MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1918, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

fESTERDAY'f? SITTING before M. A- trnoke, S.M;) At the Magistrate's Court yesterdar. before Mr A. Crookc, H.M., the" foUoiviiiqeases were dealt •with:— TRUANCY CASES; 'The Education Board's truancy officer (Mr (!. Pascoc) proceeded against several parents for failing to send their children to school. Albert Truman was fined us (costs 7s). A case against Chas. W. Williams was adjourned for further inquiry, the defendant stating that at the time of the alleged offence the child was absent on account of sickness, a note to that effect being sent to the school teacher A case presenting pi 'no peculiar circumstances was thai against Francis Keenan, who was cli-i-_: d with failing to send a girl to school. The truant officer said the girl was about 12 years of age and had only put in about one fourth pi her time at school. The fact was that she Buttered from some trouble caused through neglect. The child had not been forbidden to go to school at times when the trouble was acute, but the parents failed to send her and offered no excuse. The Magistrate said it was a pity there was no provision in the Education Act to compel parents to keep their children properly clean. Tic adjourned the case for a week to give the parents an opportunity of having the child properly attended to. BOROURTT BY-LAWS. H. R. Russell, for driving a motor 'iNir in South Road at an exec-sive -jpec l was lined £1 (costs 7s). Chas. A.. Watkins for riding a bicycle at night without a light wa.s lined 5s (costs 7s). Stephen Roebuck, for impelling traffic by driving a motor lorry on the tram way route in St. Aubyn street was fined 10s (with costs 175)." Sydney Metcalf was charged with allowing a motor car to stand in a public street at night without having proper lights thereon, and was lined £1 (costs 7s). For failing lto notify the registering authority of a change of ownership he was also fined lOi (costs 7s). P. G. Nop?, for failing to notify a change of ownership of a motor car was fined 10s (co=ls 7s). In the case of Pay (New Plymouth Borough Inspector) v." Bint, in the matter of the by-law v. the Lights on Vehicles Act, referred on appeal from the Supreme Court to the Magistrate'Court to bo dealt with, the Magistrate imposed a nominal fine of Is with costs. On the information of the police Rowan Langley was charged with riding a motor cycle and side car at Westown on June 15, after dark, without having proper lights attached {hereto. Constable Wroblenski stated that he interviewed defendant and also his brother, who was riding in the side-car at the time, and both admitted there was no light on the side-car. The proceedings were the outcome of an accident in which Mr K. Sole was injured to an extent ihat necessitated his removal to the hospital. Defendant was lined ICK (costs 7s), BREACH OF PROHIBITION? ORDER. For a breach of a prohibition order to which he. pleaded guilty, David .laiiies was convicted and lined £1 (costs 7s). James Cihiiour James, was charged with procuring liquor for David James (his brother) during the currency of a prohibition order, he well knowing his brother to be a prohibited person. Accused pleaded guilty. The Magistrate said he regarded it as a serious offence for anyone to supply liquor to a prohibited person and convicted and fined £i (costs As), in default one month's imprisonment with hard labor. Fourteen days were allowed in which to pay the fine.