MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1925, Page 1

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

(HtKY.MoI "I'll. May IIA 1 lII.’ Magistrate's Court yesterday Thomas Jamieson appeared on a charge „r having assaulted his In-ollior .lolm ,linii-soii liv striking, him nit It a stick ||c wns represented liy .Mr Joyce, ulic entered ii plea o! guilty and asked that ,1 amie.sun lie ordered to come up tot sentem-e lien called upon. lie lun lieen w..rkiug mi a farm at .Nelsoi: t'reek lor eoine time, and tin’ Ion;, liotiiv; had evidently had some oiled upon Ins health, lie was in tune! hetter condition now. Seitior-Sergt. I’ .1, McCarthy said that lie had no ob jeetion to the course suggested by .Ml Joyce. Jamieson had been passeil iv doctor. However, lie inu.st under stand iliat be must control bis temj)-U in future. The .Magistrate save Jamie son similar advice, convicted him, mu ordered him to rume up for senteuv. u' culled upon within twelve months He was ordered to pay £- its <xl ex-

penses. (In a charge of exposing liquor fo sale after hours at the 1.-nion Hotel Wallseud, ou April 30, the licensee William Ryan, was convicted and linei with costs. A second charge o selling liquor alter hours was with drawn.

Air .1. \Y. llannan. wlm representc

Ryan, pleaded guilty, and asked that a light penalty lie imposed. Defendant bad held the license for the past I -

■ears und this was bis first appearme in Court. He- bad served drinks

to three miners wlm wore returning hmue from the night shift at the. mine. Xu attempt had been made to rotor up the offence. Senior-Sergeant V. J. McCarthy :i”reed that the licensee had a very .mod character, and when asked by the constable who visited the bote whether anyone was in the house, .w admitted the facts quite honestly, lho three men found on the premises had no excuse to oiler. The three miners, vilio did appear. were each convicted and fined fits with costs.