MAGISTRATE'S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10285, 21 May 1919, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE AND BYJ/AW CASES.

Mr F. V. Frazer. S.M.. presided over yesterday's sittings of tho Magistrate's Court.

Ho. fjrt Thomas, for a breach of his prohibition order, was fined .£l, in default to be detained in jail for sevenfcrtwo .hours.

Phineas Stone, for using obscene language while in a state of drunkenness, was fined £Z, in default seven days' imprisonment. The accused, who lives in Hanson street, paraded his house at 2 o'clock in the morning calling out nlthy I language. The neighbours were so disturbed that they were compelled to send [for the police. POVERTY NO CRIME.

John William Riokman, a man 65 years of age, was charged with being an idl« and "disorderly person, in that he had no visible means of support. The accused said that poverty was all he was guilty of. Since November last he had been sleeping iu the broom up near the wireless station and had don* no harm to anyone. Acting Sub-inspector Emerson saV. that in consequence of a complaint mado to the police, a constable went to thi, town bolt, off Grant road, and thero found the defendant in tll> scrub. He was lying on the ground with two sacks over Mm, and was unable to get up. Hickman said he was ill, and was pleased that the police had arrived to take caro of him.. He said that lis had been working but had been out of employment for o fortnight. After a while tho defendant was able to stand up, and, with the help of the constable, walked to-tUs police station. Tho Magistrate said that poverty was not n crime, and he had no intention of sending the old man to jail for being poor. He required looking after, however, and would be commit J>d for modical treatment. In tho meantime" the 'wlice could make inquiries with the object of getting the <Vfendant into a home. OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE. j Allan Lorraine Reid pleaded guilty to |beiDg : drunk and to obstructing Sergeam Mathieson while in the execution of his 'duty. ■■■■■, It was shown that tlij accused, when Sorgeant Mathieson was attending to a' ioerson who had met with a tram accident, interfered with him. Reid asked for the constable's number and said he would put him. in his pla<k3. The. defendant, who stated he had had a drink or. two, was fined £Z. in default fourteen days' imprisonment ; BY-LAW CASES. For allowing stock to wander at Johnsonville, Robert Walker was fined 17b « ' on each of four charges, and .£3, with .fll 8s 7d costs, on a fifth; while John Stannard, who described himself as an old aged pensioner, was ordered to pay 7s costs on each of five charges, and £1 7s on a sixth. Wandering stock at Miramar cost James J. Moorii, John Heyworth, Richard Jan|?s Simmons, and Charles Free each £l, with 7s costs; and John Ramsden, Patrick Herbert Donoghue, and Henry Thomas Tonks each 10s with 8s 6d costs. For allowing cows to be at large at Island Bay, Mrs Mary Feehy was fined £2 with costs, and John Snellgrove JBI with costs 7s. Osmond Disley was mulcted to the extent of 12s for allowing a horse to wander at Karori, and Ernest Smelt and William F. Haines each 12s in respect to similar offences at Brooklyn. CIVIL CASES.

Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following civil cas>es: Hooten Veale and Beachamp v. Matthew Carr £4 13s 3d. costs 14s; National Dairy Association of New Zealand, Ltd. v. Clarence J. Shrimpton JBIO 15s, costs 15s 6d; City Printing Co. v. A. G. Willoughby £5 12s 6d, costs ,£1 7s Bd; Public Trustee, as trustees for Hiraam Te Hei (deceased) v. Ratima Hokopa .£Bl, costs £4, 15s 6d; Miramax Borough Council v. Mrs E. J. Lnurenson .£3 17s 6d. costs 8s; City Carringe '«nd Motor Works, Ltd. v. Albert William Cameron .£l2 17s 6d, costs £1 10s 6d; A. S. Fagg v. Mary Cook j£3 S-- lOd. costs 10s; E- C. Chilcott v. W. P. Smith .£8 10s,-costs £1 t» «d; 3. Lewis r. J. Boyd .£3 10s, costs, lis: New Zealand Express Co., Ltd. v. Ellen Hurcombo J6lO 15s sd, costs £1 10s 6d.. • JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.

In judgment summons cases, Frederick Charles Cudbv was ordered to pay W. H. Edwards £6 17s 6d forthwith, or go to jail for seven days, the warrant to be, suspended for one week; James Wright is to pav Jame* Smith. Ltd., £i Is lid forthwith, in default to be imprisotipfor four days, the warrant to- be suspended for a vV?k: Tui Koroneho is to nav Hood Bros. .£27 10s Id by October &>th, 1919. in default to undergo four weeks' imprisonment, tho warrant to bo suspended so long as £2 per month is paid; W. Corcoran is to pay A. Levy Ltd., £l9 9s 7di by instalments of jei ner month; and Edward Oliver is to ray A. Orr and Son £4 10s forthwith, or go to Jail for four days, the warrant for commitment to be suspended for a tveek. TENEMENT CASES. I In claims, for possession of tenements,. [Philip Lambert was ordered to vacate nremises in favour of Arthur Heeney by May 28th, pav ,£lO accrued rent, and £1 19s' costs;• while Richard Whyte is to deliver up possession of a house to Sarah Jane Day by June 10th, and pay £Z accrued rent with 10s costs.