MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 51, 3 June 1916, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2. (Before Mr Haselden, S.M.) REQUEST FOR MILITARY EXEMPTION. P. H. Booker appeared and asked to be exempted from military parades. Lieutenant Cray, who appeared on behalf of the Defence Department, said Booker had not attended drill since 1914. Booker had been recently examined -by Dr. Steven, and he was reported to be (it for military training. Booker said lie was 2ii years.of age and married, and bad a family of two children. He bad been a Sergeant in the Territorials and had received an exemption from the military doctor in 1913. The Magistrate advised Booker L o so and see Lieutenant Gray and see what he could ilo for him, BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER Joseph James, who was charged with procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order, did no I appear. After the evidence of ("onstable llotertson bad been beard. James was convicted and ordered to pay [;-> in default 14 days' imprisonment. SiiOO'lTNCi WITHOUT LICENSES. Harry Rowe, .Douglas Lobb, and Patrick (hoshenski, were charged with trespassing on property on the Beaconsiield Road, owned by Arthur Richmond, in pursuit of game, without being the holders of licenses. Sergeant Dale said that on the day the three defendants trespassed on Richmond's property a horse bad been shot. The police were certain that the horse had not been shot by defendants. The matter of the shooting of the horse had been reported to the police, and tbe present cases were the outcome of inquiries. The Magistrate convicted each of the defendants and fined Rowe 10s, costs