MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

"I'LL SHOOT YOU!','

BOY ASSAULTS HIS MOTHER

A -youth, a-little over sixteen years W ago, named Joseph • Gomsey Grech Osier, appeared before • Mr. E. Pago, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, to answer, charges of assaulting his mother. Annie Osier, and 'procuring- a levolver without n permit. Sub-Inspector Emerson prosecuted, and • Sir. C. A. L; Treadwell defended^ The case i'or Die police was that on a recent Saturday afternoon Ogier came, homo under the influence of liquor, and on being remonstrated with by his mother, said. "I'll shoot you!" and withi that nroceeded to his bedroom and returned with a revolver. A quarrel ensued during which Mrs. Osier obtained possession of the. weapon. She laid the information for assault. Mrs. Ogier gave evidence, hut could notrecall that defendant threatened her on the afternoon in question. Detective-Sergeant Andrews; who had known defendant all his life, suggested .that he should be put under some restraint. Defendant did not realise tho eeriousysido of life, and had been drinking quite a lot. y Counsel for defendant; subriiitted that the assault charge had failed, as it had not been proved that Ogier had 1 threatened his mother. The charge in relation to the revolver was admitted. His "Worship considered that a conviction would have to bo recorded. He placed Ogier on three years' probation, the conditions of which are to be drawn up by the probation officer. An order ■was made for the retention of the reyolver bv tho police. BREAD-CARRIER'S THEFTS. A :bread-carrier named Ronald Thomas M'Hugh, employed by the, New Zealand Automatic Bakeries, Ltd., admitted charges of failing to account to his; employers for one sum of .£l2 10s. Bd.. and another of .£10.55., thereby committing theft. Chief-Detective Ward prosecuted, and Mr. H. T. O'Lenry defended, i It appeared that M'Hugh entered the emplor of the firm in .November last. Part of his duty was to collect accounts. ' During the period November, 1919, to February of this year, he collected certain sums, and retained the amounts mentioned in the information. : Mr. O'Learv pointed out that defendant collected between £12 and .£ls a day and apparently was unable to handle so much money. Counsel pleaded i'or leniency, and suggested a term of,probation. His Worship said he would . have to enter n conviction. He remanded accused for sentence till this morning in order to'obtain a report from tho probation officer. "CHARGE OP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ; PAILS. • A charge of having cruelly ill-treated ' a. horse which he -fras driving was denied bv James Porrott, a driver employed bv Hunt. Cottrell, arid Co. The proceedings were instituted ,by the Society for the Prevention of .Cruelty to /Animals, which was represented by Mr. N. \ J., A. Barker; Mr; J. Scott represented the defendant. Harrv Williams, a fireman on the steamer Kapuni, and Henry Pledger, an engineer employed by Cable ' and Co:, stated that they saw defendant strike his horse with a pie,cs of wood, and also a chain! Defendant was' unloading poles on the wharf, and tho witnesses were on the steamer Kapuni, which was lying ten feet away. Williams swore ■ that he saw defendant strike the horse at least a dozen times with a piece of timber, and. Pledgor stated that ho saw defendant twice hit the horse on the back with a chain. Defendant denied the allegations, and stated that he was simply quietening the horses, whiehwere restless at the sound of the falling logs. He did not hit tho horse with the chain, but simply threw the chain across the saddle into position, as it had become, undone. ■'-. Evidence" was called by defendant to support his denial, and all his witnesses 6wore that thev did not sec him hit the horse or do anything that could be construed as cruel. ' After reviewing the evidence, His Worship said that there was a doubt about the matter, and he would dismiss the information. He would not allow costs against the society.. BAD LANGUAGE. A sentence of fourteen days' imprisonTnent was imposed on a young man named Edward, Mooney, who pleaded guilty to-a'* charge of : using obscene language. The laneuaec was characterised by SubInspector Emerson as very bad indeed. Mr. Emerson said that accused, who was drunk at tho time, stood on the roadway near an open-air religions meeting in Vivian SJreet on Saturday night, and made use of the. language. Two constables spoke to accused, but he persisted, and was arrested.. * On'the wav. to the station a vcung man named Peter Walters endeavoured to rescue' Mooney, and by so doing obstructed Constable Frederick .Heley. For his trouble Walters- was promptly arrested. He admitted the offence, , and was fined ,£lO. A fine ;of as. was imposed on Moonev for insobriety. Mr. H. F. O'Leary appeared for accused. A fine of £b was imposed on Tliomas Crossley. who admitted a charge of using obscene language. Accused was also fined lfls. for insobriety. VAGRANc7~CHARGES. James Lennon was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called übon within twelve months, on a charge of vagrancy. Ho was found on Saturday night on the enclosed premises of the New Zealand Automatic Bakeries, Ltd.. at 110 Taranaki Street. Defendant stated that he was drunk, and wandered unconsciously into the premises. Patrick M'Carthy, who had a "record," was sent to'eobl for a month on a charge of, vagrancy. He was,found by night on' the premises of Young's Chemical Works at Nos. 12 and U Egmont Street. Sub-. Inspector Emerson stated that the-works had been broken into, twice recently, and the presence of accused was suspicious. Accused said he had left a jar of beer on' the property earlier in the day, and had returned to get it when he was noticed bv Constable Hunt. --; ~ -■• THREATENING BEHAVIOUR,' Henry Evans and Frank Jones M'Donald were each fined .£1 for using threatening behaviour in Vivian Street, A difference of opinion over a betting transaction led Robert Guest and George Milleate to commit a breach of the peace in Cuba Street. They admitted the charge, and were fined M each. Strangely enough, both fights occurred at precisely the same hour (3.45 p.m. on Saturday), though in different thoroughfares. OTHER CASES. ' Florence Turner was remanded till thisjnorning on charges of vagrancy and insobriety. Thomas Charles Sidney Bensley was fined ss. for insobriety, and oEil for breaking a pane of glas-s, valued at 55., the property of W. Littlejohn and Son. Defendant, entered the shop under the "influence of Honor, and in endeavouring to enter the work-room brcte a flanK of glass. A fine of .£1 was imposed on James Robertson, who admitted a breach of his prohibition order. Robertson was-fined a, like amount for insobriety. John Gould admitted ■ like charges,. and was fined .£1 on each cotfnt. On the application of the, police an order against A. G. Wells for the payment of 7s. Od. a week maintenance was increased to 10s. a week. For insobriety Phyllis Boyd Mellis was fined 10s. One first offender was fined 10s.