MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 165, 7 April 1919, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

ALLEGED BIGAMY Before Mr. F. V. leaser, S.M., at tho Ma K istrate'B Court or. Saturday morning Katie VViiwtanley was whilst being, nlvcndymarried to Nornun Ghnrles she did go through a. form of"'■ mhrriago with Harry JJlanford, at Wellington, on March 6, 1318, thereby committing b'S"""*;.-,. . ... , Accused was remanded,. till April 9, bail being-- allowed in the sum ol £M und one surety of .£sl). • (ITHJSR CASES, Goonre Peters was remanded till April 8 at his own .request on a charge deeming, him to be a rogue and vagabond, in that he w found by night withoiu lawful excuss on the premises of James Gocil;er. at 171 Cuba Stteev. Bail was allowed in the slim of JE23 and one surety For insobriety James Richard Jnrris I was fined 10s.' For. a similar > offence William Charles Harvey was convicted and discharged.'and-for a breach of Ins .-prohibition order' was -fined .42, in deif.ult seven-davs' imprisonment. I wee first offenders were lined 10s. each, and a fourth was fined cs. JUPNILE- COURT. . A'Bitting of tho Juvenile Court wee held before Mr. !■'. V. Frazer, R.M. A fifteen-year-old boy was charged with the theft oi , three registered lostal packajree of a total value of M ss. Ihe boy had at ono time been an inmate of the Weraroa Industrial Farm School, and had recently been in tho employ of a city firm as a ■ meffiMiger. His worlc took,him to the Post Oflice several times a day, and by some means ho came int( ■possession of a' . number pt. registered 1 pactaso' notification cards. By means of iv wnall opening in the doors..of the private letfcer-bos.es. he obtained; a • knowledge of their contents, ami then proceeded to fill in the Want cn'ds with the miibbc-r of the boxes containing ootincation cards, and late* presented the carte at the letter-counter. The accused admitted liftvintf squandered .23 sa. of the monov so received, but five £1 notes line bsen recovered. His Worship committed the boy,to tho Industrial School. A chai-RO of theft of JB2 10s. from a !>ouee in Austin Sh-eat was preferred against two boys , agod about thirteen vc-ars. Ono"-of tho boys had only par--taken of the, spoils obtained by the real offender, who was committed to the Stoke Industrial School. The charge asainst the second boy was dismissed «s trivial. ' ~ In the casts in which a ten-year-old bov wai charged witli throwing a stone nt another boy causing,an injury which necessitated medical treatment, the parHits of the accused were ordered to pay 12s. fld. costs.