POLICE COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 330, 4 March 1910, Page 3

POLICE COURT.

The usual weekly sitting' of the Po- j Hue Court was held yesterday befoie Mr H. S. Fitzlierbert, S.M. MARITAL AMENITIES. The case of Edith Salt v. Jus. Salt, claim for maintenance, was 1 again called j on. This case had been adjourned for i a fortnight to enable the parties to arrive at a settlement. -Mr J- B. Roy ( appeared for the plaintill, and Mr • Quilliam for defendant. On being : called it was stated that no settlement | had been arrived at, and the matter , was therefore left in his Worship a hands. The Magistrate stated that ho j had expected a settlement would be ai- , rived at, and had not looked up his j notes of the evidence. He would there- ] fore adjourn the case until to-morrow, when he would give his' decision. | BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER, j James Douglas pleaded guilty to .1 charge of obtaining liquor during the , currency of a prohibition ordei. Ser- j geant Haddrell prosecuted and stated j that the case arose out of a charge j of drunkenness, for which defendant was fined £1 the previous day. Defendant pleaded for leniency, and stated that he had promised Mr Bellringer "he would not touch it any move!' "It's done with now," he pathetically assured his IWorship, who said he hoped it would be, as it was not so very long ago since defendant was up on a similar charge. However, as lie had been fined £J, arising out of the same incident, lie would only fine 'him 10s and costs (7s), or, in default. 48 hours' with hard labour. He was allowed until 2 p.m. to pay the fine. MOTORING WITHOUT LIGHTS. Alfred John Howe was charged on the information of Constable E. J. Whitehouse, with having driven, a motor waggon in the borough without lights on the evening of February 21. Defendant, who did not appear, was fined 10s and cost 3 (7s). AFFILIATION CASE. John Halmer Pope was brought from Havelock 011 a charge of faffing to support his illegitimate child. Mr Quilliam appeared for the plaintiff. Accused, who did not deny paternity, and stated he had offered to marry the plaintiff, and was still willing to do so, was ordered to pay 7s fid a week towards the support of the child, and also to pay £l6 Is incidental expenses. NOXIOUS WEED PROSECUTIONS. Tlios. Wm. McEwan was charged on the information of Rodger Edward Fairfax-Cholmondeley with failing to clear noxious weeds off his section on the Albert road. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Informant stated that he was not pressing for a heavy penalty, but owing to the number of settlers who were neglecting to clear their noxious weeds he had to bring some cases as an example. Although unnecessary under the Act, he had given defendant notice on two occasions. On January 18 he visited the section, and on the following day sent plaintiff notice. On February 5 he went again, and found some flowers had been cut but not burnt. He again wrote defendant, and on February 14 visited the back of the section, and found nothing had been done.

Defendant stated that lie had just bought the section. On receiving notice he sent his two Sons to cut the ragwort.; they did not know the back portion was on his land. It' was not knowingly neglected, but being new to him he was not familiar with the boundaries. The ragwort had since been cut. ' The Magistrate held that technically a breach had taken place, but taking the facts into consideration he would inflict the minimum penalty; of 10s and costs. *