MAGISTERIAL.

Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5681, 3 December 1883, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Satubdat, Dkcbmbeb 1.. [Before R. Westenra, J.P„ His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch, and F. J. Kimbell, J.P., EsqsJ Dbttnkknnbss.—-Annie Moody, who was absolutely deaf and unable to read, was charged with being found drunk, lying across the footpath in Ferry road. .The case was proved, and after some unavailing attempts to communicate with her, she was fined ss. Youthful Housebbbaebbs. ---Samuel Taylor, aged nine years, and Arthur Martin were charged with breaking into the St. Asaph street Methodist schoolroom and stealing -herefrom, about £1 in money. It appeared that on Friday morning Martin's father met his boy on the street and found his pockets bulging out with coppers. The boy said that Taylor had found a bag of money and had divided with him. Taylor was not overhauled until night-time, and he gave a similar account of himself. This morning, however, Mr Taylor seeing a paragraph in a newspaper, induced his son to confess. It then turned out that the boys had broken a pane of glass and opened the schoolroom window. The debris of a tea meeting was in the room, and they entered in search of buns, but coming across six or seven of the contribution boxes belonging to scholars, they rifled them of their contents, which were principally coppers and small pieces of silver. They afterwards bought purses to put the money in. Their parents immediately on learning the true state of affairs, took the boys to the police, and they were brought before the magistrates forthwith. The Bench, after commending the parents, ordered convictions to be entered against the boys, and on their fathers undertaking to whip them soundly, they were discharged

Aixboxd Labcbnt.—Alexander McMillan arrested on telegram from Oamaru, was charged as above. He was supposed to have eloped with one Margaret Treloar, a married woman. They were found travelling together, and the luggage they had with them was alleged to be the property of her husband. M'Millan was remanded till Monday next for the production of the warrant.