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a ■■— CHBISTCHUBCH. Tbubsbat, Juxy 15, [Before R. Beetham, E.M., W. H, Lane, and Ch. Lauiasoa, Esq*,} DBUMBB»m!ss.--Elix» Wilson, a frequent offender, was sentenced to esvea days'imprisonment. For a first offence » man was fined 6s, or in default twentyfour hours'imprisonment. THisvDfG vbovl Backdoobs. •— Maty gpaager, aa eldezly person, was. charges wiSTsteaHng one iron bath, *ne tomahawk, and two tobfedotfw fr*u> A *h» ■• premises of separate person* living at ««. Albans. The tatogs ™"'f™g£ Jj[ house, and werejow ««**s** *£ £•, owners. The **& **» »*J daughter, who was now «» >***?5rJi5F gives them to her before leaving Chris*.
tiirWar* to th* tat case, but oa th* otfaan aaßtoaoed her to f oextoem day* *• '*" ■* - -* Jsn^KBjBjQHfIKBBBaVa BBBCXBexB's Ca«b—W. H. Kesseuger charged his wif*-, Maria, with havtog stoton from him property, conaLtiag ef hoejashcid effect* valued at £». Thee*** had been sdjjuraed cb July Bth. Aa ad#tfrtli»i l iafcsmattoa of th* same nature had atoee been laid. Mr Beetham asked' Mr Martin if anything fresh bad tea«rwrad atsce the first hearing. Mr Martin taid h* was instructed thai, aw the Oesrt wa* aware. Mm MwnigaT b ii* aTli>*il to withdraw sa inforaaAtea laid by her ch*Bgiag her husband with ceaertißg has teauly, cm the undsrstondTTtg titsc ike aartiss were going to bury past and Uve together. Measeßger had mad* that promia*, but after bis diacaajzp* ha did not go near Ms wife. He sect aer aa effer to allow her M 5* per week far the maintenance) of herself aad family (five children). Oa this Mr* Maaaecgar seat the chadeea to bar kwaband, aad west herself to where she now. wa* with her oara people, whu were to straitened liiuißiisfannsi The good*, which war* salsc*dtob*«to»en,were aoUtomsiaiam aamwalf aad ckiMrea daring bar husband's la aaawer to toe Bench, th* yifia*** said that, *s reparded the proparty, th* story put forward by Mr* ■ BBiwiiri.il i Ttir mjli her oobbsbl wa* absolatoty rates. Moat of the goods war* ia th* henae whan he returned from Australia; the rest had been sold. He «ould not say whether or not sale* ■ bb* Bawaa after Ida jarrivaL Mr BeeCbam w*at ever tha faata cf hf rasengrr'a departan aad extraditaoai ease, which have frequently baea reported. He said that after it came to Court it was found inexfaafScat to procesd with that pro**cutica Mcasssthe chief ariteesa—tha wife—was tor tow diaahkd from giving evidence. The Court was smased, ia four or five daws after this, to receive aa appUosSaa by Messenger for a warrant to arrest his wife oa a charge of { rohbery. That application was not eosap&ed with. A summons wa* issued instead, which it appeared had been served, box nothing had ecxao of it. At any rate, Mrs Mesaauger did not appear. Nowoama aaother iaf brmadoa of the ssme kind, oa which, to tb»- usual order of thtoga, a warxaatw9Bldb«iaßUsd. But having regard to ths peculiar drromstances of the case, the Beau* still declined to issue a warrant tearing it to time plaintiff to apply to the SafSßfw* Court for a awws'aasßt to oompel ta**B to aassa it, if he thought that course wa* epaa to him. Mr Beetham added that be took this refossl on himself irrespective of. the 4»*BU*eec-3 sitting with him, who ■ore** to wacder, was nxied. 6a.—Colin fasmrti for exposing for aale, at Addiag&for aXtowiag naksnoes to exist oa their] ■premises, were aani each 6s, and ordered j Ito abate the nsisaaces forthwith.—Thai I arere fined ICto each j ' iea>ia*eißßgGmr<^pstereddogs:—C.AlipraaeJ using unlicensed outs - Ffisrta* cf good* W. J. Caddy, Jas. | w&msriZ*, aad W. H. Story war* fined Msa* were charged with having on Jane Sfiad destroyed about 1000 heads of otlery ia the garden of Ah Talk, Yomf Hoo aad Ah Wong at St alftaWri They were forijher charged with li#*biTi|l by atone throwing, a pane of glass to the window of the said Chinaaa*afs hocss. The police withdrew the charge agmtost Barker. After hearing a of evidcoce, flte Beach considered taa'lff iwjtli h of the celery not proved, hat tor breaking the window the three de-' feadaato left ia the information were fined each JBt, with, eosto, sad received a severe caaaVßV—Wss. Catapman aad Al*z.Patter■oawer* fiaed each Al for negtoctingto trim gone ia toaees aad from off road* bogmting their properties in the Heathonto Raadßaard distoict.
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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6494, 16 July 1886, Page 3
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