MAGISTRATE'S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10288, 24 May 1919, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

VARIOUS POLICE CASES.

; Jlr. presided over yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. „,,.'■ Dorothy Margaret Baldwin, on a oharge of insobriety a was fined £l. Annie McNicoll, an idle and disorderly person who had no visible means of support, was sent to jail for three -months. -. James Hogan, who admitted having broken, his; prohibition, order, .waa fined ""t. in default to go to prison" for three, days;— -- ■- -~* -- ■ - ■ ■■£■■■- . Walter Richard Leary, who had been undergoing a week's medical treatment, was ordered to pay 17s 6d medical ex- j penses incurred in his behalf. j Robert Westrupp pleaded guilty to a oharjje under the anti-shouting regulations. The accused and a number of other boarders at the Cricketers' Arms Hotel accepted liquor which- wan rwiidior by one of the party. Westrupp said that/.being a boarder,.he, was : noi, aware he was committing an offence. He was convicted and ordered to pay 7s costs. ADMITTING THE POLICE. Fred licensee of the National Hotel, 'pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to afford the police immediate entrance to the bar of his premises. Sergeant J. Sweeney stated that he went into the National Hotel at 7.45 o'clock on the night of April 25th for the purpose of'serving a. notice on the licensee. He noticed that a door lead.ng into the bar was open, and on ccomg towards it someone shut and locked the door. He knocked, and someone inside called out; "Who is there?" Witness demanded admittance in the name of the police, and. after waiting for a minute and a-half, the door was opened. Prior to thiß, he heard a, shuffling-of feet and a nojse na if the side-door leading into the alleyway had been opened. The licensee and his wife were "standing in the bar and did not reply when asked why witness was not admittted at once. The defendant said itlhat. the door leading to the bar referred to by Sergeant Sweeney had been closed since 6 o'clock. The street door was onlv 4ft away, and, when the sergeant knocked witness thought it was at the street door, which he opened. It was not 6.30 o'clock when : the sergeant oalled, and witness was engaged in cleaning up the bar before going to tea.

Mrs Hilton gave oorroDoratlv© evidence, and, after 'hearing it, the magis-' trate said there was a doubt, to the benefit of which the defendant was entitled. The information would therefore, be dismissed. OTHER CHARGES.

Michael Kubler pleaded guilty to making a false declaration in an attempt to obtain a permit to leave New Zealand. He was fined £l, with costs 7a, in default to go to jail for 72 hours. The accused declared he vyas a widower with two children, who were being looked after by friends when in reality his wife was alive and he had not supported her for the past five years. Ernest French, for driving a motorcar on the Hutt road at nignt without lights; was convicted and discharged. There were extenuating circumstances in connection with the case.

Terraac© Maher, for committing a nuisance in a railway carriage, WB.B fined £2, with 19s costs, and given the alternative of going to prison for seven days. v ■ "Wilfred Gothard Soderland, an alien, -►leaded guilty to failing to give notice of a change of his address. The accused had been burned out at Foxton and lost his registration paper in the fire. He came to Wellington in January last, and applied to the police for a duplicate copy. Representations were at once made to the Government Statistician, but the duplicate was not available until a few days ago. In the meantime, Soderland had changed hia addreis from tiha Princess Hotel to Mulgrave rtreet. The defendant was convicted and 'discharged. For not attending military parades, Allan Falloon was • fined £2, costs 7s, in default •to undergo fourteen days' military detention.