MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 52, 26 November 1918, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND MAINTENANCE CASES,

Mi'i.l'i.-V, liVntelI,'1,' S.AE., presided at the Jlttgisti'atn's Court yesterday, .".'■A yalliig girt liuniod Helu'n Dnviee was ch.ii'gfd tliflt betjveen November 121 and ,23 shfc did steal 3!15.-in money and (is. 9d. worth of fruit, the properly of Kiirantze Bi-03, Jli', V. -Willis appeared for, accused, and pleaded guilty on her behalf, tlispectdi , Jfarsiick stated that the. girl, v>"ho was employed . by-Kafantze Bros., wits seen taking-the fruit", alid later the.theft of'tho nionuy was Uiscovered. Mr, AVillis said Hint tile rtci'Usrd had , been in Wellington for aboilt hve weeks and had been earning her own living.. She be' longed to. 11 resectable- family, and had iievei , previously. beeii before the. Court, yiie.had the chlince of going inlo servico as ft-housemaid'.in , the country, and-in anj- ciise her friends in Wellington would See' that !»ho obtained, work' here. He suggested' that" s-llo" should be granted probation, eh ■■■ "the tjifiml' terms. The 'Magistrate said li& desired to have further information respecting the girl, and Suggested- that, she should -rctnitin' with tho. Salvation .Army pending, inquiries, but tdi-this. tho girl Strenuously object' cd; .ami , .'eventually, she was remanded for a, Week ■in custody;; ) For insobriety, one first offender was fined 55.;. in , default 24 hours' imprison-, rnent..,;Joseph. Sullivan, against whom there, was one previou? conviction, wnn fined 10s., with ..thq alternative of. ; 48 hours' imprisontnent. l l pr drunkenness Martin Samueleon Convicted and discharged, nhd for using 'tibsdene '.lithgunge he was fined' .£2, with the Option 'of serving seven days in gaol. ... William John Parker ple-ade'd guilty to ■the theft of- a gold watch valued at .£5, the property" of Maryllaud Shnrkey. The accused was staying at the Cricketers' Arms Hotel; and took the watch from the' girl's bedroom and gave it to a woman to pawn, while lie waited at tho -corner of the street to receive.the proceeds'. Accnsed's excuse wiis that he was drunk, , and did not know what he had been doing. The accused was ordered :to bis detained for not less than two years' reformative treatment. ■■ The watch was ordered to be returned to the ewner. -■ ' *, MAtNTEXAIcB CASES. Maintenance cases were 'dealt with as follow:— ■ .1 ■ David James, whose .. arrears, totalled jS!) 12s. 6cT., was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment in New' Plymouth Gaol, the .warrant to ; Me euspended as long as 7s;"6d. per Veek is paid. Defendant wad also ordered to pay 21s. costs. George Eichfirds, whose, arrears amounted to £i, was sentenced to fourteen days' inipfisonmerit; warrant to be suspended so lorfg as £i per week is paid. ' Dofendaht. was ordered to pay 21s. costs. A' maintenance "order wa's . granted, 'Elizabeth Jane Tfeiubath against her' husband' John-Trembath, 'of.iiEl-'p'er week in support of his child. Defendant was also ordered to pay 21s. costs;