MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 41, 12 November 1919, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES

(Before Mr. 13. Page, S.M.) A remand till November 18 was grunted in the ca.se of Joseph Harrison, who was charged with (1) theft of a set of bagpipes, valued at. .iilO, the property on Charles Joss; (2) theft of a bicycle, valued at £5, thi! property of Eric Wing; (3) theft of a bicycle, valued ftt .fit, the property of Charles Jo-eph Loughuan; (•J) tliei't of a set of bagpipes, valued at .tit, tbu property of Walter Daliantyne; (5) theft of clothes and jewellery, valued at .£5, the property of Martin O'Malley. ' On a. chargo of failing to pioyide mamtennnco for his illegitimate child, David Goodsir was remanded to appear at Inverciirgill on Monday next. On a charge of theft of three bottles of .lavender water, valued at £\, tlia property of Alexander Young, Frank Boffa pleaded guilty. Counsel for tho defendant (Air. I). Jackson) said that ho 'could not understand why his client had committed tho act. Ho was a well respected man in business in the city and tho owner oLimich freehold property. It was apparently tho act of a kleptomaniac, and couns-.d suggested that a irie.ro conviction would meet tho else. His Worship entered a conviction and fined, accused JilO. "I think I am safe in stating, Youv Worship, that this is on© of tho. worst cases of using obscene language that hav ever come under your'jurisdiction," said Chief-Detective Boddam when a coloured man named James Sangster was charged with using obsceno language. The defendant caused somo trouble on a tramcar and was piit oft', but before leaving made use of filthy language and waa proniptlv arrested bv Dcteetivo-Sorgeant Lewis, who was a unssengor on the tram; The Magistrate -agreed with the ChiefDetective's comment and fined tho. accused iI2O, in default 14 days' imprisonment.

s-Oue first' offender for drunkenness waa lined 10s.