MAGISTERIAL.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5057, 22 November 1881, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

rOHBISTOHUBOH. ,„ MOHBAY, NOTBMBBB 21. | [Before G-. L. Mellieh, Esq., B.M.] ■DBtnj-tBHNBSB.—For this offence Mary rown was fined 10a. A case against Mary tinningham was allowed to go without malty, on her promise of reformation. Thos. nddle, who had resisted the police and willilly destroyed private property, was fined it, and ordered to pay damages, 26i. Bridget |rrick, who had about forty (previous conations registered against her, was fined 20s. Falter Baker was fined ss. John Nixon, ho had been remanded for a week's medical reatment, was ordered to pay 14s for mainte* ance and discharged. For first offences iree men were eaoh fined ss. ■Labceny.—James Marshall and Thomas part were brought up on remand from the Bth inst. charged with having etolen seventyKir sheepskins and two pieces of skins, the if party of J. T. Ford and Oharles Newton. Kperintendent Broham conducted the prosejgtion ; Mr Stringer appeared for Marshall, H Loughrey for Peart. By the evidence led IP Mr Broham it appeared that Messrs Ford md Newton, in the early part of the present Bpnth, had in store lots of skins belonging to Messrs Matlock and Lance, Chapman, and E-omereham, of whioh, on the Bth and 10th, -here were found missing about eighty. On She 7th, the prisoner Peart went to the storeBan and delivered to him fifty sheepskins, and in the Bth Marshall brought twenty-eightmore, which were taken in to be sold in the usual manner. Both of these parcels, when shown to" the storeman, were in a yard adjoining Messrs Ford and Newton's store, some of the windows of whioh looked into it. On examination, the parcels brought by the prisoners jfere found to include'a number of skins bearBag Messrs Mallock and Lance's and Chapman's brands, and also some whioh resembled those belonging to Mr Homersham. It was proved that Mallock and Lance had not sold or sent out to be sold any but the one lot of skins before alluded to in a period of direr twelve months, and had not sold any live sheep for eighteen popnths. The theory of the prosecution was that Marshall, who formerly was storeman at Messrs Ford and Newton's, bnt who bad lately been discharged, had got into the itore at night, thrown the skins out of the aiiidow into the yard, and entered them fterwards on his own account to be sold by he firm, Peart being made use of to cover _mc of the entries with his name. The iriaoners, when arrested, gave different acibuntfl of how they came by the skins. Peart said he got them from Marshall. Sjarshall said he got them from a butcher named Gabites, at Prebbleton. The bitter, however, when called, denied having old to prisoner any skins with Mallock and Eiß&ce's brand on them. The evidence for the jrosecution was very lengthy. The prisoners my their counsel reserved their defence, and [were committed for trial at the next sessions fof the Supreme Court, to be held at Christehurch. Bail was applied for, and fixed at the prisoners themselves in £150, and two sureties for each in £75.

fr. 4ssa.it.—Oeo. Hammil, a cabman, wai charged with assaulting Geo. Harris. Plaintiff laid that defendant, while standing on the lank, Cathedral square, on November Bth, Ksked him to ride in his cab, and on plaintiff recusing, defendant knocked him down, Two ■rib-esses corroborated this statement. He wed el_o intuited Constable Henry, who was galled by plaintiff at the time of the assault. Who cue wai adjourned for a week, to allow pefendant to subpoena witnesses. —James PCollier, for assaulting Jacob Wicks at Opawa lon November 14th, was fined 10a and coats.— Names MoHroy, for nitwp¥ n e John O'Neill

i_nstonurch on November 12th, was fined and oosU.—__j_ab'_tfi Horn was fined 20s costs for assaulting Margaret Cross "On ember 16_h_tPhilltp-town, 8s being red for expenses of JO_te witness.—Mart Cross, for using abusive language to E. n, was fined 6s. —-Henry Oookson, for ilting George Beeve at Phillipstown on smber 10th, was fined in the nominal of ss, there having been great provoca* —David Findlay, for assaulting George 'art, another trivial case, was fined Is and red to pay witnesses' expenses;--A case ist Proctor Mullins for using abusive lane to Francis Harrison at St. Albans on i2th inst., was dismissed with a caution to pc endant. I \ To-tosBT ahd F_t__s_k_-.—William Wornbet Charters, charged with the forgery and ht ering of a bill of exchange for £147125, wi i brought up and remanded till Friday, K< rember 25th. I _isc____ak_;oo_.—John Wood, for allowing ku stage coach to ply without a license, was In d 10..—John Leader, for tethering a cow Bis to allow it to stray on a footpath, was ■km 10s.—John Ooe, for allowing 120 sheep ft wander at Prebbleton, was fined ss.—Wm. X Burman, Wm. Bogers and James Mundy, Br tethering horses on Cambridge terrace, Here fined 10. eaoh. —Mary Bannister, for Hpjj obscene language, was fined 10s.—&. E. Proton, for allowing four horses to wander at Barge, was fined ss.