WAR REGULATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1917, Page 6

WAR REGULATIONS.

"SHOUTING" CHARGES. ! A FARMER AND HrS SON' INFORMATIONS DISMISSED. Several charges of broaches of tli#, »ar relating to yerc heard before Mr, A. Cfooke, 5.M.., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. A well-known farmer of Bell Block,' Henry Thomas liish'p, pleaded not' Kiiilty to treat ins his son, Alfred JVie ! Bishop, at the White Hart Hotel on' December 21. The son also pleaded not" guilty to aiding and abetting his father' to "treat" liim. Mr. J. H. Quilliam appeared for the defendants.

I'-vidence was given by Senior ScrV geant Bowden mid Constable Parkinson' that they saw the defendants in tho' hotel and heard tho son remark to the. elder defendant that he was thirsty.; The other handed the young man half* a crown. The police then stepped up, and took their names.

.Evidence was given by Henry Thomas: Bishop that he and his son.went tothe hotel to deliver some geese which' had been previously ordered. The pro* jrietor of the hotel paid him at thti : door of the office of the hotel. The son; remarked that ho was thirsty, anil; witness handed him lialf-a-crown. Hiel son did not drink alcoholic liquoiL | In giving corroborative evidence, AV fred Eiic Bishop related the jircumand said ho intended to buy % soft drink. He had never drunk beer or whisky or othor spirituous liquor in his! life

The Magistrate said had the defend-* ants gone into the hotel in any other' circumstances than chose related, ho' would have hesitated about accepting their store, for people did not fro to hotels for lemonade. In this case, the defendants .vent to the hotel in conV reetion with the disnosal of the treese,: and as the boy had been working all' day, it was not' unnatural that he would say he was thirsty. ai3 Worship sakl lie did not think he was called upon to' The informations were dis« missed.

TWO STABLEMEN CONVICTED. .Abraham Richards and Michael C&U laghan, stablemen (Mr. A. H. John-i stone), denied the respective charges of "treating" and aiding and abetting id "treat" on December 29,

The police evidence was to the that at 9.40 p.m. 011 December 29, thM defendants entered the White Karti Hotel. Ivlchp.rds was seen to hand Cal' lagiian something as they entered th' bar, and 011 being approached E'..'isr?; Rave a name ol,hcr thnn his Senior Sergeant IWlen But his hand In-, sid? Callai'han's right-hand coat pocket and pulled oub sixpence. Richards, on recognising the sergeant, apologised fot what ho had done.

The sergeant was cross-ojuunincd by, counsel.

Mr. Johnstone: You had no warrant?— No.

And you took it upon yourself to scajcli. Ihij man's pocket ?—Yes.

i'Ki Uichard? tell you that' he had kmc'.-.Til the mcncy as a tip?—Ko. Did you find anything else in Caliban's pocket?-! uid r.ci l- w k for anyi thing else.

The eergennt: That Is the case, youz; W«.rshiii.

Counsel {.,r defendants stated that his clients Jiuii buc/i hard aH it, the stable, and s.t 9.20 D.m. a customer nanieu 21 uurnw handed Rich anld n for a tip. Jc was the CUB torn fm Richards and Callaghan t( snare the tips. They went over to the hotel for a drink and as they entered the premises Richards handed Callaghaa sixpence, half of the tip that had been given him.

Evidence in support of counsel's state went was given by the two defendants. The Magistrate said he . was afraid the defence was an afterthought, ann one that lie could not accept. The fact that Richards npologised to the sergeant and undo no reference to t)ie tips at the time of the offence was evidence of this. Both defendants wer<* convicted, and fired £3 each, with oast ( Time was given in which to pay,