MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1931, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

GREYAIOUTH, July 14. At tlie Magistrate’s Court ywAruay in Hiin.wUig cud.get «c.. ui-.ia me,: THEFT ADMITTED. k tiiirgt'ci t.i-.i- 7*. or about. Doccm-.c. ;0, 198 Uat lvoi.ganu, lie stole a magr l.eui ami e... —«-■■*', -a - - i ante oi ~-2, ..property, ol fSiuney Jieroeri ,m.t. oui.ii r i .ust, i,i .*w inku, pieadeu guilty, and elected to be dealt with summarily. Accused was sentence il calhd upon within i..ninths, tne goods to he retu. ■> • the owner, and accused' to pay cost oi ,u\t-,>aiii . Tillin’ (IF COAL. ' A ret hi'.. ..M- hi' uiu pUVef.'iiji'o'i' c'-lli ..out L. •...... tV OS tl ~111.1 l' "o tiirolign i\ii.iui.ui too to t.ie pi O-a -uujon oi titti'.c tiioouri is employed, on e.ie liyuro-e.e.trio works there. j ho. Hits ivennedy pleaded guilty to a charge that, on u m, im m u:d the tfieit oi coal valued at 2s, the property oj tne ani.ways Department. ivennedy was lined hi, and ordered to pav 2s, tile value of the stmeit coal, to -the-Railways Department:; also to pay 2s 6d witness’s.expenses. - ; Kevin ihi'siiold did not appear to answer a similar charge. Constable Rodgers said that he vis ited Pasfiekl’s hut about 5.30 p.in. on June, 19, and found a sack containing about a hundredweight of coal, under the bunk. Pasfield admitted that he had taken the coal from a truck in the railway yard. Tlie S.M. imposed a fine of £l, with 2s fid witness’s expenses, and ordered that the value of the coal 2s, fon, refunded to the Railways Department. Charles Green pleaded not guilty to a similar charge. After hearing -evidence accused was convicted -and fined £l, and ordered to refund the value of the coal 2s.