MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES

Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., presided over yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. CHARGE OF BIGAMY. A young man named Walter Lander was charged ivitli, whilst being already married to- Mary Lander, having, at Cod'ford, Wiltshire, England, gone through the form of marriage with Hilda May Rouse, thereby committing bigamy. ' , The accused, who was represented by Mr. H. ]?.- O'Leary, was remanded till January 27, and allowed; bail in the sum of £50, with one surety of £50.

ALLEGATION OF THEFT. Arthur James Ford, New, Zealand Army Ordnance Corps, was remanded till January 27 ou a charge of having stolen on January 19, 5 quilts, 1 pair of braces,.2 towels, 1 7- shirts, 26 sheots, 1 canvas bag; and 1 overcoat, of a total valuo of £26 135., the property of the New Zealand-Government. Bail was allowed in the sum of £50, with one surety of £60. • ,

FINED FOR ASSAULT. A soldier named.Frank Hunt appeared to answer a ; charge of having assaulted Violet.Clark on Saturday night. • Police evidence-was to the effect that Hunt hod entered the San France Cafe, where he had some dispute as to the payment for his meal, and returning later in uniform he struck .Mrs. _ Clark, who was the wife of the proprietor of the cafe.:. The accused' stated that he ' had been assaulted 1 by Mrs. Clark. His Worsjiip was satisfied that Hunt had committed tho assault, and imposed a fine of £5, together with 18s. expenses.

MILITARY POLICEMAN. FINED. . In celebrating his tw'enty : first birthday, a military policeman named John Stuart Patty, fell f foul of • the civilian police, and appeared to answer charges of disorderly conduct whilst drunk, and .with assaulting Constable G. Dowling. The accused, who was represented by Mr. H. F.' O'Leary, admitted that he was intoxicated, but ■ denied assaulting the constable. Ho meredy . rosisted arrest. The trouble, -he said-.arose through the. desire of some soldiers to fight Patty. ' They made use'of abusive language to him for the reason that ho was a policeman. His Worship, said that he could not have the police knocked about with impunity, and he imposed a fine of £3, in default fourteen'..days' imprisonment. ■ On tho .charge . of drunkenness accused was convicted and discharged. '■'■■' ; • ... ■

OTHER MATTERS. ; With-the. object, so it was stated, of obtaining money with which to puroHaso liquor, Florence Grace Ward, en.'tored'the premises of Foglia and Copp, and removed a parrot and cage, valued at £5 12s: 6d., which sho took to Petone,'and sold to a second-hand dealer for £1. She admitted tho offence. The po'iice ovidonco was that Ward had a number of previous convictions, mid. had previously'committed thefts with the object of procuring liquor. His Worship decided to givo her another chance,; and entored a conviction,-• and ordered her to come up for. sentence when called upon within twelve months. The accused?) was also ordered to pay £1 to the second-hand 1 dealer, observe a prohibition order, and report herr self to the' Salvation Army authorities as required.

George Harlcy, 62 years, of ago, pleaded guilty to insobriety and a breach of'his prohibition order. He was fined £3 for the breach of the prohibition order! .•' ' . '

' A plea of guilty was entered by Carl William Gustafson when charged with boing a rogue and vagabond, in' that he wns found by night on enclosed premises, No. 251 Tinnkori Road, without a lawful excuse. Tho accused stated- that. he was under tho influence of liquor at the time, and that ho had just loft the premises next ■' door, where he had resided for .some time. The police stated that Clothing previously was Tlnown about the accused, 1 and that they were, satisfied that no ulterior motive had brought the man to' the house in question. His Worship' entered a conviction, and ordered the accused to come up for sentence if called upon. '■ '• , Agnes Campion was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, for a breach of a prohibition order, and on a charge of drunkenness she was convicted, and discharged.

For drunkenness Charles Harvey was fined 10s. and made the subject of a prohibition order. V MAINTENANCE CASES. :' Aitlcen was ordered to pay •35s{.',a week towards' the Maintenance «df" his wife (Clara ;Aitken) and his chil-:dreii,';-.and to pay £7-past maintenance, together with £1 Is. costs.

Mathew O'Neill was ordered to pay £1 a week towards the •mainten.ince of his wife, Janet O'Neill.

> John Arthur Bassett was ordered to pay £1 a week towards the maintenance of his wife, Edith Bassett. ■. With arrears amounting to £20 145., Frank Lawrence Clark was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for failing to. maintain.' payments hv.:espeot of a maintenance order, the" warrant to be suspended so long as the ' defendant pays,£l per week-maintenance and ss. a week towards reducing'the arrears. -Ernest Frank Gartrell,'. .vhose arrears riii respect \,oi a maintenance order'.amountod,.to .'£l3 Is., was sentenced, to : seven:. days', imprisonment, the' Warrant to; be'.suspended for one Week;-; ..:'.•'■ .'":'/'

George Main was', ordered to pay 10s. •'a.:,week:towards the maintenance of bis •vrifo./r , ■ ■ , '