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Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6142, 27 May 1885, Page 3

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CHBISTCHUBCH. .TuxBDAT, Mat 26. [Before B. Beethflm, Esq. x E.M.,and H. J. HaU, J.P.,Esq] j Dbunb—nnb s.—Sarah Jacobs, a pros-s titute, for being drunk and disorderly in-; Gloucester street on Sunday night, was sent to gaol for one month; Ellison, also a prostitute, for loitering on| tbe street while drunk, and soliciting pros 4 tituiion on Sunday night, received a similar i sentence. During the hearing of thisf 'case hia Worship took occasion, in emf Iphatic terms, to deplore the abandon! 'ment of the enforcement of the Contagiougj Diseases Act. He said it was nothing less, [than a pubUc calamity. , It was a factthajp since it had become inoperative, thro i women who for years bad plied, witip ■some sort of concealment, their detestable ■ traffic, now unblushingly haunted every 'corner. But thia was not the worst result.,; sThe streets were infested by young girls: I who bad taken to this life—some of them, .only fourteen or fifteen years old—and with married women who had previously' >been deterred from these evil courses by fear of the Act. He had mothers frequently coming to him whose stories about •their children were-pitiful to hear. He 'had no doubt that this was chiefly the result of dropping the Act, and its resumption, by whomsoever brought about, would ibe a benefit to the community. Margaret Williams, who appeared to be very ill, was remanded for twenty-four hours. Peter Boag, already on remand, was i-eported to be stiU suffering from delirium tremens, aud was further remanded for seven days. James Topp, for being drunk while in charge of a horse, J was fined £1, and for using obscene lan-3 guage in a public place, he was ordered tcf be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. For| -<_—I thei Salvation Army on Saturday night last| was fined ss. ■ ' M Dog- Begistbation Act.—Two cases? against persons having unregistered dogs,"' held over from Thursday last, were continued. Mr Weston, for E. L. Wallace, Btated that he could not produce evidence as he thought he could, to show that the registration fee had been paid before the information was laid, but he argued that as the information had not been filed until the day foUowing the payment of the fee, it was not effective against the defendant. The Bench did not agree with this view, and fined defendant 10a, with costs. Mr Weston intimated his intention to appeal on the point he had raised. In the case of J. Naukive—, defendant failed to show that the fee had been paid before the laying of the information, and waa also fined 10a, with costs. Crv_ Cases.—Welsh v Kinley, claim £7 17s 6d. Mr McConnel for plaintiff; Mr Stringer for defendant. Catherine Welsh, the plaintiff, stated that on January 17th last the defendant, who is a farmer, and an elderly man, brought to her house a young girl named Annie Burley; and arranged - for her board and lodging, stating that he would be responsible for the same. Miss Burley lived with her for leu weeks and a half, for which the plaintiff now claimed payment from Kinley at the rate of 15a per week. Cross-examined--She had .subpoenaed Miss Burley, but had not promised her a new dress if she won. the present action. At one time Miss ! Burley "had tried to baug herself $ it was aU through Kinley. Wo, Welsh, son tf

the plaintiff, stated that he heard Kinley Bay he would pay for Mies Burley'a board. About March 24th last, on account of something he was told by one of his sisters, be ran upstairs iv his mother's house. He found Miss Burley with a rope round her neck, the end of the rope was fastened to the bedpost, and she waa strangling. He cut the rope off her neck. Kinley had been there that day. Mias Burley used to go backwards and forwards to Kir-ley's house, but was most of her time at Mrs Welsh's. Cross-examined—A week after Mi_ Burley tried to strangle herself there was an affair with a pistol. Witness had bought one for 6a, and ehe got it out of his ben. Mr Kinley often said that she was insane. For the defence, Mr Stringer cailed Annie Burley, who stated that she bad been about sixteen months in the colony. In January last she engaged with Kinley as needlewoman and general servant. Was with him tor ten weeks, for which she was paid 10s per week. Previous to going to Kinley s she had been stopping a few days with Mrs Welsh, she went there to make a few dresses for herself. Mr Kinley took her there. WhUe in service at Kinley's she went several times to Mrs Welsh and stayed some days with her—about ten days or a fortnight in all—for which she was able and willing to pay. Mr Kinley never guaranteed her board. About the end of March last Kinley had some words with Mrs Welsh. Subsequently after ten o'chek at night, ehe, witness and young Welsh went to Kinley's'house, and young Welsh fired a pistol off outside the door. Cross-exam—led—Her last place before she went to Kinley's was with a lady, she was nurse girl. She Uved now alone in Clare road, and Kinley visited her sometimes. She supposed that she had tried to strangle herself. It was with a bit of apron string, and she wasn't much the worse for the attempt. She had had a few words previously with Kinley, and on top of that Mrs Welsh had proposed to her to become housekeeper to an old gentleman, and she lost her head. She went to Kinley's, when the pistol was fired off, at the solicitation of Mrs Welsh. They went about some scandal concerning Mrs Welsh that had been set going by Kinley. Mrs Welsh taxed Kinley with it, and he did not deny it. After this Mrs Welsh wanted witness to behave as if insane. She was to fira off the pistol in the street, Ac. The Welshs were then to get up an action at law against Kinley. They were to say that he had wronged witness, and by hia conduct driven her mad, and by this means get a lot of money out of him. The defendant deposed that he took Mies Burley to stay at Welsh's for a few days before she entered bis service. He was married and had a large f amUy. He had known Miss - Burley for perhaps twelve months. Before she came as servant to him he had met her by appointment, and took her, together with the children of the lady in whose service she then was,. to Mrs Welsh's. He had often taken her out for a drive since. He visited her occasionally now. He had never guaranteed her board. He paid her wages whUe she was in his service. This was the case, and the Bench without comment, gave judgment for plaintiff with costs.—Dr. Irving v Long, claim £5 14 a 6d for professional services rendered to defendant's wife. In this case heard on a previous day, argument was taken as to whether a certain writing, given to plaintiff by the defendant after _s bankruptcy, but before his discharge, was a promise, for a consideration, to pay his debt in fuU "as soon as he was able," and, if so, was that promise valid in view of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act. Mr Thomas appeared, as before, for the plaintiff, and Mr BuaseU was now for the defendant. After argument, the Bench reserved judgment. Bowden v McEwen, claim £4 14s 6d for goods deUvered to one Mrs Barry, whose debt plaintiff alleged defendant took on himself. Mr Loughrey appeared for the plaintiff. Judgment was for tbe defendant. Howard v Barron, claim £6, value of a heifer taken by defendant out of plaintiff's paddock. Mr Stringer for plaintiff, Mr Loughrey for the defendant. This was a ease turning on the point of_identity. Each side produced several witnesses, who confirmed the claim of their principals to the beast, and finally judgment was given for the plaintiff, to whpm. .the animal was ordered to be given up. Costs were aUowed as usual. Judgments went for plaintiffs by default with costs in Ulrich v Boberts, £11; Vincent and Co. v Clark, £2 ss; and Tuck v Mackanini, £2 16a Id. Grießhaber v Barclay was adjourned taU May 28th, Fleming v Collier tiU June 2nd.