MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 123, 17 February 1921, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE SENT TO GAOL.

Mr. W. G Riddell. S.M., dealt with the police cases in tho Magistrate s Court yesJennio Lynn, alias Ryan, pleaded guilty to breaking two panes of glass, valuei 4Mb.. tho property of Edward Fitzgerald. Incr was a second charge ef being an ]J'to . rigible rogue. Sub-Inspector Willis «txited that the accused was at present « tl l ,r °i batiouary license, and had been r< -hasrtl for some time. She had reverted■ to 1 - old life, and was again in (I ball She was ordered to pay the amount the damage to the glass, in defaul l days’ imprisonment, and on the eecona charge she was sentenced, to six months iU &?“cimrle3 Holey and Albert John Simpkin were charged with being reK«‘“ and vagabonds, in that they were f< by night in the enclosed yard of Fowlds, Ltd. They were also with attempting to break and enter ? night the linn's shop, with intent 10 c ” r “. mit a crime. Simpkin was f ¥ rthe X„‘' h ? l js ed with breaking and entering the And land Billiard Parlour and steal! S packets of cigarettes, and 3s. Id. In cop pers, of tho total value of £3 10b., the property of James Kirk. Air. G A. L Treadwell appeared for Simpkin. On tnc application of Chief Detective Ward noth accused were remanded for a week. Bail was allowed in .£l5O and one sjirety ol £l5O, or two of £75 each, to each ol the accused. T . • > A young man named James David Stancomb, alias Hamilton, was charged with forging a cheque drawn on the Ba'iK of New Zealand, Wellington, for £lO, pay able to L. D. M’Arthur, and purport! t. to be signed by A. B. Hamilton, \ with causing George C. Niven to act upon the same as if it were genuine. He was also charged with forging a cheque toi £lO, drawn on the Bank of New > Zea land; Christchurch, payable to W.- D. Hill, and purporting to bo signed by A. J. Hamilton, and with causing Nellie Krahagen to act upon the same as if H were genuine. The accused pleaded gxtilty to both charges. The facts were that the accused went into Hannah and Lo. s shon, Lambton Quay, purchased a pair or lady's shoes, and tendered a chequ . which he stated had been £y Mr. Hamilton, M.P. for Awarua, and that, he was tffe M'Arthur to whom trie cheque value of the boots was deducted from the cheque and the hal ance handed to him in cash- He repeatea the same trick at Carterton where he nurchased a pair of tan boots foi niiu self at £2 155., and obtained the balance of a cheque for £lO in cash, lhe accused was committed to the Supreme Court for Se john Ce Cecil Kiernan, who had failed to provide adequate maintenance for his ill. p-itimate child, was ordered to pay lus. pel week, together with £lO past maintenalFoer drunkenness, Alexander M'Bride was fined 205., with the optionof threedays imprisonment. Samuel JMBTy. tarter yas ■imilarto- lined, and for. committing two breaches of his prohibition order he vas fined a further 4Us., with the option seven days’ Imprisonment.