MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 68, 14 December 1918, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

A SHORT LIST OF POLICE iCASES. At the' Magistrate's Court yesterday ■Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., was on the bouch, and dealt with the police cases. For insobriety one first offender, who failed to appear, had his bail of 10s. forfeited. Thomas Layin, against whom, therq was ouc previous conviction, was "tlned"iOs;, , ih""del'a'uir'48 u hoiirs' imprisonment, and Henry Firth, with two previous convictions, was fined v£l, with the liltornative of 72-, hours', imprisonment. Henry Blair Paton pleaded guilty to being-found drunk;antr;c.ominitting two breaches of his prohibition order. L... He waTcetivictod and ;disqlrargcd for drunkenness, fined iGl.Tii'dl'fault 72 hour&'for one breach of tho -prohibition order,, and £2.. with 'the .option of. seven days , ' imprisonment, for 4ho second broach. A reinnnd ;for a week was granted in the-civse of.'Margaret ..W.ilHams, .who "was charged - with, being found drunk and with .obuiinittin'jf. aMireacii' of her. prohi-bition-order.-'She .was cleseribed-'-by.'ln-' .spe?tof Marsack 'as"an- inveterate drinker, and'the remaud was granted to enable inquiries to be made as to -whether she can be taken,in at tho Magdala Home. For being, found-on licensed premises after",closing hours, ■ 'A. B. Smith, B. M'Hugli,,P«rcy Warbrick. W. Ravcndale, Frederick Knox, -James Weight, and E. C. Sadler were each fined ill, and costs 75., in default 72 hours' imprisonment. ; R. Wiggins, who failed to appear, was convict ed of driving his motor-ear on the Hutt Road at an excessive speed, on tho day of the last Trentham races, and was fined ,E5 and costs 7s. ...Amy Elizabeth Fyfe, of Miramar, trading under the style of Fyfe Bros., was charged with selling-milk containing added water. Mr. J. J'. M'Grath apoeared for the defendant, who pleaded guilty. The facts wero that the real vendor of the milk was defendant's husband, who is tho owner of tho business and is at present in France. The Health Department admitted that- thii defendant bad an unblemished record for eleven years, and also that previous samples token were well up to standard. The defendant stated on oath that the milk.from which the , sample was taken was purchased from; another vendor, as their-own sup-ply'was-short during the winter months. Her husband tested any samnles of 'milk •purchased by hijii before selling to tho public, but his wife did nor. understand .tho'testing process. The milk sold was obtained from their own farm, except in the winter month's, when the supply ran short- by about 20 gallons. The Jfagis-t.rate-imposed- a■ filmiof «E3.:and costs JEI 18?. fid, ...Mr: , .,T. MrTudhppe , 'appeared -for the prosecution.

Mr'.' X.""T'" Goldsmith points" o'if.'"that" Mr. John , jr. Alorrnn, the -nlaintiiT in a. civil rase, heard at'the/ -Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 'wait-not at otio time in partnershin with himj but was merely in his employ.

6s. lid., 10s, 6tf,