RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1356, 7 February 1865, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH.—Saturday, Feb. 4, (Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.) Lunacy.—Henry Burnham was committed to the asylum on the certificates of Drs. Stedman and Marshall, as being a person of unsound mind. Monday, Feb. 6. (Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.) Drunk and Incapable.—Albert Shelly was brought up on bail, charged with this offence. He was fined 10s, there having been a conviction against him six months ago. Drunk and Disorderly.—Frederick Henniges was charged- with having been drunk and disorderly. It appeared from the evidence of the apprehending constable, that the prisoner, whilst in a state of intoxication on Saturday last, had been very disorderly, and had annoyed several persons in the street. It being his first appearance in court, he was only fined ss. Larceny.—Richard Henry Rumble and Thomas Brown were charged with larceny. It appeared that on Sunday last, the prisoners were arrested on the charge of having stolen a bottle of gin from the bar of the Mechanics' Hotel. E. Fuchs, the wife of the person who keeps the Mechanics' Hotel, was called, and stated that on Sunday last the prisoners were in the hotel; they came in separately. She saw the prisoner Brown take a bottle of gin from off a shelf in the bar and pass it over to Rumble. The value was 4s. She identified the bottle as being her property. The case against Rumble was dismissed. Brown, who pleaded intoxication, as an excuse, was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment with hard labour, the Resident Magistrate observing that it was a very deliberate robbery. Assault. —Arthur Sullivan was charged with having committed a violent assault on John Sampson. The prosecutor did not appear, and the prisoner was bound over in his own recognizance of £100 to appear this day.

Stealing from a Dwelling.—Thomas Knowles Binns was brought up on remand, charged with having stolen a sum of money, the property of Charles Bishop, from the residence of tlie latter, in Kilmore-street. The particulars were fully reported in our impression of Saturday last, and the remand was granted for the purpose of procuring additional evidence. The Inspector stated that no additional testimony tending to criminate the prisoner could be obtained. The place had been carefully searched, but no traces of the money could be found. The case was dismissed.