RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day. (Before Mr. Mansford, R.M.) HABITUAL DRUNKENNESS.

Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 504, 8 May 1879, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day. (Before Mr. Mansford, R.M.) HABITUAL DRUNKENNESS.

Eliza Wilson was charged with this offence About a dozen previous convictions wen proved againt her. She asked for mercy, and his Worship having cautioned her, ordered her to pay 20s or suffer 48 hours' imprisonment. Robert Skilleen was fined 5s or 24 hours' for drunkenness. ILLEGALLY OK PUBKISBS. Eliza Broughton pleaded guilty to a charge of having been illegally on the premises of hit. O^good, on the Terrace, at 2 o'clock this morning She saW she was under the influence of drink and meant no harm. She begged for mercy, and promised not to offend ngain. She had been convicted several times previously. She was sent to gaol for seven days, with hard labor. ALLBOBD LABCBKT. Amelia Dimond was charged with the larceny of a pair of boots and a pair of shoes, valued at 19», the property of Robert Hannah. She was defended by Mr. Gordon Allan. Itol rt Hannth deposed that the accused had been in his employ as saleswoman for 4 years, but he discharged- her in March last. Yesterday ho accompanied a detective to the houso of accused, where tbe /boots p-.odnced were found. He had not te bis knowledge sold the boots to the ftccusod. He wished to withdraw the case, as he was not desirous of punishing the young woman. The accused, when arrested, stated she bad purchased the articles. He bad plenty of goods of the same description in his shop. He had sold a pair of boots and a pair of slippers to the accused some months ago, and had deducted the price from her wages at the end of tbe week. The cost of those articles wps 16s Cd. He, was perfectly certain that he had -not gold the boots and slippers produced to accused. His Worship said that if Mr. Hannah still wished to withdraw the charge be would ba allowed to do so. He would not like to send a i respectable youne woman to gaol, though 'at the tame time she had not been absolutely proved guilty. Mr. Hannah again said be wished to withdraw tho charge. ¦ Information withdrawn accordingly - civil cases. McDowell v. Leech ;— Tbfe was ao. action brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant tbe sum of £50, being the amount of damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff/ 1 : through a collUiOD between his horse and defendant's cart. His Worship delivered judgment to-day. He said that he had virited the locality where the 'collision occurred witb & Via*, of reconciling, if possible, the -conflicting, .statements of the various witnesses, but bo found it utterly impossible to do 89. Ha did not wish to impute perjury to either side, but; would rather attribute the discrepancies to the excitement occasioned by tha suddenness of the event. In his opinion the plaintiff Was not riding on his proper, side of the road, for if he had done so he could hive seen^ihe defendant's cart approaching, and might have avoided the accident. He (Mr. Alanisford) couldj not see that any blame was attributable to the defendant, and therefore judgment would be given in bis favor. Judgment tor defendant entered accordingly, with costs. Judgment summonses : — Ellerson v. Davies, £1 18s 4tl, ordered to pay In 8 weeks, or 7 days' iraprlnonraont; Wilson v. Armstrong, £20 2* sd, ordered to pay by instalments of £4 per week, or 2 months' imprisonment; Williams v. Humphreys, £10 Is, ordered to pay in a month or 4 weeks' Imprisonment; Brown v. Andrews, £8 Bs, ordered to pay in a month, or 4 weeks' imprisonment ; Johnson v. Cronin, £3 15s, ordered to pay in a week or 14 days' imprisonment; Hannah v. M'Clelland, £2 Is Bd, ordered to pay in a month, or 14 days' imprisonment. In the following cases judgment was given in iavflrof plnintlfft :— Hannah v. Clayton, £3 11s; Caulton v. Edge, £7; Quaintance v. Gough, £5 2s 6d ; Price V. Farrel, £16 5s 2d ; Griffiths v. TSnslejf, £6 8s 6d ; same v. Collins, £2 T«;' Smth Pacific Loan Company' vv Douglas, £20; Eddie and Jack v. Roberts, £8 8s; Farmer v. Plimpton, £& 13s 6d; Turner v. Schwabe, £2: Scott v. Greaves, £1 16s; Foufus v. Phil P ; £2 125. '