MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 37, 3 July 1914, Page 6

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

XEW I'LAWIiJUTII teITTLV

A sitting jf tlic Magistrate's Court was held at .New Plymouth ve.-iterdav, .Ur. A. Crouke, S.M., pretjiding.

NOXIOUS WEEDS CASES.

Henry James llobbs Okcv diti not uppoai- to answer a charge of fail-iis; to clear blackberry frum h.s Jand. ' but, j forwarded a kUcr in whim fbe sai l itlialj lie was ensn«i'<l in Parlinmcntar,- work' in Wellington and could not'attend Court. He had spent much nionev in attempts at clearing the land for" the 1 past three years, and was now running numbers of goats on it. Leslie I'attie, inspector of noxious weeds for the NVv. Plymouth u ntrict. deposed that M" land had bci n in a bad state with ,lhu-kb rrv for son", tfcrp. Defendant ha.l not complied with the notification ;o clear. except for part of the roadside. There were about lOffi) i acres of land, but the goats on it were not numerous enough to do any good. His Worship asked if it were possible to clear so large an a red.

.Mr. (Jlasson elated that the Department only expected a rea-onable amount of work cv.tv year. Very little work had been done on the piop'irly in iht last two or three years.

A fine of £■) and costs %, war, imposed. John ,-Matlhe-ou Wilson, v.lio did not

appear, but who sent a letter of explanation, w.i» lined £3 and coats 7 S for failing to clear his land n£ b'hekberry.

A. I). Bcau'diamp pleaded guilty to a, s&n-ilar olVwice, and stated that he had done hi? !><■ -t to idea- his land of noxious weeds. Ho ,'oii!d not enipiov labor, but vras him'-elf wi-kim: bard at his farm. His farm was 110 acres in extent, and he had been the victim of Reading from his neighbor's farm. Inspector Cholir lev ■'■latcd that d"fendant had neglected the farm for some time after hj" bought it. It had not been ploughed fir over three years Others in Hi ■ district u\ : ra clearing their "and.

Defendant made a /general denial of these statements. The farm was in a bad state when :be bought it. Inspector I'attie said that litllo work luid been done by defendant. Defendant miis fined £2 nnd costs 7s. He was granted three 'reeks in which to pay the fine. DEFICXCE CA^BS.

Henry McOahcy pleaded, not guilty to failing to alt.-ml training camp .a'i'aka pan.

A ;jntant McDonnell appeared for the Dcfenqo Department. lie .-"a: 1 that itefendant had lodged an appiiruiion for exemption onlv a few d'.iys I,,'foirc the earn p. Defendant had luisunderste-od

the formalities necessary fur obtaining exemption.

Tlw defendant said -lie was working r.'anagcr for a New PJynioutfhi finn. He was convicted and ordered to my cost's 7s. V 1 '

A/ K. F. Harding, for failure to attend military camp, pleaded guilty, and \\as convicted and fined iOsnnd costs 7s. William Braiir-grove. avbo did not appear and who< 'had been previously convicted, v.'as iiir'd £■> and costs 7; HEAVY T/iAl'Flt'.

Leonard Richard Paul, who did not' appear, was fined £lO and «*ts 17s 6,1 oil a charge ~J' having engaged in heavy '.ratlie. on S | l: . cJ the Tarawaki County Council without a lieuisc, I Allied I!;,diards, wlio did not appear,! was lined tiie ssaie amount for a similar OlVoiiec. !

rnonminox okdepa j Kric Xormn BM!ringe r pleaded guilty! 10 u d'f'ge «' having, obtained Hiquor ""der t-.Se currency of a prohibition 1 f-rder. his fir;t, offence, and was finer! i Ids and costs 7s <!" the application of his wife, a pro, ti bit ion order was made against Joseph; Moody. j miAXDED. t ii-orje Allen, alias Captain Knella on a eliarge of obtaining money by false l-relenciu. was, on the application of the 1 p-'l :e, further rumtinded until July 9, j