MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 9, 5 October 1918, Page 13

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND BY-LAW OASES,

Mr. F. \~. Frazer, S.M-:, presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday and dealt with the polico cases.

"James Luke llaglan, for whom .Mr. li. F. O'Leary appeared, was charged with fioumiittiiuz tho offence of impersonation and voting, first as Walter Grant aud afterwards in thn Mian of '.lames L'uk'e : lliigla'n.' On the application of Mr. O'Leary the hearing or the caso was ndjourned to We<biesday next, and hail was.allowfld in £50 and one surety of M),'or .'two of £25 each.

Alice d'lJeew was charged with being.'found'helplessly drunk, and also with committing a breach of her, prohibition order./ She...was.convicted and discharge on. both charges', and was ordered to pav 17s. 6d. nififiical nxponses, ia deiaultio'veji. da'j's , imprisonment. ;'■& i'omsuicl ixj. next 'was granted in tho case of James Jl'Clatchy, .wiio'iVas eliarged ivith'carnally knowing ii : girl 'under the'ago of. 14 years, lilul was'allowed'in £10U'-iu(l one svirety of £100, or two, sureties , of £50 each.; '. For insobriety one first-offender was fined ss. in default 2-l.liours' imprisonment, and another who failed to t-ppear hadlhis bail oi : 10s, estreated. . , ' < Jolin •Iticharuson, wlio was charged ivitii uriinkenness, and whom there wero two previous comjictions, was remanded for-a- Week f«v wedw-ai treatment. On a second charge of travelling-between Tlioyndon cjid JohnsoHvillo and lack ivil-libut : having a railway ticket ho was ordered lo pay Is. 7(1., the .price of the :ticket, also wsts. ■■For'committing' a breseh »)f her prohibition order, Agnes. Campion was fined £1 and costs'7s., ia default seven uays' detention , . For failing to attend drill Charles W. Suniiex, H. Stanbridge," und I'. CJ. Ashton ivei'fl each fined-iu,'with 7s. costs, in default 28.days'-inilitarv detention; ■Pearson-Wagg: was"ordered to pay?£lahd: Vs. costs, or undergo a week's detontiou; N.:lli Cress, H. Haywood. J. \Vcod, and H. S. Proiidfoot were convicted and' ■oidered'to pay 70. costs each- '.'■■■ , - , ' Albert Radinaii: pleaded guilty to a obargoof cruelty to-a h'orso by' working it while it was .suffering from sores ■wider tlio collar. Thoevidenco showed that the horse Vw in. very poor condition,.'and had two open sores under the collar. The defendant stated that the collar had broken and Wrafcd the horse. ' Whon stopped by tho inspector he was taking it home to turn it out. iladman was convicted, and lined £1 and costs'7s.,'and solicitor's fee 215., in default seven days' imprisonment..