MAGISTRATE'S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10284, 20 May 1919, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND MAINTENANCE

CASES.

"llr F. V. Frazor, S.M., presided over yesterday's silting of the Magistrate'* ■ Court.

• John - Turnbull, for casting offensive;. matter on' the footpatk in. Sydney ' street, was convicted .and. discharged, i "There were .extenuating circumstances -,< in connection with the case, and in,, consequence the accused, a recent ar< : ; rival in Wellington, was leniently deali. ; ■with. " .'..','■ ,

Phinoas Stone, who was tailed i*pon to answer a charge of using cbscena language in Hanson street, did not appear. Acting Sub-In specter Emerson. s>aid that Stoiio was out on bail. He was remanded till this morning, and if he does not appear he is oe arrested. - _> ...(Stephen..Fisher. John"" Perry, Percy Albert Olding, Ernest Adams, Ernest Beech, and HuberD Philip Pettit, who appeared on remand, charged with the theft of a large quantity of stores from the Raranga, wore t further remanded till Wednesday. . Acting Sub-Inspector Emerson siatod that the-police intended to proceed with the charges, but as the y departure of the Raranga had been delayed, further inquiries were to be Two of. the in the citv, and four of them.-were employed'on the ship, Mt H. F, OjLeary, v. ho a,ppoared for Fisher, applied for bail, which was granted in a sum of £SO, with one surely of £SO or two of £25. In respect to the other defendants, 'bail was allowed each, in a sum of £lO, and the accused are to re- ■ , port to the wharf noliee at, 8 o'clock each morning and evening. •• • - •MAINTENANCE; .CASES.

'Walter- Askwith,- - who ha&f failed to keep up ibis payments under a maintenance, order, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. The warrant is to be suspended till May 31st, in order to give the defendant, an appor" tunity to pay the arrears, amounting to £5 lis.. '

j Annie Leiper ,applied for a-separation order, together with maintenance and thei guardianship of her, two. children, on the grounds of her husband's cruelty and insobriety. evidence showei tliat the = defendant provided well for his wife and family." '"At" times he struck and kicked his wife, had not been unkind "to 'the '■ ! '-'children. The order was . granted, with ■ maintenance at the rate of £2 5s The defendant was also ordered, to pay *1 Is solicitor's fee. -,'"...'."•-

John Green applied for "■ cancellation of a maintenance order of £1 10s In •support of'his 'wife!." The"''application -was-refused, "with "£I"lB~ r eost&. Bees "Nicholson, whose" arrears cf maintenance Iri support of'tis wife had accumulated to the extent of £lO ISs, was sentenced to a month's,', imprisonment. The warrant is to be suspended so long as £2 a week is paid regularly in compliance with the order 'ana 10s o week "in reduction of the arrears.