MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 199, 11 May 1918, Page 13

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Yosterday'fl sittine of tho Magistrate's Court was presided ovot by- Air. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M. There was, a, miscellaneous array of cases. For drunkenness two first; offenders, one of whom was a woman, were leniently dealt with.

A fine, of £5 was imposed on Cecil Edwin Taylor for a breach of lus prohi-' bitiqn. order. • Default vis fixed at two months' imprisonment,, and one week's grace was allowed 't% defendant, in the' matter of payment, ,•' .

For riding a molyjr-cyclo on the pathway between and Petone, Arthur ..Barnes-v/as fined £2, with 7s. costs'. -The. alternative was seven days" imprisonment. .Bertram .Lerj{ Si wuo na <i driven his motor-car. aft-i r dark without lights, was ordered to >}' a penalty of 10s., with 17s. 6U co^ts. Claude Walker, who had driven a motor-car-.round a corner on the wrong side of '[\\q roa( i ) was fined £3, with 17s. Gd. cor/g, . When accosted by the-police, defor/dnnt' had, it was stated, given" the' ,I!ir >io of Claude Wntkin. This had led t<> eohsidcrablo difficulty in locating hlin. . Fletchfc B ros -> conti'actpjs, were charged with -having erected a- scaffold over Ifift.'ill height without"having notified' the Inspector of Scaffolding. The de- , i'endants, who. pleaded that they had /■ overlooked the matter, were fined <t2,' with 7s. costs. i John Lawless was ordered to keep the peaeo towards William Waugh for twelve months and to find sureties for his good behaviour, himself in. .£'2o and two surc-il-ties of m'each.

■j ■ Four, grocora wero fined £2, wifh 7s. coats, for failing to cLbse their premises in accordance with a requisition under section 25 of tho Shops and Offices Act, oh the night of tho Thursday prior to Good Friday. Tho defendants were:— •W;:Campbell, Ltd., F. Warder, Hill Bros., untl Janson Bros. _ The Labour Department was represented by Mr. It. T. Bailey, Inspector of Factories. Mr. Anderson appeared for W. Campbell, Ltd. B. Somiloff, jewoller, Manners Street, was charged with failing to eloso his shop in •accordance with a requisition duly gazetted. Mr. A. H. Hindniarsh, who defondedj said that tho defendant carried, on the business of„a pawnbroker, jeweller,, and general dealer, not merely as a, jeweller. These various businesses represented; different hours of closing. Decision was reserved. James Callimon was fined £2 and costs for' assaulting. his landlady. Tho assault was committed by tho defendant in an effort ■ to get past his irate creditor with his worldly belongings, which sho sought to detain as sccuritj for unpaid ■board. . Mr. H. F. O'Leary appeared for defendant.

In fining' Bodloy aud Sona JBS with costs, on a charge, of selling adulterated milk, tho Magistrate said that no moral guilt was attached to- the defendants. Serious- responsibilities', however, wero placed ori milk' vendors so that a pure milk.6upply.. : might.bo available for tho general pnblio_ He could not dismiss- the case as a trivial one, becauso it was too important a matter. Security for appeal was fixed. Mr. ,1. IVondevillo appeared for tho Health Department and Mr. T. Neava defended. "' A fine of £2 and costs was imposed on the Empire_.Mannfacturing Coy., for selling a' certain liquid without a properly worded label. '' Frank Clewer was fined 20s'. and costs for selling lemon_ syrup.-without notifying the contents in words prescribed by tho Act. The Marblo Bar, Ltd., was charged with selling an adulterated" ice-cream without informing the purchaser of tho. nature -of the adulteration': Decision, was' reserved.