MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 9, 6 October 1919, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

'• ,Mr, W,. G.'Riddell, S.M., presided at the Court on Saturday.. Mary Burgoyne, who was charged with being drunk'in Sydney Street, was convicted and discharged, and for committing a breach,of a prohibition order was ■lined &., jn default seven days' im. prisoninent. ■ Edward Lenistonj who was convicted of -his second offence for drunkenness, was fined 205., in the alternative of spyem days' imprisonment. George Francis wius convicted and discharged for drunkenness,' and on a chargo of theft of a rainproof coat, valued at X 7 55.,. the property of some, .person unknown, he Was remanded for, a.week, SubInspector Eraerson'.intiinatiug that it was probable that another charge; would be laid against- tho accused. Joseph Hcskin, a member of the crew of the s.s., Adolph AVoermann, invited a wharf worker, named John Dalton on board. Iloskin then appropriated three tins condensed milk and two tins cornea beef, of the total value of 155., and' the pair went ashore, and after indulging in several drinks found themselves in the back premises of a house in Tory Street when the police appeared on the sceno and both men were arrested. They were convicted and a fine of £3, in default 14 days' imprisonment, was imposed on 'each. .Alfred John Mills, who was arrested on Friday on a charge of failing to provide maintenance for his wife, was remanded to appear in Dunedin on October 11. A plea of guilty was returned by a young able-bodied man named James F. M'Mullen, 29 years of age, who was charged with being an idle and disorderly person in that he poss6ssed insufficient ' lawful means of support. , M'Mullen, who had been drinking, was found sleeping in a cellar at the Alexandra Barracks, ne was'convicted and ordered to'come up for isentenco when called upon within a period of six months, during which time he is to report fortnightly to the probation officer, and a pronibit.ioii order was, also issued against

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