence, a serious assault was being committed by one Robert John Ashley, on Don.ild M'Donald, at the Red Light Boardirighouse, 42 CJhuzV.ee fjtreeit. When two policemcn who. were sent for Reached tho premises a .man named George L. Johnston, who was standting'.in the doorway, immediately retired insiile and shut the door on the constables. The latter managed) to get inside, and Johnston thereupon rilslied into the room where M'Donald was being assaulted, shut and. locked the door. The constables forced their way into the room, and' arrested, Johnston and. Ashley. The former was chargejl with obstructing tho constables while in the execution ■of their duty, ai)i was fined £i, with the alternative of serving 28 days in gaol. The case against Ashley, who was charged with assaulting M'Donald, was adourned for a 1 week, as the latter was' in Hospital suffering from a scalp, wound. For committing an indeennt net in Lambton Quay on Tuesday evening Uriah Mullins was fined £3, with tho option of fourteen days' imprisonment. James Joseph Fifesroy, convicted of using obscene' language in Vivian Street, was fined • £3, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprison ment. For insobriety two first offenders were convicted and discharged.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 85, 3 January 1918, Page 9
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308MAGISTRATE'S COURT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 85, 3 January 1918, Page 9
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