Friday for a pre-trial hearing.

Magistrates' Courtroom One was packed yesterday for a full plea court session with dozens of people on hand.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner looked over the crowd with his eyebrows raised, seemingly in disbelief, as people filled the aisles almost up to his bench.

Ryan (Tiger) Ball, Keneil Ingham and Jamal Robinson -- all of Warwick -- face a short form preliminary inquiry hearing on Friday before Mr. Warner.

The men have not entered pleas surrounding their alleged involvement in Mr.

Pitcher's murder on February 27.

Ball and Ingham are still recovering from their injuries, although Ingham no longer has bandages on his left hand as he did on his first appearance in early March. Ball is still on crutches.

Mr. Warner set the date "sooner rather than later'' and just five weeks after the incident -- as is his practice.

The plea court session saw a total of six men -- including Ball, Ingham, and Robinson -- who are on remand at Westgate Correctional Facility awaiting a court date.

They were escorted by seven prison officers.

Also there were ten men and one woman in Police custody over the weekend, mainly appearing before Mr. Warner on traffic charges and for unpaid fines. In addition, the gallery was packed with family and friends of all of the accused.

PAY FINE OR DO THE TIME, SAYS MAGISTRATE CTS Pay fine or do the time, says Magistrate A Paget man was fined $960 in Magistrates' Court yesterday for a string of traffic offences, then ordered to pay a previous fine of $2,000 by the end of the day or go to jail.

Derrick Dennis Morgan, 29, of Middle Road, pleaded guilty to speeding at 65 kilometres per hour, not having a driver's licence and not having a vehicle licence.

He was fined $260, $100, and $250 respectively and was disqualified from driving auxiliary cycles for six months.

Further charges included not having a driver's licence and riding an unlicensed motorcycle to which Morgan pleaded guilty and was fined a further $100 and $250. He was also called to answer for an unpaid fine of $2,000 for a cannabis conviction from October, 1999.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner reminded him that the order in court stated that Morgan should pay on or before December 17 or face the default of one hundred and eighty days.

When asked why he had not paid the fine, Morgan said he had not been working, to which Mr. Warner replied: "You were not working, but you could buy weed.'' Mr. Warner told him to pay his outstanding fine for the cannabis conviction or face the default time in prison.

TRAFFIC FINES ADD UP TO $1,800 CTS Traffic fines add up to $1,800 A Hamilton Parish man was fined $1,800 yesterday by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner for a string of traffic offences.

David Foggo, 20, of Fractious Street, was fined $250 and $100 for speeding at 61 kilometres per hour in Hamilton Parish and not having a licence.

He also admitted that he rode an unlicensed bike, failed to stop at a stop sign, had no insurance and did not have a driver's licence on February 5 on Front Street and was fined $250, $100, $1,000, and $100 respectively.

Foggo asked for time to pay and was told to pay before May 8.

`UNCO-OPERATIVE YOUTH SENT TO JAIL CTS `Unco-operative youth sent to jail An 18-year-old man will spend nine months in jail after he pleaded guilty to four breaking and entering charges and failed to meet probation guidelines.

Jamie Michael Smith of Aubrey Road, Hamilton Parish, was put on probation for possession of an offensive weapon, stealing a motorcycle and receiving a stolen motorcycle in 1998.

It emerged however, that probation officers wanted his probation revoked because he did not co-operate with them or meet review dates. Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner implemented concurrent custodial sentences of three months for the two charges relating to the motorcycles and one month for the weapon charge.

Smith also pleaded guilty to a string of breaking and entering charges he allegedly carried out with an accomplice last July.

There were four charges of breaking and entering, where the stolen property totalled more than $3,200 and one charge of attempted breaking and entering.

Mr. Warner said: "What right does a boy like you, 18-years-old, have for being in prison for this kind of foolishness? I don't know and you don't seem to care.'' Smith was then sentenced to nine months for each of the five charges and these will run concurrently with each other and the earlier sentences.