MAGISTERIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2230, 6 November 1907, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER., 5

Before Air W. A. Barton, S.AI

Thofit of a Saddle.—A youth, charged the wrov.io.us day with the the. t of a saddle which lie had borrowed was put forward for riontenco. In addi'essing accused the S.lu. fc-uucl t’li'a-t lie was much more to blame than the majority of boys charged with theft ill that ho had had the •benefit of training by good parent.. The notice report showed that lie had previously been convicted of two thefts, it would therefore be impossible to admit accused to probation, land he (the S.M.) would not, for his awn mho, solid hjan to # ga*>J. Accused would be dealt leniently with as Mr. DcLautour had promised that parties previously mentioned would*take charge of him. He would be lined the stun of £5 with costs 18s. Cvcling on. a Footpath.—Ma oi Clark wins lined 15s and costs 7s ior. cycling on a footpath within -jo B Carnal Knowledge.—James ivlalono ■was charged with having knowledge of an imbecile girl. Uonald Gordon., butcher, Mabarak'i, said hi- saw accused in front ol tho -t>" kara'ka Hotel early in the evening of the date of the alleged offence. Witness was then getting Hi-O thecctch to proceed to town, being ■><> oe npanied by bis wife and two cl.ddron-. Left the house locked, ht= stepdaughter, aged 20 "'ho wasi an imbeoilo, being inside m bed. IH turned home about 11.30 o dock dr evening. When witness en-teied -nc bmi4 ho found accused there, . and inspected him .of the commission of tho offence. Accused was nuJi- d out of the house by one j of ns l-o-thors ami one of witness s sons. -Accused was perfectly sober when witness saw him about 7 o dock, anti at 11.30 p.m. lie still appeared <*»•.« ■sober. Bp Mir Stock: Had known accused for about two years. Accused had slept m witness s hot st .two or three times. At 7 o clock ou tlio d.iy of tho alleged offence gave accused lralf-a-crown in consideration of his good work in breaking a florse for witness. Accused appeared to 'have entered the house by the bathroom door, which had been opened about nine inches. Accused was not dead drunk when discovered and was not carried out of tlie lions e. Wary Anil Gordon, wife of previous witness, arid she knew accused was ■aware that the family was going to Gisborne. When discovered her son called accused a dog, accused replyinn- “I have done no wrong. "'as too excited to say whether accused was drunk or not. Generally she corroborated tho evidence of her husband. -By Mr Stock: Hid not know •f anv attempt was made to waken accused when he was cLscovered. Had spoken to accused s father, but did not say to him that she knew there was no harm in accused beni„ found where lie was. Accused had not slept in her house for the past fifteen months. Then lie slept ln the room how occupied by her daughter.—Claude John Gordon, ® last, witness, and Herbert lieanj, stepson, corroborated the„ evidence previously given—Mr. &too^' tho accused, said he Mould call no evidence. —Accused p.eaded “Not Guilty” and was committed for trial at the next sitting of tlie supreme Court in Gisborne. 1 Si vie of a Tea Coupon— Judgment was delivered in the case brought bv tlie police against the Poverty Bay Co-operative Supply Association as regards the sale of a te. coupon—The S.M. found that an offence had been committed. He st-aoted that although Mr Stock, who appeared for defendant, had asked that the fine be made large enough to eiiabio him to appeal, ho vtae S W.) thought that the appeal eoiild bo lodged in any case as the appeal was oil* a point of law, and not on . matter of fact—Mr Stock stated that it was his intention to remove tiie case direct to the Court of Appeal. —The Court was adjourned till £ o’clock to e nable Mr Stock to satisfy himself that the law did not stipulate the amount of the fine. On resuming Mr Stock said he agreed that the law stipulated that it did not ■matter as to the amount of the fine. A fine of 10s with costs (s was lmp,°pereacli of Second-hand Dealers Act—William John Mark Attwood was charged with having on October 4th bought an oilskin coat, and tw o leather bags without entering in bis book tlio name of the person from whom the goods were purchased— Mr. Stock appeared for defendant— Detective Mnddern stated that lie visited defendant’s shop on Octobei OS ,and examined Ins book, anu found that in tlie transaction in question only tlio seller’s name was liven without liis occupation, and address. Said to defendant that lie had no wish to worry lnm continually, but as ho seemed not to wish to keep his book properly lie bad no course but to prosecute him. Defendantsaid to witness that tho seller had told him that- lie had slept in the open tlio night before. —Mr. Stock said that really the charge was only one of not having put tho sellers address in as liis occupation was duly entered. Addressing tho Court Air. Stock said that in the present- case it was very hard to call upon a sec-ond-hand dealer to enter when tlie sellter had none.—A\ . J M. Attwood, examined, said he had never previously seen the seller. By Detective Ala dele I'll: Air. Alartin dicl not ask to see witness’s book. Saul to Air. Alartin that he knew nothing about the bags because t-liey had been taken away while his assistant was away at tea. Did not say to tlie gentleman accompanying Air. Alartin that ho could find no trace of tlie bags in his boooks. Did not hear Air. Alartin say that the two bn -Vi were worth £l, and that the coat was worth 10s. The seller did not say who the tilings belonged to. Paid 3s oil the goods. Re-examin-ed : The bags were returned to tho seller without authority by witness’s nfssisbant. —The S.AI. in. dismissing tho case said that more care would have to be exercised in future, failing which cancellation of tho licenso might follow. Lunacy.—On the authority of two doctors a young man was committed to tho Auckland Alental Hospital.