MAGISTERIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1362, 5 October 1886, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURIXKN—TO DAY. [Before Mr H, C. S Baddeley, B.M.] DEPASTURING ON ROADS A number o' owners of stock were brought do charged with allowing cattle to grarii on the pvblio roads throughout ■he county As the information were th" of the kind * the defendants were cautioned and the cases dismissed. BREACH OF X’HK BYLAWS. J >hn Clarkson was charged with burning ruohish within the Borough without permission from the Council—Mr Fenriman appeared for the defendant, and exp'ained the circnmcttncea of the case. He said a quantity of rubbish had been left about the house by the people who occupied it before Clarkeson, and as there had also been sickness In the house It was deemed advisable to get the place cleaned up as soon as possible.—Dismissed with a caution. INDECENCY, James Foreman was charged with the commission of a grossly indecent act. Aroused pieac'tl guilty. He ctiled a number of wit -etsas to give testimony as t ■ h s general good character. The iVlsgistrate, after c mtnenting on the case, ordered the accused to be imprisoned for fourteen days w th hard labor. The Court then rose.