MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 225, 17 June 1919, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

MINOR POLICE CASES. Mr, F. V. Frazer, S.M., presided over yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Senior-Sergeant Willis (who is acting-sub-inspector at present) conducted the police cases: Daniel Joseph M'Guire, twice previously convicted within the past six months, was fined .£1 for drunkenness, ond was ordered to bo prohibited from iibtiiifiing liquor. Timothy Delaney,' who in March had jlires times been convicted of insobriety, ..•as charged again with the offence. He was also charged with having disobeyed a prohibition order. He was fined £2, and warned that further lapses would lead to his committal to Roto Roa Island. Carl. Christian Bache pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and the use of obscene language. When he was arrested "he was bursting to annihilate somebody," said Senior-Sergeant Willis. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £2 for the more serious offence. Sydney John Nelson, charged with being found by night illegally in the dwelling-house of a stranger, had been remanded for medical observation. The Magistrate did not consider that accused had exhibited any criminal intent. Nelson was convicted, but was merely ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. This decision was conditional upon his consenting to go to and live at his sister's home, and abstain from liQuor. MAINTENANCE PROCEEDINGS. George Sims Marley, known as "Gar.ct Sims," physical culture expert, was the defendant in a suit by his'wife for summary separation,, maintenance, and the guaxdianship of one child. Mr. A. W. Blair appeared .for the complainant, and Mr. P. J. O'Regan for the defendant. In the witness-hox complainant stated that her principal object in bringing the proceedings was to secure Jier child, which she had not been permitted to see since January last. Even- if she got the baby she had no intention of going to live with her husband again, as she was afraid of him- She suspected him of paying too much atention to another woman, and she did not agree with his treatment of the baby. Complainant was asked by Mr. O'Regan to examine it photograph of,the child. She admitted that the. child appeared to bo in excellent health. Several witnesses for the complainant were heard, and the case then had to be adjourned. The further .hearing was set down for Friday afternoon. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails,—Advt