MAGISTRATES' COURT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 276, 13 July 1910, Page 4

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

At the monthly sitting "of the Otorohanga Magistrates' Court, before Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, the following civil and criminal cases were dealt with: — CIVIL. Hannah Isaic v. Tewipunga, claim £2O 18s 9d. Judgment for full amount by default, with £2"4s costs. Same v. Richard Turner, claim £ll 10s sd. Judgment for amount claimed and £1 18s costs. Robert Young v. George Turner, claim £5. Judgment for plaintiff with 18s costs. Thos. Weir v. E. R. Dennison on judgment summons. Ordered to pay the amount, £4 7s 6d, forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment. POLICE CASES. Police v. Tumanako, charged with disorderly behaviour in a railway carriage to the annoyance of other passengers. Convicted and fined £1 and £2 17s costs. Thos." Sanders, for allowing a horse to trespass upon the railway yards, was fined 10s and 9s costs. Frederick Murdock was charged with supplying a prohibited person with liquor, and also with receiving an order for liquor in a prohibited area. Upon the first charge the case was withdrawn and Murdoch was then charged with selling a bottle of whisky to Thos. Weir. Upon this, and receiving an order for liquor, he was convicted and sentence was deferred until the next sitting of the Court. John Toucher and C. Solomon were l}oth charged with keeping liquor for sale in a prohibited area, namely, the Otorohanga township. Mr Finlay appeared for the accused. After hearing the police evidence each accused were convicted and fined £25 and ordered to pay costs forthwith. Hieri King was next charged with assaulting Poritu Patupatu.—Fined £5 and ordered to pay £1 7s 6d costs. Thos. Weir, upon two charges of procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order was fined £1 on each charge and ordered to pay costs 7s. Lars Larsen, two charges of procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order, was fined £1 on each charge, with 7s costs. James G. Rutherford, charged with the theft of a range, the alleged property of Mehana Tuhoro. —Mr Sharpies appeared for the accused, and after a large amount of evidence was taken, the case was dismissed. Morgan Patupatu was charged that he did forge and utter a letter (purporting to be signed by Joseph Baxter) to James Jackson, hotelkeeper, Te Awamutu. Mr Finlay appeared for the accused, and after some very conflicting evidence, the case was dismissed. The Magistrate made some very strong comments during the hearing of this case and some of the other liquor charges, regarding the veracity of some of the witnesses. He remarked that in all his experience he had never before had to listen to so many exponents of the defunct "Thomas Pepper." He had occasion fo tell some of the witnesses that they were telling downright falsehoods, and that if anything of the sort occurred again, he would have to institute proceedings for perjury. Constable Fraser conducted the cases' for the Crown with exceptional ability. Owing to the large number of cases and offences to be dealt with several had to be /held over until the next sitting of the Court, which will be held on August 4th.