MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 July 1924, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

WEEKLY SITTING. The weekly sitting of the Hawera Magistrate’s Court was held to-day, Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., presiding. LIQUOR LAWS DISOBEYED. Horace. Henry Nagel was charged with supplying liquor to a native within a proclaimed area. Sergeant Henry, who said that Aagel was only 21 years of age and had just recently come to reside in Normanby, stated that the defendant procured three bottles of beer and delivered them to one Minhinnick behind a billiard saloon. Defendant was not a bright young fellow. ' ■ His Worship pointed out the senousness of the charge, but in view of defendant s position, inflicted a fine of a,nd 7s court costs, although Nagel was liable to a fine of £SO. Stephen Minhinnick was charged on two counts, one with counselling JNagel to commit the offence and the other with procuring liquor during the currency of a. prohibition order sergeant Henry said that at first Minhinnick had denied having received the liquor, but later he went to the police .station and admitted the facts, rtetendant, who was a prohibited person, had been noticed by the police on previous occasions to be under the influence of liquor. A fine of £ls and 12s court costs was imposed on the first charge, while Li C ° n T tlor lu and 5s costs was entered on the second charge.'

BY-LAW CASES. George Johnston was fined 7s 6d and /s court costs for riding a bicycle in High, street without lights. William O’Dowd was charged with tailing to pull up his car on the left hand side of the street. The police evidence was to the efiect that when defendant was pulling out from the wrong side of the road t telegraph messenger riding a bicycle ran into him and sustained injuries to his leg. O Dowd was paying the boy's medical expenses. ’ . £1 and 7s court costs was imposed.

John Matheson pleaded’ guilty to two charges of driving a motor van across an intersection at a speed greater than six miles per hour, and with failing to keep as near as practicable to the left hand side of the road when turning fiom High street into Regent street. A fine of £1 10s and 7s court costs was imposed on each charge. ' George Collins was charged with tailing to drive his motor-car on the coriect side of the road; and also with exceeding the speed' limit of six miles per hour across an intersection. Defendant was fined £1 12s 6d and 7s court costs. For driving. a motor-car without a tail light H. D. Forsyth was fined 15s and 7s court costs. Digby L. Tonks was' fined £3 and 7s court costs for exceeding the. speed limit over an intersection. Leslie Rowson was fined £1 and 7s court costs on a similar charge, although the facts of the case were different. Jack Fitzgerald, who was charged with leaving a car standing in the street without lights, was fined 2s 6d and 7s court costs. Lewis Babinton was fined 7s 6d and court costs 7s for allowing his car to stand in Nelson Street without lights. BY DEFAULT. \ Judgment for the plaintiff, with costs against the defendant, was given, in the uudefended civil case of. A. Hatrick and Co. v. A. and S. New foe the amount of £l7 and £2 19s costs.