Around and About The Courts

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 4

Around and About The Courts

TF what Becky Parata' says;, is correct, ■*■ Darcy Lewis Gobdriiari'is not riariied properly, for she says his name should be Badmaii, not GbpdmanY.yßecky is a prepossessing Maori girl, arid'rshe -met Goodman at a dance m the at Tairua. ' ■y-'\' '! '■■•■•-yAAA;;,;,.One day Becky was Home' looking -after TtHel house odur'n9A'her ..father's -.absence when she ;. saw Goodman walking .along the road .past -her house. He stopped at the gate and they talked. Becky then returned to! the house, and .she alleged that Goodman followed arid attempted ''J to! coriimit an off ence. Constable Cannon; waa ; later called m, and as a result Goodman will have to show the' Auckland Supreme i.C.pu'rtthat he .isn't; such 1 a ; ; bad mtui;- after, all, because -that's' ■ Where; lie .will appear next. '■ ''. .'.'■•''•' \ ■'•'''■; iAA A ■;.'■' '.■' ■.; '■■ ,;•;<■ A^A^t-;-^^ 1 .-';-- TlTE "delicious A smell of; hot . pies, .the. •*■ . enticing; warmth of Athe pie -cart, served as A;a> magnet to • draw A Joseph 'Percy .Morcari to 'the .street; corner restaurant on; seyeral.y cold nights ' recently^ ''■■'■■'■< ';.' ',' ; -AA'y'A '' yY--yi;--'"- --\ \Mbrcan had no Irribriey, put. there; was always; some .-kind.; person, '-filled with cariiaraderie; who : was prepared to fill hiiriAwlth^'hpt /dog." y A yA;. : A. A ' : A. Morcan .©eyeraryof -these ,-. free Amealjs, but ; then -the, ■ pbHceyA -who? knew; -him- of old,; gbtAbny to '■ his tracks with the. purpose of -.g jy.- ■■; ;irig him some wbre'at the ment's experiseVA'Fbrthr^ months he ' wi 1 1 . now 'd i tie '„6 h the y plain, but ytioodvfare; provided fat/ the yF*aparua Prison. A^ A/AAf :' : A A-'A-'^'-'A^.. v' A : - Morcari wasscbnvicted . by Mi;. E. C. Levvey; - S.M.,Aih , the \ Christchurch Magistrate'ig Court,. !pn a^ .charge : pf ,be r ing an incorrigible, rogue, and^was sentenced to three mpriths'. hard labor. yY'~+:Cy /: 'YYY*Y-- : - : y'' : *'': : ' aaV. THE brdealV.of entering 'the^ witnessbox '.aiii'd; telling 'a- public court of one's "... domestic ., troubles '.' is -one which tries out: the A mehtaL sta'miria of .the most worldly woman. For pretty; little Mrs. Summers,- at the"Punedin v • Mairir tenance Court,-: it'- was a.: hard '? row -to hoe. So hard, m; fact, that : she nearly collapsed Vandy had to be 'helped down to- : a;'.sea;tA.y,;.\!; '' : ;A-A'-y..A. ; .. : ! :>*■..;■ '....; A A Yet :her?stbry, was! only: brief. Awas i; jUst ;^hat= she : iriarried'Jphn ■Brown Summers m 1924 i' at Timaru, A: arid; after itHeir!partr^g;BbmeAeight-! jben inontlhisTi«g'6:'Bh©:'!'.had;,riot.!'.h«ard''--

. from him duririg that period, and now wanted maintenance and., separation. -.-''■>' After some discussion .-..regarding., the husband's earnings 'as' Van'- 'employee -on a station m Glenorchy, Mx> C. J. ; L. "White (for defendant) 'consented- :to-t a maintenance order , for .30/ -per week.; Mr. '-H.V.W. ' Bundle, .y's'.Mi,. clinched matters by making! a separation order also. ■■' ■;■•'■'■• . .'■ „ :',' •'"." a. '■:'.• -. '. :•.."•;'! WHEN Archelipu's '; Jariies .Kent Laxrib VY refused to buy. an Art Union ticket from Leslie Foster Williams, : the go-getting salesman forced his way into Lamb's sample rooms, kicked him because he threatened . to call m the police, and then! ran away. A month later Lamb noticed the man going into an -hotel arid' had him arrested. - :■; :: .-.Ay' A.''... ; ■'"■ -y.< .'. ■ ■• : y'---- --". ■ . yWhen. Wilson - appeared . m. the <;• Christchurch ;y Magistrate's A Court' recently, to * answer y^a: charge of -i • assault, .he thought, that 'the' kick might have,, be«n/ accidental, -but ' Lamb had other views on the'maty ter.! ■ ,''y ■-.';• A yAAy:.y. ; . yj-- ■'• AAA Wilson-. appeared rather hazy when he :was : m .'the- court, and' Mr;' E;' -'C. Levyey,.:\;':S;M.:, - .;Tema'rked"otftkt:v.heA : ,dfd. not Akhow "whether Athe', man "was -then under -.the -influence '.of drink' or- whether.he'wasi .suffering .f rom ; the 5 effects of itYy : Yy^.yyyyyY'yY''-'y^y : y''i:y.yY.. ■ Wilson . wasAfined ..£.5 jaiid: "costs, ;in default. 30 days' impri'sojnrirenti allo'wfed:--a--;^e^k\;ihA'w^icH-/io';'hHd'--ithe money. •-. ; .'■ ' j! .>" ' Ayy, ■'.' ' /'■' -Ay A AA-.:--:: '..-: _ .;.."■-. ;•• 'A" : #y; A..;- # -.-:A^ [ y : *-'Yyy '-'p;.' y" FOR (a nutnberiof y months 'past -the .;■'. Duhediri ypolice Vh&ve .been troubled with repeated complaints Apf. shops,' offices; and : -warehouses' m .different parts of the cityAhavirig been' broken into' and robbed. . y, ,"';• ••, y. ; The mystery of, whether or not there was; 'a; clever. y gang" of professional burglars operating :in 'the : clty was cleared up at the Police Court when four youths-^-Gharles: Walter Ramsay, James Ramsay, ..Oliver. 7 John Keenan arid; Jphri !Davidy Caskie^were.: arraigned before ' Mr. AH.' W. 'Bundle, !S;M., on a series 'of : charges m connection with burglaries dating' bade so far as last ' April. A' , The quartette, whpse ages range from 17 to 19 years, pleaded guilty to all the charges;, and, after evidence : had been heard,., the- lads were sent up for sentence, bail- beiriiy allowed, '• '