touching a minor for a sexual purpose.

The names of the defendant and alleged victim cannot be disclosed for legal reasons.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told Magistrates' Court the alleged incident took place on or around February 16 this year.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis set bail at $1,000 and ordered the man to have no contact with the alleged victim or her family.

The trial is scheduled for November 26.

STUDENT LEARNS COST OF DRUG INVOLVEMENT CTS Student learns cost of drug involvement A 16-year-old student who used a $50 bill to wrap cannabis asked a magistrate to return the money.

"Don't I get that back?'' Damon Seymour of Pembroke Park Lane asked Senior Magistrate Will Francis.

"That will have to go to the Government,'' Mr. Francis responded. "You won't get that money back. But you will still have to pay the $100 fine.'' All funds seized in connection with drugs -- regardless of the amount -- were forfeited to the Crown, Mr. Francis explained.

"Fifty dollars is a lot of money to you, but if you want to mix drugs into it, you lose it,'' he told Seymour.

Earlier Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told the court Police arrested Seymour after stopping a motorcycle on St. John's Road, Pembroke around midnight on July 26.

Police noticed Seymour -- who was being towed by another person -- drop an object behind a wall.

The package was found to be a $50 note containing .57 grams of cannabis.

Seymour pleaded guilty and his father spoke on his behalf.

"I am sorry that he is here before the court,'' said the elder Seymour.

"My wife and I are doing the best we can to keep him on the straight and narrow,'' he continued.

"He fell by the wayside, but he will be responsible for his fines.'' PAIR ADMITS THEFT FROM GAMBLING MACHINE CTS Pair admit theft from gambling machine A two-man team pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1,000 in cash from a nightclub gambling machine.

Rashann Swan, of Peat Point Lane, Smith's Parish, and Michael Douglas, of Narrow Lane, St. George's, both pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to breaking and entering Ronnie's Bar in St. George's and stealing $1,250 in cash and two cash boxes worth $300 each.

Swan also pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully and unlawfully destroying three electronic poker game machines.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told the court Swan admitted to Police that he had committed the offences.

Swan reportedly told Police he committed the crime because he owed $1,500 to a man who was threatening him.

The 20-year-old recruited Douglas to act as his lookout while he removed window slats from a door of the club.

Once inside, Swan pried open one of the game machines with a screwdriver and used a paper clip to remove cash boxes from two others.

Swan kept $1,100 of the cash and gave the rest to his partner. The cash boxes were thrown overboard.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered a social inquiry report be prepared for Swan and Douglas on November 16.

And bail was set at $500 with like sureties for both men.

SOCIAL INQUIRY REPORT FOR UNRULY SOLDIERS CTS Social inquiry report for unruly soldiers Two unruly local soldiers appeared in Magistrates' Court.

Antoine Herbert Anderson, 21, of Old Maid's Lane, St. George's, pleaded guilty to failing to attend regimental duties on June 8 last year, and 13 times between March 31 and June 27 this year.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told the court Anderson's previous absences had been dealt with internally by the Bermuda Regiment.

And Neko Noel Cann, 22, of Horseshoe Road, Southampton also pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to attend in May and June this year.

Mrs. Smith said officers of the Bermuda Regiment had also reprimanded Cann for past incidents of disobedience and insubordination.

Acting Senior Magistrate Will Francis ordered a social inquiry report be presented for both men on November 16.

WOMAN FINED $600 FOR DAMAGING CAR CTS Woman fined $600 for damaging car Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined a Pembroke woman who earlier this week admitted she damaged another woman's car.

Chemekia Walters, 20, of Derwent Lane, was fined $600 by Mr. Francis, $425 of which was to be paid in compensation to car owner Terry Lyn Weeks.

The fine is to be paid by November 30 or Walters faces a 50 days in prison.

Walters' sentencing was delayed from Monday when she asked Mr. Francis to allow her to seek medical attention.

She had admitted damaging the car with a golf club after a confrontation with Weeks' sister over a man on Princess Street, Hamilton on August 12, 1996.

MAGISTRATE HANDS OUT ELSSON IN THE LAW CTS Magistrate hands out lesson in the law Jumping off a dockside when Police want to search someone is obstruction under the law, a magistrate explained to a Pembroke man yesterday.

Frank Francis Smith pleaded guilty to obstruction only after Senior Magistrate Will Francis explained that any action that makes a Policeman's duty more difficult is illegal.

Mr. Francis heard that at 11.25 p.m. on September 19, Police went to the Ducking Stool area just north of Blackwatch Pass after receiving reports of illegal drug activity.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith said Police approached Smith in a parking area and he became nervous when he was told he would be searched.

Smith, 38, of Mount Hill, put an object in his mouth, ran away and jumped into the sea.

He was ordered to return to the shore and when he did he asked: "What is obstruction?'' Mr. Francis fined Smith $150 and ordered him to pay the fine by October 9.

HIGH PRICE FOR POSSESSING CANNABIS CTS High price for possessing cannabis A "little bit of weed'' yesterday cost a Sandys man more than $1,000 after he was caught with cannabis near a school.

Antoine David Simons, of Long Bay Lane, yesterday pleaded guilty to possessing 0.77 grams of cannabis near Somerset Primary school on July 1 at 7.30 p.m.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith told Senior Magistrate Will Francis that Simons was with other men at the junction of Somerset and Gilbert Roads in Sandys Parish, a known drugs area.

Simons, 39, walked away from Police and appeared nervous when he was told he would be searched.

After Police found a brown paper twist in a pants pocket, Simons said: "It's just a little weed.'' When he was later charged with the offence, he said: "I got caught with it. I don't have a problem with that.'' Simons was fined $150 for possessing the cannabis and was further penalised $1,000 for being within the 300-metre drug exclusion zone around schools.

He was given until the end of November to pay the fine.