MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10276, 10 May 1919, Page 10

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

YESTERDAY’S CASES A LONG LIST. Tile proceedings in the MagistrateT Count yesterday were conducted by ilr I*. V. Frazer. S.M, Goorgo William Passingham was fined £2 Tor having committed an indecent ac-. byunev Joan iMeison was accused o. bavin* taken jBl l'/s 3d from the shm tii-1 of F. M. '.looilcr. lieiondant sam that iie did the thine while inloxicatou. and that of the £1 IVs 3d found on him Xza 6d wiu his own. lie was lined ■with, expenses 10s, in default seven days, and was ordered to return the stole!, money. Herbert Henry Knight was _ chargee with having travelled on an expired radwav ticket. He was fined XI, and oosu. £1 2a Bd. The train guard stated tna. he thought Knight acted under a misap nveheasion

For resisting the police when arrestee on a charge of drunkenness, Jeffrey Aihook was fined £2: Gu a further charge of refusing to quit licensed priMius..: when called upon to do so. he was convicted and discharged.

Charged with gamming on the King’s whhrf. Thomas, Glengarry was fined t'-s and costs.

For breaches of a prohibition ordci Myra' Donaldson was fined -ids. For similar offences Cecilia Parkinson. Timothy Delaney and Thomas Blake were eacn fined 30s; and Harriet Maloney 10s. G. H. Thornito'h. for employing a female in a. shop after 9 p m., was fined XI ant. costs.

itoid and Fenwick. Ltd., were fined ,£1 and costs for failing to notify tho Inspector of Factories within 48 hours oi an accident which had happened at the firm’s factory. AN ACQUITTAL.

Frank' Nelson, who was defended bj Mr H. F. O’Leary, pleaded not guilty to a .charge of the theft on March 2fith 01 some fishing lines and nets of the value or jm. the property of the Wellington .Harbour' Hoard, The evidence showed that the accused was a carter in the employ of Georg© and George, and at the King’s wharf he loaded several bales for his firm. The tishing lines and nets weie found on his lorry and he was at a loss to account how they got there. He said there must- have been some mistake, Alter several witnesses had been examined the magistrate said that' there evidently had been some mistake, and on the merits of the case he would dismiss it. ■IMPERSONATION. Charged with impersonation at the Licensing po.l on .April 10th, Patnc-v ni ic ha el Muiphv (for wbon. Mi H. i • O'Leary appeared), was lined As ana costs. MILITARY SERVICE ACT. Charged with failing to comply with the Military ■ Service -Act. the following were dealt with:—Janies McStmchey, titled £5 and costs; W. Petheram,-.J82 and costs: P. Davis and E. H. Murphy, ordered to nay costs. A MATTER OF REGISTRATION. The Rev. R. S. Gray and William John Lanksher were charged „ with breaches ol the Printers' and Newspapers’ Registration Act in not publishing the origin of a poem entitled /In® Vote.” Hr J. M; Dale, who appeared for tho defence, urged that the offence was merely a technical one and amo.uvted to an oversight. Each defendant was fined A 5 and costs. THE POISONS ACT. The New Zealand Farmers’, Co-opera-tive Distributing Co.. LM.. mers* Cb-oporative Wholesale ledeiat.o (N.Z.). were charged wirn improper'.packing poison. . ' , .. , Mr V. S. K. Macassey, who appe—id for the Crown, stated that the poison comprised 139 oases of sheep dip containing arsenic, and the packing did not cornform with the Poisons Act of 1W»Mr F. C. Mazengarb appeared tor the defence, and explained that the sheep cl.p had -been-received .from shippers in Mc.bourne who were realty to blame- otspa bad been taken to prevent any recurrence of tbe offence. ~ The charges against the first mentioned firms worn withdrawn, The latter firm were ordered to pay costs. SHOP CLOSING LAW. H M. Johns, of Eastbourne, was proceeded against bv th© inspector of nao--1 ones (Mr F. Wilson), on a charge of failing to close his shop at 5 p.m. Mr JM, Dal© appeared for tpe defendant, Tho defendant stated that there was a » taurant connected with the shop and to gain access to tho restaurant it was necessary to pass through the shop. Consequently the shop door was, kept open, ifio terms of his lease prohibited a separate entrance. He was fined,. 10s and costs. R, Benge and Son. for tailing to close at 5 p.in., were fined £2 and costs. THE LICENSING REGULATIONS.. Breaches of the Licensing regulations-on April 19th ,w e ro .brought-forward uiconnedtion with the Cricketers Arms Hotel. Joseph Campbell, a servant of the licensee. was lined A 3 and costs for sellmg liquor when the bar should have been closed, and also Ws and costs tor supplying Frederick Fletcher with hqum • Frederick Fletcher was fined ,10s to' treating John Doboo. and a similar pen alty was imposed on Deboo for receiving liquor purchased by Fletcher.- A charge against tho licensee, Joseph Stewart, toi selling liquor when the premises shoulu lie closed was dismissed. John Johns and Henry Simmons were fined 20s and costs for being on licensed premises after hours.