MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 148, 12 March 1918, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND MAINTENANCE . .. CASES. ; . ' Mr. S. B. lU'Carthy, S.-M., presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday and dealt with the police and maintenance cases. For- insobriety four first ofcnders were- each fined 205., in default 48 hours' ihiprisomiietiii, and another was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. 'Charles Harvey, against, whom there were threo previous convictions,' was sentenced lo ■three months' imprisonment. James Iveenau, ». seaman, was charged with the theft of 441b. of sugar, valued at J Is., tho property 'if sonio i>erson or persons unknown. 'Pho ■dcfeiidajil wns sn<»u by ;i constable on !;he, wharf carrying the sugar.in a pil-low-ease. When questioned he said ho' had bought'the' sugar, and was iaking it homo k> his wife, but was unable to give the address of his wife. As a matter of fact, the man was not married. As tho captain of the vessel bnd expressed a desire to have the man' bark on the jship, .His Worship imposo.d ,i .fine of Co, in. xlefault one .mouth's' .imprisonment. ... '.. ■ Stephen Jenkins' charged with unlawfully absenting''-himself from his ■ship, and was sentenced to Courweii <liiys'" imprisonment, and , 'ordered to k> handed over to the .'captain of his ship on application.' '::■•"•■. .:.•• --..MAfNTKNANCK-CASES,' ■ Sidney Hall; for disobeying a-'main-tenance, order, the arrears amounting to £5, was sentenced to , a month's imprisonment, no warrant to issuo unless applied for by complainant. Thos. L. Marti)!; whose arrears tot.nlled £33 18s., .was sentenced to six months' iiViprisonment, -rid warrant to issuo unless applied foi by complainant. . .. [n tho-affiliation case of Irene Jane Elizabeth (Sough against Ernest Swaysland, tho defendant whs'"adjudged the. putative- father of ; the. child, and was ■ordered-in pay 108. per week and .costs. John O'Toole was "ordered- to- pay ■los. : n jiveek towards'the' support of bis illegitimate child, and also'• to pay costs.