RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day. (Before Messrs. E. Baker, J. E. Smith, and J Mackay, J.P.'s.)

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 93, 18 October 1881, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day. (Before Messrs. E. Baker, J. E. Smith, and J Mackay, J.P.'s.)

BRKACUKS OP BY-LAWS. W. J. Noman was fined 53 and 14s coata for allowing his horse to wander at largo. Edwin James Campion and Allan Knapp, for similar offenoes, were eaoh fined 5s and 7a costs. John Holmes, for suffering tho chimney of his residence, in Wripht-streot, to catch fire, waß ordored to pay 10s and 7b costs. Leonard Lawronce, who drove a horse and carfc round the corner of Cuba and Manners streets at more than a walking pace on the 3rd inst., was fined 5s and 7s oosts. Alexander Rutherford, for whom Mr Fletcher Johnston appeared, had to pay 10b and 7a costs for allowing his horses to wander on the Wades town road. Fletcher Johnston, for a similar offence, had to pay tho same penalty. PKTFR-STREKT. George Lennard and Bridget Murphy woro charged with creating a breaoh of tho "peace in Peter-street on tho 16th instant. Thpy were remanded for three days CHARGE OP TAKING A WATCH IN PLEDGE FOR BRINK. John Brady, landlord of the Thistle Inn, situated in Mulgravo-streot, was charged with taking in p'edsfo, from William Lark, a watch and chain for a certain qunntity of alcoholic liquor — to wit, a bottle of charapagno—sold by him to Lark. M>\ Stafford defended. The evidence went to show that on tho 15th instant I ark orderod a bjttlo of champagne at tho hotel mimed, and fiidir.g, after the contents of tho bottle had been, disposed of, that he had not sufficient monoy wherewith to pay for tho champagne, and not b&ing able to obtain a form fof a cheque, he insisted on leaving his watch with the landlord. Mr. Stafford pointed out that to constitute an offence of this character, tho liquor must bo supplied in consideration of the pledge offered. Tho ca9o was dismissal. The polico admitted that Mr. Brady waa a very respectable pub'ican. EMPLOYING A BIUMAID AFTER HOURS. William Patten, landlord of tho Panama Hotel, situated at the corner of Ingostro and Taranaki-?treets, was charged with having on Saturday last suffered a certain female, viz., Annie Lee, other tnan hia wife or daughter, to be employed in the bar of his hotel after 11 o'clock at night. Tho defendant was fined i32and cost?, the Bonoh being inclined to take a lenient view of the case. A LUNATIC. David Madden, charged with being of unsound mind, said "perhaps ho had a bettor mind than the man who charged him." Ho had been brought from the Upper Hutt district, where his strange behaviour, it was stated, had excited much attention. Ha was formerly an inmate of the Wellington Asylum. Drs. Keyworth and Henry certified that he was msano, and he was therefore committed to the Mount View Institution. COMPLICATED ASBAULT CASE, Andrew Young was oliarpod with having on the 15th instant unlawfully assaulted and beaten Lharleß Collings; and Charlr-s Collings, greengrocer, residing in Tory-streot, waß charged with having on the Bame occasion assaulted and beaten William Williams. Mr. Quick appeared for Mr. Young, while Collings and Williams were represented respeotively by Mr. FitzGerald and Mr. Stafford. Mr. Quick applied that the againet Colling 3 might be heard first, as the charge in which Mr. Young appeared as defendant aroso out of that, and the evidence to be adduced would consequently lay bare tho whole of the circumstances connected with the alleged assaults. Mr. Stafford had no objeotion to the proposed proc»dure, but Mr. FitzGerald said that inasmuoh as his client (Collings) had only been served with a summons last night he would be compelled to apply for an adjournment of that case The latter gen* tleman went on to cay that a third information arising out of the same occur* renoe was about to be taken out, viz., one by Collings against Williams, and it would therefore be desirable to deal with the whole cirenmstancos at one time. Mr. Quick herenpon objected to any adjournment of the charge against; Mr. Young, who, he said, had been dragged to that Court in a most unjust manner, and who had come prepared with numerous witnesses, one of whom came from Kilbiraie. An adjournment meant the infliction of serious loss and inconvenience to hia side. The Jfench. however, thought it would be better to hear the whole of the cases on one day, and adjourned the informations till tomorrow. Mr. Quick applied for the costs of the adjournment, bnt the application w*s refused.