MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Cases at the Magistrate's Court were dealt with to-day- by Mr. T. B. M'Neil, Suffering, from a. complete lapse of memory as a result of drinking methylated spirits, George Albert Wheatcroft was remanded for one. week on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person with insufficient lawful means of support. For a second offence of drunkenness Nora Watte, aged 45, was convicted and lined the amount of her bail, £1. One first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged. Fergus Dickson Morgan, who was admitted to three years' probation this month on a number of charges of stealing vacuum cleaners, was further charged with stealing a vacuum cleaner, the property of George Frederick Campion. Sub-Inspec-tor Ward said that the charge was one of the series for which Morgan had been convicted. The police did not know of the present charge when the accused appeared before the Court earlier in the month. The Magistrate entered a conviction and admitted the accused to three years' probation, the terms to be concurrent.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 125, 24 November 1930, Page 4
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173MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 125, 24 November 1930, Page 4
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