THE COURTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 44, 17 March 1909, Page 2

THE COURTS.

, . COMMITTED FOR TltlAL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the 1 Magistrate's Court to-day 'M'iclttiel Ilurliliy, a, young man, waa icomiiiittc'd for trial on a charge ot .stealing from the person, articles valued at XI 2s Ud. .i

A LOW LEVEL. Cliristeliurc.il, last Night. In tlio .Magistrate's Court, Ella Bo< gun, n colored woman, 'with three Os\ four previous convictions, ■was convicted I of .soiling liquor without a license, fend it nentcnccd to six months' hard Übor. -jj .licilici't. Anderson, who occupied tit* same house as Regan, -was fined £M -« .011 a similar charge. The Magistrate, 4 in {jiviiijf judmneut, said: "The. fewen j words I use the better, for the cue la ./> 41 most disgUs'tiug one to .every ddoeat JS person, and I am going to break uj| >* what 1 consider tlie black spot of tha '< city. In regard to the charaoters ot ' witnesses, and the methods adopted by t them, this iWoi<sliip said h|e could not <. speak of that aspect of the matter at , i all. It seemed that at wins no doubt sieccssai'y for the police to sometimes "jj employ uw'ii of this class, and they must S t lici'oioi'o be ivgarded as a necessary S evil in ca.sw of this sort. Sub-Inspects ? or Jlk-GVatli, aj'tcr the case had been ■ * heard, told an Evening News reporter .? thkill the police knew nothing of the «. tadics adopted by witnesses, and would. ' not liavt countenanced their uction t thev Known of it.

A .STOWAWAY. Auckland, Last Night. At the Onehungn I'oiiw, Court thi* morning, a youth iiasned Henry Ste-i phens was cliarge l with travelling fromi New i'lymoutli on the liarawa without paying his fare.. He was ordered to pay) the fare. ■( XI Is) anil lfts costs, or in default seven da.yß' imprisonment. MA-GROC, SELLING. Oliristehurch. Tuesday. LI I a Regan, an old offender, was «entenct'd to .six mouths' i'ui'prisoumciit for sly-gvog selling. Vred' Ander-in, who was concerned in Hie case, was fined £3O.