RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 55, 8 March 1881, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This Dat. (Befora Mr. Edward Shaw, 8.M.) DRUNK QH THE QUEEN'S WSARF. Henry Duncan, charged with this offence, was, fined 53. " ' V | VAGRANCY. Stephen Kennedy, on remand, was charged with having no lawfnl visible means of support., His story regarding an alleged promise made by Dr. Johnston, to have Kennedy admitted into the Napier Hospital, was said to be withont foundation ; and the defendant, who has been frequently con* vioted of vagrancy, larceny, and other offences, was sentenced to two months' im» priaonment. „ HOLLAND-BTREET. j Margaret Craig, John Windsor, and Sarah Windsor were charged with creating a breach of the peace in Holland-street on the 21st nit. « Prom the evidence adduced it seems that on the day in question about 200 persona, consisting principally of children, congregated in Holland-street, described as a very disorderly street, aronnd a gronp of three eroited persons — the defendants. One of the women, had an axe in her hand, which Bhe was flourishing in a dangerous manner. Blows wore also exchanged. The informa. tion against Sarah Windsor was dismissed. The male defendant was oonvioted, and ordered to enter into his recogniiance of £50 to appear for sentence on the 7th June next. Craig was proved to be the aggressor, and she was fined £5, in default two months' hard labour. Margaret Carey and Jessie Walker, two gay-looking femalea, were charged with a eimilar offence in the same street on the Ist inst. The defendants were seen fighting each other in the street like two men, and were said to be a nuisance to the neighborhood. Against tho prisoner Walker there were several previous convictions, among them one for disguising herself in man's aitire. They were fined £2 each, in default 28 days' hard' labor. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Isaiah Whale, alias George, a young man, wag oharged with having on the 28th Feb., by means of false pretences, obtained the sum of 12s from Eobert Walker. He was defended by Mr. Gordon Allan. It was alleged that the prisoner, who is in the habit of going the rounds with a butcher's cart, obtained the money by representing that he was tho servant of Alfred Taylor, butcher, of Kaiwarra, who had , authorised him to receive it. The evidence" of Mrß. Walker, who gave the moHey to the prisoner, went to ahow, however, that he made no Buch representations whatever. His Worship was of opinion that if tho information was properly laid' it would have been one for alleged e-rfbefclilement. Prisoner was discharged. OBSCENITY. Sarah Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language in Fagin's Lane, off Tory-street, and was fined -82, in default 28 days' hard labor. She said she would "do the 28 days." MAORI V. PAKEHA. William C. Delamar and Joe Pharazyn — the latter a Maori — denied having created a breach of the peace at the oorner of Taranaki and Ingestre stree's on the 23rd ult. An officer of the Armed Constabulary force said he saw the men fighting each other about half-past 6 o'clock in the evening. He separated the combatants, who were under the influence of liquor. The defence Bet up was that the parties were merely " skylarking." They were fined 5a eaoh and costs, in default 48 hours' Imprisonment. STRAY ANIMAL. Herbert Phillips, for allowing his horae to stray/was, fined 3s and costs. UNREGISTERED DOGS. William Sendall pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping an unregistered dog, over six months of age, in hia possession, and was fined 38 and oosts. W. Arnold Thomas, W. F. Richards, and CW. Poppens, for similar offences, were ordered to pay the same penalty. ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF A GIRL. Ma7io Nigiotti. a young man, was oharged with having, on the 3rd inst.. unlawfully taken out of the possession of her mother a young unmarried girl — Ellen Tolley — aged 15 years and 4 months. Detective Brown applied for a romand. He said great difficulty had been experienced in serving the prisoner with a summons, as he had been in hiding for tho last few days. Kigiotti was remanded till Thursday, at 10 a.m., bail being allowed in his own recognizance of £50 and two sureties of £25 each. MAINTENANCE OF AN' ILLEGITIMATE CHILD. Timothy Flannagan, who said he was out of employment at present, admitted being the father of a child of which Mary Eane was the mother, and was quite willing to contribute towards its support. The case was adjourned for a fortnight, to give the defendant an opportunity of obtaining work and contributing towards the child's support. HUSBAND AND WIFB. Ellen Wilson applied for a protection order to be issued against her husband, Walter Charles Wilson, for whom Mr. Gordon Allan appeared. The applicant, who conducted herself in Court in such a manner as to cause the Magistrate to reprimand her in somewhat sevore terms, deposed that she was married to the respondent about 18 months ago, and had no family by him. On Thursday last, during a quarrel, he gave her a black-eye. In the course of cross-exami-nation, Mrs. Wilson repudiated a charge of getting drunk whenever she had an opportunity of doing so. She also denied that she had frequented brothels and come home in an intoxicated condition in the email hours of the morning. Mr. Allan said Mra. Wilson was such a wife as caused her husband to wish to get rid of her, and posibly Mr. Wilson would take means of doing

so. Were the present application unopposed, it Wdnlffbe fin-admission dn tho part of the respondent that he had been guilty of cruelty towards his wile, which he strenuously denied. Several witness* were examined on "his behalf, and their testimony went to show that the applicant was a woman of violent temper and addicted to drink. His Worship dismissed tho information, and advised the respondent to allow his wife a small weekly allowance and live apart from her. He pointed out that the husband could apply for a protection order as well as the wife. ASSAULT. James Blundell, seaman, charged with assaulting B. Quinton, seaman, on the 2nd inst., was fined Is and lls costs. LICENSING ORDINANCE. William Ebden was charged with selling liquor withont a license, and on the application of Mr. Sandilands, who appeared for the defence, the case was adjourned for a weak.' The Court rose at 1.20 p.m.