fined $250 in Magistrates' Court last week.

Prosecuting, Sgt. John Dale told the court that Frank V. Simmons, of Long Range Hill, was stopped on Court Street by Police at 11.25 p.m. on January 27.

A search found .05 grams of heroin with a 70-percent purity.

When asked by Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis if he had anything to say Simmons replied: "I have been on heroin since I was 17 years old. It was for my own personal use.''