HOME COOKING GOOD FOOD > Phone Belmont 276 for Reservations Dining Room Open NOON TO 10:00 P.M. QUIT CHASING RAINBOWS AND COME TO... THE KNOTTY PINE... Are Home of Delicious Foods "NOT JUST ANOTHER PLACE TO EAT” 9 Miles from Victoria * 857 ISLAND HIGHWAY LANGFORD Buc, convulsed the packed courtroom as he pranced about the room and tendered his arguments, cupped his ear at the magistrate so he could hear better, called ex-prosecutor James J. Proudfoot, “laddie” and complained bitterly that Sgt. William Andrews, court officer, “is attacking me,” when the sergeant went to lead Jackson from the room. But Saanich’s Leonard Lenny (now dead), the cultured Englishman who preferred to live in a kitchen heaped with refuse and feared burglars so much he had his front door equipped with a dozen padlocks, rated a close second. Lenny was charged with keep- ing his house in an acute fire-hazard condition and complained bitterly that “a man should be able to live as he wished.” Lenny, although looking poverty-stricken, died, leaving a $100,000 cash estate. And there was the motorist who got into a collision, who told the magis- trate the reason was that he had just bought a new pair of shoes and that when he applied the brakes the foot slipped off the pedal. All the humorous or semi-humorous incidents are too numerous to men- tion here, but we would be remiss if we did not mention the story of one Phone B-1025 “Nictoria’s Finest Furniture Storage” STOCKER’S SECURITY STORAGE & WAREHOUSE CO., LTD. 824 JOHNSON STREET VICTORIA Saunders & Hitchman Service Station B.A. GAS AND OILS PERSONALIZED SERVICE B 4594 2554 Cadboro Bay Rd. Phone E3931—Opposite Empress Hotel Sydney Reynolds Ltd. “The English Shoppe” Specializing in Period Arts Finest English Bone China and Crystal VICTORIA, B.C. Page Thirty-two female motorist that the reason why she was speeding was because fog was starting to engulf Victoria, “and I was using a little extra speed to beat it to Oak Bay, where I live.” Magistrate Hall always allowed the press to “sit in” on the closed court cases dealing with family troubles. This, though, was only on the pro- viso, that the reporters would not divulge names of principals because of the danger it might worsen a situation that could have been easily repaired. Some of the cases posed tough problems for the courts. For instance —and it happened quite often during the last few years—a husband earning $35 a week left his sick wife and two children giving them no support. Neither of the principals wanted a reunion. Although Magistrate Hall knew the money available made it impossible to support two homes, because of the need to keep the children in food and lodgings, he was left with no alterna- tive than to order the husband to turn over the major share of the earnings to his family. “It’s a tragic state of affairs. I keep hoping these husbands and wives will patch up differences and come to- gether again,” Magistrate Hall con- fided to this reporter. Over the years the magistrate has frowned severely on the wife or other female who wished to withdraw charges they had originally laid against males who had assaulted them. “Do you realize you are using this court as a club over his head?” is the usual question the magistrate has thrown at informants in cases of this type. He then went on to point out that such tactics would not be tolerated by him. Complainants had to come up with a pretty good explan- ation to get charges withdrawn. Some were withdrawn, but other charges were ordered proceeded with. The “drunk parade” featured the sad cases of red-eyed old men, some of them World War I veterans, who had become “winos” and “rubby- dubs.” They almost invariably pleaded guilty and being third-timers, got the usual 20 days in jail. (Police believe that most of them are better off in Oakalla or the local jail because they at least get shelter and food.) There are exceptions, however. One 78-year-old red-nosed gentleman who was a liquor-addict, had been keeping his nose clean for a long time, went overboard with drink one night last year and was picked up by police. He pleaded guilty but made a strong plea for leniency from a third- time rap in view of his inadvertent miss-step after so long a period “on the wagon.” The magistrate might sympathise but is bound by the direc- tions of the B.C. Liquor Act to give the minimum sentence. He has sug- gested, though, to some of the Hotel Douglas Restaurant GEORGE HAYHOE, Proprietor AIR CONDITIONED * Douglas at Pandora Phone B-4532 Victoria, B.C. Er = (l BEST TODAY... # WY STILL BETTER ‘VV S TOMORROW & “e oS WHEEL BATTERIES APPLIANCES [Jicinson & Dun MrCall Bros. The te ey) ey Chapel 1400 Vancouver Street, Victoria, B.C. * GRAHAM McCALL TORREY McCALL DAVID McCALL JAMES McCALL AND ASSOCIATES $e EEN THE SHOULDER STRAP