RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. [Before J. J. Symonds, Esq., R M.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3342, 2 April 1868, Page 4

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. [Before J. J. Symonds, Esq., R M.]

Remission 1 of Sentence. — In the case of William Clarke, a boy lately convicted of setting off fireworks in the public street, the costs wera- remitted in consideration of the circumstances of his mother, and the care she has taken of him since the occurrence. Stealing from a Till.— William Canning, bush.man, was charged by William Lundon, publican, Harp of Erin, with stealing 12a. 'from the till in the bar of the Harp of Erin, on the 30 th' March*. On the prisoner being asked what he had to say in his defence, he remarked that he did not know whether he was guilty or not guilty, ,as he was quite drunk at the time. — William Lundon, Epsom, on being sworn, deposed : Prisoner came into the house very wet, and . carrying a swag. He asked for some brandy, and if he might be permitted to sit by the fire. I served him with the brandy, and allowed him to sit by the fire in the dining-room. He remained till about 1 o'clock, and had several drinks, but, as he used insulting language to a great number of customers, I kept my eye on him. When I went to dinner, I left the boy to look after the bar. As the door was open, I saw this man in the bar, and thought he would like to come to dinner. To get where I saw him, he must have come over the counter. When Mrs. Lundon went to the bar, she found him at the drawer of the till, which contained at the time some 12s. to 15s. Mrs.! Lundon asked him his business, and he put his hand in his mouth and gave her some of the silver, saying it was all he had. She said, "You have got more, and you are trying to B wallow it." I axked him for it, and he refused to give it. I then knocked him.downj and forced him to give me about 6s. When I examined the till I found about 12s. missing. He gave Mrs. Lundon 65., and I got the other 6s. out of him. I then secured him, and gave information. —Mrs. Lundon, on being s worn, deposed that when she came to the bar she found the prisoner at the till, taking out the money, and putting it into his mouth. — Prisoner pleaded drunkenness in extenuation, a plea that could not 'be received; and was sentenced to two months 1 imprisonment with hard 'labour. Drt/NkbSness. — J£dward Burns was brought before his Worship, charged with this loffence. — He pleaded guilty, and hoped that 22 years of sober life would be considered in mitigation. — Sentence 53. and costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment; but on its appearing that the prigouer "had been in durance vile since Monday, -and that he had moreover met with a serious accident, the interests of justice were satisfied by hid dismissal' with a reprimand. There were no civil cases- heard.

When Carter, the Lion King, was -exhibiting with Ducrow at Astley's,a manager, with whom Carter had made and' broken' an engagement, isaued a writ against him. The bailiffs came to the stage door and asked for Carter. " Show the gentlemen up/ said -i Ducrow ; and when they reached the stage, there sat Carter composedly in the 'great cage, with an* enormous lion on each side of him. " There's M&rCarteir waiting for you, gentlemen," said Ducrow ; "go in and take him.- Cattery my boy, open- v thef l dodrJ' Carter proceeded rto obey, at the B«me time- eliciting by private signal a tremendous . roar from his companions. The bailiffs' staggered back in terror, rolbd over each other as they rushed downstairs, and nearly fainted before they reached the street. Reciphs. — To make a lemon-drop — Let it' fall'off the table. To make a Jtomach cake. — Use plenty of unripe fruit. To make a (u)ice cream. — Sfctefc a pin in the baby. To m&ke pastry neatly. — Hare erery-, thing in apple-pie order. To. make cats-sup. — Give them milk. To make toad-in-the-hole..— Make a a hole in the ground, and drop a toad'ia-it. % To make a nice pickle. — Hunt in a drawer for something in the dark. To make a bed. — Dig into the pillows, rake up the sheets, and'hoe the blankets. Sew up all' holes in the quilt, and finish by i destroying^ all f insects. ■ . . -,