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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4289, 29 April 1879, Page 3

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Monday, April 28. [Before a. L. Mellish, Esq., E.M.] Dbunk. Ain> DisoEDBBtT. — Four individuals, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, were fined ac follows : —One se, one 10a, and two 20e each. Bebaohi o? thb Peaob. —Thomas Bedford and John Piper were charged with committing a breach> of the peace. There was no appearance.' It was an ordinary case of a street fight on Saturday night. Piper was fined 10e and Bedford was directed to be summoned to chow cause why hie bail should not be forfeited; William Aehboult and John Dwyer were charged with fighting, on Sunday afternoon, in the public street. They admitted the; offßnc», and were each fined 20 ». PiEtrae to Peotidb. —Alfred Bestreaux appeared to answer the charge of neglecting to-provide hie wife with proper means of eup-j j port. The Inspector of Police stated that the \ ! defendant had been in gaol since last Decem- ■ I be* for larceny, and had only been released ilßßt Saturday. The complainant informed, ; the Court that she had not been living with her husband for two years previous to his; conviction. Her father had supported her child in the interim. She now applied for an order to protect her eaiaings. The protection order was granted, and the defendant was. ordered to pay 10a for the support of his child. Gbubltx to Akimais.—Patrick Byan was. summoned for cruelly beating and over--; driving a horse on February 12tb. The defendant denied the cruelly. After hearing the evidence of four witnesses the Bench' dis-; missed the case*, ae.. there was no direct, evidence of systematic cruelty having been, committed. - .;■■ , ;~ Wahdbbihg, Hobsbs ahd Oaths,—The following fines were inflicted for allowing, horses and cattle to wander at large:—John Harksr, one horse, 5s ;. Thomas Hawkins, one; horse, ss; William Mcllraith, two-horses, ssj John Biogg, one horse, s»|. 0. Lewis, one cow (on railway), 20«; Alexander Coward, 5s and 7a ceets; 27. Vale, 5s and 7b costs j E. Beattie, 5s and 7s costs; Thomas Stevens, tethering a horse in Cambridge Terrace, 5s and 7s coste. Basi.es. or Pctbiio Hattrat Acnr.—William Naylor, James PhiUips, W. T; Strong, and Carly Roggal, were- summoned for contravening the provisione-of the Publio Health, Act by neglecting to bring their children before the vaccination officer, Dr. Ned will, within seven days after their vaccination. After hearing the evidence of J>r. Ifedwill, the defendants Kaylor and Phillips were fined 28» each j the case of Boggal was dismissed, and that of Strong was adjourned for a week. , "i ■:■''" - '-•■ : BSHAOH OP BJACK3TKT CABBIASB BY-LAW. —Daniel Howaxd waa charged with illegally, plying for hise other -than on a public stand.' After hearing evidence the charge was diemissed. A second charge of leaving his cab; unattended was proved, and a fine of 10s was inflicted, Patrick Howard was summoned Ser canning three passengers, being one more Chan allowed By the by-law, one ia excess of the number permitted by the by-law. The defendant said the three pas sengers got in naknown to *"'"[>, and when he diaeovered the fact, he drew up, and they at OBce got out. His Worship declined to accept the explanation, and a fine of 10* was inflicted. Assaplt. — Christopher Dalwood was charged with having on the 29th of March assaulted Edward Bauson. Mr Slater appeared for the defendant. The complaisant stated that he was returning from Sumaer on horseback on the day in question when the defendant, who was driving a 'bus, struck his (complainant's) hone with his whip, and when remonstrated Wife he struck him aorote the face with big whjp. The defendant called

fj J in support of his statement J. Q-. Allison, ,t j Alfred Miller, and Philip Bill, who gave c j otroborative The defendant.. was j swor_, and said that if he struck the com- , j pl-mant's hom-i.-#a-- -accidental, as he was ' { 'whiffing his horses to avoid e.__i_g I into folhsion with him. Defendant positively . J swore -ie never stroek the complainant at all, , John Toomer, who supported his st-temen.. His Worship held ths assault proved, _-.' in _o_~nc.«Bti<*_ of th* strong language ua-d 1 ih the first instance by the . complainant,- and' that tha assault itsedf, on i tho evidence, was of a trifling nature, Sned the defendant _0., with the cost of »ne witness, 10s. ABTTfIITB AKD "s_f_fßAT__ilW-'Li-fOPAGB. — John Albert Morgan was s»_nmoned for* using abusive ana threatening' language to Joseph Nicholl calculated to' provoke a breach of the peace. Mr Neck appeared for the complainant. Tbe 1 affair was 9 a quarrel between neighbors, and was adjouraed nntil the 6th proximo for the prodnctibn of a witness. Qi.ua TassPAaa.—Cf-orgo Prebbl- was summoned for trespassing in pursuit o_*game on the property of Joseph (Hayden. The defendant admitted the offence, and ot> the complainant stating that he did not wisft to press the charge heavily, his Worship inflicted a fine of 20s, and costs 14*, at tbo same tiMe cautioning the defendant that he had rendered himself liable to a fine of £20, and it was [entirely owing to the forbearance of the com- J plaicant that he was let off so easily. ( j