MAGISTRATE’S COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12623, 7 December 1926, Page 4

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

LAW BREAKERS PUNISHED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CHARGE. Three first offenders for drunkenness ■were fined the amount of their bail, IQs. For fighting in a public street, John Douglas Stark was fined £2, in default 14 days' imprisonment. For a first offence of drunkenness he was fined IQs. Oscar Brown, a second offender for drunkenness, was fined 10s. . For a second offence of drunkenness, Michael Martin, aged 50 years, who has 42 previous convictions against him, wae fined 10s. For casting offensive matter on the street he was fined «£3. For fighting in a public street Frederick Petersen was fined jEI, and Cyril John Hawke was fined £ 2. Harry Knox, aged 42 years, was fined 10« for a second offence of drunkenness. Fo: a second breach of his prohibition order, George Broughton, who has 51 previous convictions against him, was fined £2. in default 14 days* imprisonment. For a first offence drunkenness he was fined IQs. For attempting to commit suicide* Joseph Lance L&ntsberry, a labourer, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon within 12 months. He was ordered to pay hospital expenses, amounting to .£2l 13s. and a doctor's fee of 12s 6d. Marselyn Gjerstein, who was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, elected to be tried by*the Supreme Court rather than by the magistrate. He was remanded to be dealt with by the Supreme Court.