RESIDENT MAGISTRATE' COURTS.

Press, Volume XII, Issue 1549, 24 October 1867, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE' COURTS.

Chbistchtjhch—October 23. [Before K. J. S. Harman, and S. Healer l? Esq., J.P's.] J 'H. Isaao Mitchell was charged with W been drunk and incapable on the pihLs evening. Defendant admitted the chaww «!i was fined 20s. / g,aad John Brady was charged with scaling quantity of ham and bacon from tlio W/ucw\ c V hotel'on'the previous evening .' Defendant, admitted the charge. ' Patrick Green stated that he valHed tb ham and bacon at £2. Sergeant 'Beattie' deposed that ho' : Bss stationed on the West Coast'in .-Juris, iggg tie remembered prisoner !■.being comjfitsd f 0 f stealing crockery from a shop, for which ha Was sentenced to three months' imprisobtmmt Prisoner was also convicted at Ohriutchtirch in .1865 for stealing a Buddie. Tho prisoner was an associate of well-known thieves. The Bench sentenced the prisoner to m. months' imprisonment. Woodman v. Jackman—This casQ pcs adjourned from the previous day for tha attendance of the carpenter who had executed the repairs of the house. ! !.! S. Clarkson stated that he repaired tho house for plaintiff. The document produced was a copy of his account.' He had not apportioned the charges to - each item; as ft was not customary to do so in contract' work. At the request of the Benoh the witneaa marked on the account what he thought was a fair valuation for each item.- ! , The Chairman said tho Bench, ,werd, of opinion that the general evidence'showed that the building was out of repair, and that mi agreement had been entered into by tbs defendant to keep the premises in good repair, Under that agreement be wus bound .foiput them in repair when leaving. Thiy had nothing to do with what the intention of ilia defendant might have been. They wouidgira judgment in respect of the repairs- fot £5 14s 9d, and/or the cart hire £1 4ra f each side to pay their own witnesses. !■

Lyttelton—October 23. fJßeforo Captain F. D. Gibson, Etiq., It] Emma Kerr was charged, wich drunkp'nne", and ordered to be kept in tho lock-up till tl» arrival of the steamship Omeo when ehaw ; ii her family will bo placed on board. Francis Scriviner wbb charged willl kiveaj of a boat's oar.' Hugh McLellan' stated that ho tva? "master of the steamship Gazelle. ' On Siffldajr, the 20th inst., the steamer was by th'esida of the Railway wharf. He identified the oar produced as his property. It was found »fi the deck of the Rebecca Levy, lying on a hatch covered by the main-boom. Constable Glennio stated that Captain M Clellan reported to him that on oar had been stolen from the Gazelle on Sunday looming last. He proceeded on board the ReWcca Levy with Captain M'Ciellan, who idenffied t the oar produced. . Witness arrested the accused, who said he knew nothing of tho . . Accused said one of his crew aworted-Isa had found.the oar. He (accused),ordered >it to be placed an deck, and returned to any persou claiming it. , ; ;i ; •■' The Bench dismissed the prisoner,considering that there was not -sufficient evidence t»'pro»e his having taken the oar ; but cautioned bim in future always to inform the police on'tisiilar occasions.