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OHRIBTCHORCH. Thttbsdav, September 13. (Before M. Harris and S. D. Barker, Eaqra., JJ?.'s.) Alleged Lakcsny and False Paa. TENCKS.—WaIter de BiroJi was charged with having, on or about August 16th, stolen £1, on August 28th 10s, and ou September 4th ss, the property of M. E. Porter and Co., of Wellington. He w&o further charged with obtaining from Porter and Co., by means of false pretences, a Poet Office order for £7 4s at Christchurch on August 29th. Ou the application of Sergeant-Major Mason tho accused was remanded till Monday. Bail was allowed in £100 and two/aurotiea of £50 each. Vagrancy—Margaret Ellison alias McKenzie and James Campbell were charged with having insufficient lawful means of support. They pleaded not guilty. The evidence was to the effect that the accused lived in a tent on a reserve at Fendalton, and it was the resort ot persons of bad character. The people living in the district had made numerous complaint* about them. The male accused went about selling watercress as an excuse, and the woman had no place of abode. The lessee of the land on which Campbell had his tent, said that the mau and his associates were a great nuisance and had repeatedly been ordered to leave. The male accused said be had been working on the river, and had since been selling watercress. The woman aaid she did waehiug -for a living. The Beuoh sentenced Campbell to one montb and Ellison to a fortnight's imprisonment (Before R. Beetham, Esq., S.M.) Civil Cases.—Trade Auxiliary Company v Lyndon and Co., £1 2s 6d, for subscription to the Mercantile Qazttte. Mr Russell for the plaintiffs, for whom judgment wat given with costs. Judgments went for plaintiffs by default with coats in Trade Auxiliary Company v Grose, £15 13s, and Gott and Wright v MoCallum, £3 10a. Strange and Co. v Sears, claim £5 9s lOd on judgment summons; Mr Slater for the creditor. The ability of the debtor to pay was not proved, and no order was made. Crooia and Gaffheya v Turner, claim JJ3 4s on judgment summons, Mr Slater for the creditors. The debtor did nob appear, and wae ordered to pay within one month or in default to be imprisoned for fourteen days. Trade Auxiliary Co. v Cash was adjourned till September 27tb.