MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 282, 1 May 1914, Page 6

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

The sitting of the Xew Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday was presided over by Air. A. Crooke, S..U. BOliOl'tifi Jli-hAWS. Inspector Tippins prosecuted in the following' eases of l)i'eaelies 01 the >|«\v Plymouth Horough Jiy-laws:— (jeorge Ivibby, Ueorge (.irahain, and frederiek Jioulton (junior), for eyeling after dark without a light, each lined is (id and costs 7s; Wilfred ..\lc\Vliiiray, footpaiJi cycling. ."is without costs, he being a stranger to the district; J).ivid ; Ci'u/.ic: for driving a vehicle '.unhghtcd after dark, Ts tid and costs 7s; and .Henry iiu.-by, for permitting decayed refuse to remain on his premises, 5s and 7s cosb.

MCIO-INt'KC'TKD ttllhiKl'. ifr. K. W. Sutton, Stock Inspector, prosecuted ill several eharges ot Having exposed lice-infected sheep for sale. A Crewes, charged with having committed this olleisce at Stoney Kiver.

pleaded g'uilty, but stated that he had bought them on the understanding that they were free from this disease. Fined •20s and costs 7s.

!•'. dellyman, Arthur ,\. Hills, and (ieorge .Samuel Hobbs, charged with having exposed sheep at the Waiwaka ho saleyards, did not appear, and were similarly fined.

SKIXINU I.OI'TUtV TflHvias. William ( harh's liransgrove, charged by Detect ive-Sergt. HoiNlam with having illegally offered lottery tickets for sale, was deemed to have erred in ignorance, and convicted without line. IiKKAOU OF L'UOIUISmON. •lohn .Joseph L'irkiii pleaded guilty to a breach of a prohibition order, and was lined 10s and eosts 1&.