carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 14 and 16.

Magistrates' Court heard on Tuesday that the Devonshire man allegedly committed the offences on June 4 in Smith's Parish.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected to be tried in the lower court.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner adjourned the trial until November 14 and granted him $1,000 bail with one surety.

The boy's father asked that the court date be moved to January when he would be able to assist his son with a lawyer. He said he was refused legal aid for his son.

Mr. Warner said: "No. The real problem is holding the court up. Although the matters are allegations at this time, it is dealing with young people and such matters should be dealt with as speedily as possible.'' But the father stressed he would not be able to secure legal aid for his son.

Mr. Warner continued: "The court cannot sit and say we aren't going to set down trials until next year. In fact we try to do the opposite.

"One of the benefits of being set down here is a speedy trial. These are serious charges and he should be granted legal aid.'' BODY DISCOVERED OBT Body discovered The body of a 59-year-old man has been discovered outside a White Sands Road property in Paget.

The discovery was made by delivery men who were calling on an adjacent property just after noon on Monday. It is believed the dead man, John Arthur Soares, of Paget, had been carrying out maintenance work on the property before his death and had lain undiscovered for some time.

An ambulance arrived at the scene and took the body to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where an autopsy was performed.

A Police spokesperson said that Police are not treating the death as suspicious.

FIND FOR POSSESSION CTS Fined for possession A St. George's man was fined $400 for possession of 2.24 grams of cannabis when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Jonathan Edward Norton, 18, of Convict Bay Lane, pleaded guilty to possessing the controlled drug on May 13.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner heard that Police stopped Norton on Fractious Street, Hamilton Parish at about 1.50 p.m. after he disobeyed a traffic sign.

As they questioned him, they noticed a plastic bag in his hand. They examined the bag and found it contained a plant-like material.

They arrested Norton under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

The plant material was analysed by a Government analyst and found to be 2.24 grams of cannabis.

Mr. Warner fined Norton $400.

FIRE BRIGADE BUSY FIR Fire brigade busy Firemen raced to two fires on Tuesday.

A firetruck roared to the roundabout at Crow Lane Road in Pembroke to extinguish flames from a Renault convertible just after 8.30 p.m.

Lieutenant John Thompson said that minor fire damage was caused to wiring and tubing in the engine compartment.

A fire truck was later dispatched to put out flames at a residence on Cedarcraft Lane in Somerset at 10.44 p.m.

But what was reported to be a structural fire turned out to be caused by a pot on the stove, leaving smoke damage in the kitchen.

LIQUOR STOLEN CRM Liquor stolen Several cases of liquor were stolen from a Smith's parish home late on Monday afternoon.

The offence was believed to have been committed at the Town Hill Road residence sometime between 4.40 p.m. and 5.45 p.m.

Two cases of Bermuda Black Seal rum were stolen as well as a case of mixed liquor, and a case and a half of Black rum.

Police inquires are continuing.