MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 61, 6 December 1918, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

• cargo broaching: • WATERSiDERS'SENT TO GAOL ' Mr F. V. Pra'z'er, S.JI., proidwl at (lie Magistrate's Court yesterday, and-.dealt with '.tho police cases. •■ ' ■ '.-■ • Helen = Davie* Thorlow, who had pleaded jjuilty a week ago to tho theft of M 13s.' ill' 'lno'iiev-'and-a <juajiHCy of fruit valued", "at ' Bs. 'ild.',' the . .prop&r.ty ol Ivaiaiitzo 8r05.,-'.n.iu}. li'ho ha.d -been- remanded., "fol'-' furtlicf intiiuncs, wis brought- forward!-- for--sentenco. ihe Magistrate decided, to. send hei'',to'Addington for threo years' reformatH-e; treat-ment,-ami'said-that ho wotrid recommend that she be transferred Id .To. Oratigi. Mr.'- F. V.' Willis-nppeQrecl'. for the. ao-ciif-ed., '"'..' '■■'■■' ■"■' '■-'"'.. • For- iiisolirietv five, .'first qft'onder.i.wero each fined lfls., .tho amount■ of'their bail, a'h'd- two : others were' each: fined f><, in default : 2'l'hours' linprisohmeiit.. Cecilia Hunter,.against.whom, there-.were threo previous convictions-, was convicted ami ordered to come up-Vfor'sentonce when called upon,- and was alio ordered .to pay 17s. 6d. medical expenses, in default seven davs' imprisonment." '• -John-AV-. Bailey,'..who-ivas-fouii(]:dnuik in Dixoii Stj-eetwlule in'eh'a'ree of a horse/ and -.eai't', -was' conviotwl '.aiul.cidered to come up for sentenceiwhen.called lipon. It : was ■'wplii'ilijed-'cri. behalf-.of .Bailey that his -wifo was .Seriously, ill;-and-.that fact probably upset him. ' ' ■'.-; -- ■' '•• .; Henry Laiysoir.Walker, an'cldd.rly'in(in, pleaded, guilty to being found in a state of:: helpless .vdrtmhemMss in- -Tarariaki Street. The accused was living iii a board-ingh'ouso--where;-there -were influoriza patients, and being.afraid.of witching the disease her started drinking heavily. He had. bebri.under .medical..freatment for a week. Ho was.oo-nyipted and .discharged for drunkenness,-and was ordered to-pay 17s. 6(1. medical expenses; with tiieoirtiori'df Eerviivgf 72 hours' imprisonment;, ■ -Ernest -Edward. Flowcrday was convicted and'discharged for.drunkenn'ess, and for commiWih'g a .breach of. his prohibition order he was fined'. 405.,, with .the alternative- ; 6f ;: serving"' seven days' ■ imprisonment .... • " A waterside' worker riamed. Job Pry.se pleaded guilty to ..the the'ft/'.'of ...three %.'tles of beer, tho property of .the Wellington Steamship : Companjv''also to -being drunk, aiid ..further with 'committing a", breach.-of his'''prohibition, order. Jlr. fl; F. O'Leary,. who appeared for the accused, .said -that Pryse-had-beeli wdrkuigVoh the ; 'wharf .fer n.boiit-sixteen years, and:.although ho. had,many eonvictiohs for drunkenness, he had never been previously charged with dishonesty, For the theft, ho'was sentenewlto fourteen days', imprisonment, lind'on the. other two charges' ho was convicted' and discharged.-. .' r -..--.'.•: • Another waterside worker, named Peter Ki-eyl,- pleaded' guilty to the theft of two men's hats, two tiria.of.cocoa, one tin of milk.'two pieces.of silk-ribbon, and-a quantity .of knitting wool, ,of.;the total vnlue'of.iiit'os- M., the J. property of; the•New..Zealand .Shipping- Company. Mr. 11. F. O'Leary, who appeared for accused)' said that the man had a wifo and seven children, the -eldest child being nino: jeftrs. old and the youngest five weeks." The waterfront had'., been very dull recently and the accused was hard up.. The <joods he stole—cocoa and milk—wero needed■■ by his family. -Accused had never previously been before the Court for dishonesty, and counsel apked that' the accused be treated lenient-, ly. Inspector Mai-sack said that .the accused- had not previously been before the Court for dishonesty; .lie had been convicted, ■ however, of. . using obscene language, and of. resisting the police so as to cause a riot. The Magistrate said he could f not understand tho man's family wanting two hats and two pieces of. silk ribbon. When arrested tho man had lis. on' him, so that it was notnecessary for him to steal the cocoa and milk. , In view, however, of the man's large family, he. would deal vith him leniently, but thefts on steamers' must be punished - with imprisonment; Kreyl was sentenced to fourteen days' impriso'nlu'riit;'-.' , /■'.:'.

Sydney ; Alymer .Goodwyn,- pantryman on the steamer Hemuera, was charged with stealing on December 3 an rvercoat valued at £i 155., tho property of James Eoss, a steward oh the '•ame vessel. Accused, who 'pleaded not guilty, was defended by Mr. P., ..W. Jackson. The oomplainant said .that.-the. accused and.ho occupied the..earns.cabin.' He hung up.his overcoat in hjs <abin, and when he- missed ;it he immediately ported- the ■ matter. -He ;.was told that tho. coat was in. tho possession of a waterside worker, who was wearing .a rose. Ho found tho-man, hid f.sked him about tho coat, and eventually a policeman obtained the garment. .'Edwin C. Tomkinson, a waterside .worker, taid he bought the overcoat produced -from the accused for £1, and.-took it. home with him. When asked by. the constable to nrodune. the coat lm went to-his home,' brought.back. the.garment, i'.nd handed it to the c6ns.rn.bK.'. He' was positive the accused was the man from whom ho bought tho coat. The- nccused. in his evidence, srave. an absolute denial to having committed tho tlieft. and suggested, that it was a' case' of mistaken identity. The,.accused:".was cdhvicled and •.entenced.td fourteen.dnyfl' imprisonment.- v - :•... •".'; CTVIL CASES. " Mr v W..a Biddelh R.-if.. dealt with tin- civil rases, and •i'a.ve. judgment for plaintiff in-the following .iin'Mended cn«es:—Walter J. Helver v. Tuiti AfDonnld. .fil" I*c;.|(T.; ensf«"lss.; Cr.K- P-hauer v..L..A..Grace;, ,E21,155„ costs .t2 : Ws. . . JUDGMENT SUMMONS.' Tn n judgment' summons cnse.-'E. W. Harding was ordeal-. :to--. pav: the New Z".n'nn<l- Express .Co.-, T.fd.. th" «uni of -£1- ss-.'.' by "December. -. 19; in default 2-1-hours' I ,imprisonment.-' '■