MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 214, 29 May 1918, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND CIVIL CASES

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST YOUTHS Mr. L. G. lioid, S.M., presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday and dealt willi the police eases. A remand to Saturday morning was grunted in the ease of .Tames Dlackie, who was charged that on April 14, at Tima.ru, he did-steal five bottles of beer valued at Gs. 3d., the property of the New Zealand (tovcrnniont. liail "was fixed at .CIO in accused's own recognisance. For insobriety n. first oflender, who failed to appear, was fined 10s. CIVIL CASES. Mr. W. G. ltiddcll. S.M., dealt with the civil business, and gave judgment for plaintiff in the following undefended eases:—James Smith, Ltd., v. Jasper Anderson, X"2 25., costs 10s.; A. and T. Hurt, Ltd.. v. William Wilson, ,112 lis. lid., costs 10s.; Jlabel Bennett v. James ('alliiin.il, .CI Is., costs 55.; Public Trusteo (as mortgagee in possession of tho estate of Joshua Morris) v. Mrs. F. Neilson, .£0 155., costs .£1 3s. Gd.; Wellington Deposit, Mortgage and Building Assoeiation, Ltd., v. It. A. Cooper, J.'3o is., costs 18s. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. In a judgment summons case, Thomas Gilmoro was ordered to pay Agnes Willoughby the of .£7 10s. Gd. by June 'JT, in default seven days' imprisonment. DEFENDED CASE. In a, defended action in which I'. I l '. Smith claimed from J". Burroughs- Jils 155., judgment was given for plaintiff for <£15 Ss. and costs £2 Ss. The defendant was orderefl to give lip possession of a tenement within 14 days. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the ease in which T. W. Ward, for whom Sir Kenneth Douglas appenred, claimed from James Drysdale, represented by the Hon. T. W. Hislop, tho sum of <£2 25., in respect to tho preparation of plans and estimates for the completion of a building at Island Bay. Joseph Boucher nnd Co., represented by Mr. .T. .T. M'Grath, claimed from A. J. Dingle, for whom Mr. Seaton appeared, the sum of d£s in respect to the supply of certain tyres. A counter-claim was made for ,£5 ss. lid. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, together with 345. costs, and on the coun-ter-claim for the defendant, Dingle, for 355., with costs 3s.

JUVENILE COUItT. Before Mr. L. G. Reid, S.M., in the j Juvenile Court yesterday. two youths appeared to explain their stupidity ill (lis- j turbing a picture entertainment by drop- j pins bisulphate of carbon about the floor. The first intimation the manager received of tho disturbance was when a complaint was made at his office. Several people were seen , to leavo the theatre, and more com- j plaints were received. Inside the theatre j there was a moat offensive smell, and ! the two youths were pointed out to tho j manager and taken down to the office, where they were ordered to turn out J their pockets. A bottle of the evil-smcll-ing solution, two metal syringes, and a (est tube were discovered, and tire manager ordered the lads off the premises, and gave instructions that they were not !o be admitted aeoin. ITe had no wish to take tho matter further, but the police, who were on the- premises, decided that tho matter was serious, and iook the names of the lads, one of whom added to his oft'encj by giving a false name. One youth was 15 years of ago and the other just over IG, and proceedings were to have been taken against them in the Magistrate's Court last Friday, when their ages were discovered. On leaving the Court that day the lads behaved in an insolent, manner by leering and passing remarks about the manager, who was awaiting another case. The Magistrate remarked that the last oll'ence alone, which amounted 'o contempt »f C'inri, was n serious one, for which the lads might have been sent to u'aol without any option. He expressed his regret that he was nimble !.i order them a severe thrashing for the offence. For disturbing the entertainment they were each fined 205., with costs 75., and tliey were further ordered to report once a week for the next six months to the probation officer of the Education Board (Mr. J. Dinneen). OTHER CASES. Two small boys, who had been permitted by their parents to remain out late at night, were charged with the theft of oranges, worth 25., from a fruiterer's stand. The Magistrate said he would deal leniently with them ou condition that their parents thrashed them soundly, otherwise a birching by the police would be ordered. The boys were also ordered to report fortnightly to tho probation officer. Alfred Bradley, in answer to a charge of failing to send a boy 13 years of age to tchool, said that, when he was that age he was earning his own living. The boy was the only help ho had in his business. The Magistrate pointed out that it was not in the lad's best interests to keep him from a school, and fined Bradley 55., with costs 7s.

.Tack Ash and John Ernest Lowe were each fined 25., with 7s. casts, for failing to send their children to schoo! regularly.