POLICE OFFENCES.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 1

POLICE OFFENCES.

SFPPR ESSIOX OF NAMES. AFCKI AM). N.w. I Mr Poynuin, S.M.. emphatiealK refused to proliihii, the publication o mi accused person‘g name this morning. Ada Pen lie th had'pleaded guilty sit t

Magistrate's Court to a charge of having committed iui:.chiet by v.illuiL damaging a window mined at ii'.'s. Mr Singer (for defendant.) .-aid Indid not wish to go into the details ol the case and distress his client, whose lir-t appearance it was in Court. The breaking of the window was accidental. Defendant was assaulted by complainant. and threw a hammer in sell defence, the missile going through the window.

The defendant was convicted and ot tiered to pay 80s damages. Air Singer: Would your Worship prn--11111 i t the publication of my client’s

name.-' M,r Povnton : She is over 21. All Singer: She i- a first ollendei. The S.M.: 1 cannot help that. She is over 21. Mr Singci : It is only fair in the int,nests of liiy client and her children that you should prohibit publication. The S.M.: They will not get their names suppressed by me i! they ate over 21. If they are under that age. and lirst offenders, It will keep them ~iii. otherwise. This is the rule, and I will not depart from it. li 1 granted this application everyone would wan; the same tiling. Mi Singer: If she had committed a crime 1 would not ask tor it. The S.M.: Well, you admit she llirow a hammer al someone : instead ol lotting him nit (lie head it went through the window, luckily for her. Mr Singer: Will your Worship tell

The S.M.: It is no use discussing it | refuse In suppress the name. If I depart from the rule every drunk oi ~i ' ..(fender w Ini collies here wil ~.: i, ,l th,- same tiling in his or hci ease M, Sumer: Will your Worship gift

am indieati. n as to in w lull eases tic c,,11, l exercises the discretion allowed ,1 u ben die nel son is over 21 The S.M.: That will do. 1 will not argue the matter.