TIMARU. 19th May.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 514, 20 May 1879, Page 2

TIMARU. 19th May.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, Mr. Arthur Perry was summoned for allowing a horse to wander on tho railway. Mr. Perry argued that as the railway was not fenced on both sides from Amberley to the Bluff fines could not bo inflicted on persons whose cattle wander on it. The Magistrate said to uphold Mr. Perry's argument would result in endless trouble, and inflicted a fine of £2. An inquest was held to-day on tho body of Edward Hart, who died in the hospital from injuries received from an accident while drunk. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death, caused by the deceased having been supplied with drink, and being in a state of intoxication." The publican will probably bo prosecuted. Rogers, a defaulting debtor, who levanted a mouth ago, has been arrested. Charles Henry Verity, was fined £5, and costs £6 10j, in the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, for unlawfully rescuing cattle which were ueiog impounded. He was also fined £2 and £3 I4s costs for assaulting H. Packson at Pleasant Point, on the 6th May last. J