MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 301, 16 September 1919, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND MAINTENANCE CASES. ~ . Yesterday at the Magistrate's Court Mr. B. Page, S.M., presided, and dealt with the police and maintenance cases. For insobriety one first. offender was fined 55., in default 21 'hours' imprisonment, and five others who failed to appear were each fined 10s.,'tho amount of their bail. ' Mary Barclay was fined 20s. for committing a breach, of her prohibition order, and was lined a further 10s. fori being found drunk.. A. prohibition order,, to be effective for twelve months, was issued against John Wm. Campbell, who was also fined 10s. for being round drunk. , An old man named Kenneth . M'Leod was convicted of begging alms in. Lambton Quay. The accused said he came to. Wellington on Tuesday of last week, with ,£l3 in his pocket,, and a little drink affected him. Sub-Inspector Emer. son said.that there were two previous convictions against the man for begging. , M'Leod pleaded hard for. lenient treatment and promised to immediately go to work. He was convicted and'ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, .conditionally that he went. to work (luring the day. William M'Rao, a husky individual, got drunk on Saturday and wandered on to the premises of Mrs. Isabella Constance Hankinson, and when asked to account for his presence there he assaulted the lady. For this assault ho was sentenced t0.21 days' imprisonment, and for drunkenness ho was-fined as,, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Josephine Turner, while engaged as a domestic servant at Donbank Boarding House,.made away with some articles of clothing, valued at 225. 6d., the property of Grace Good. Detective-Sergeant Rnwle said that when the accused's boxes were searched the missing goods were, found. There was nothing known against the accused previous to this. ..The woman was admitted to probation for a period of 12.months. ... ■ .■•'-.'"'•

A lemand to September 24 was. granted in the caso of Frank Robertson,' who wis charged with indecently assaulting a. little girl. A line of £3 was inflicted on _ Charles Daniel Fisher, who pleaded guilty on Saturday to. having received 31s. on terms requiring him to cay same to Julia Keating and fraudulently omitting to do 60, thereby committing .theft. DetectiveSergeant Hawlb said thero was nothing further to add to what was 6aid on Saturday. The accused came to New Zealand about fivo years ago, nnd'had served about three years and a half in the .war. .MAINTENANCE.CASES. ' . John Joseph Buckley, whose arrears totalled £& 15s. in respect to the maintenance of a' child, was sentenced to a mouth's imprisonment, the warrant to ;be suspended so long as ho complies with tho order to pay 10s. a week and pays 2s. Gd. a. week off the arrears, nnu Clurles Arthur Teague, whose arrears totalled .£l4, also for the maintenance of a child, was also sentenced to a, month's imprisonment, the warrant not to issue so long as he pays 10s. a week i- compliance with the original order !■'.,' pays 2s. Gd. a week off the arrears. William Miles, whose arrears for maintenance totalled. .£ll 25., was sentenced to a month's imprisonment,.warrant not to issuo so long as tho original order is complied with'and 2s. Gd. paid off the .imount in arrear. ' • Thomas Pureell, whose arrears amounted to ,£2l lis!, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, tlio warrant to be suspended so long ns he. pays tho amount of the original order, 30s. per week, and ss. per week off the arrears. At Mount Cook Police Station,' before '"Mr. R. D. Hanlon, J.P., William Argentwas fined 205., or 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness, and a first offender was fined 10s., or 24 hours' imprisonment.