MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1524, 6 January 1879, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Monday, January 6. [Before C. T. Ick, Esq., J.P.] Illegally on the Premises. —Edward Gorman was charged with being illegally on the premises at the Christchurch railway station. John Campbell, an employe in the Railway Department, proved that he saw defondant concealed under a tarpaulin near the goods shed at 1 a.m. yesterday morning. Defendant was not employed on the railway, and had no business where he was found. Constable Rouse, the watch-house keeper, deposed that witness was sober when brought to the lock-up, but seemed as though he had been drinking. Defendant said he was the worse for liquor, and did not know where he was. The Magistrate said as there was some doubt about the defendant's sobriety at the time the offence was committed, he would consider there was no criminal intent and impose a fine of 10s. Breach of the Railway By-laws.— James S. Moore, of Coalgate, was charged with the above offence, by unlawfully travelling on the New Zealand railways, between Christchurch and Rolleston, without a railway ticket, on the 14th of December ultimo. The guard of the 4.40 South train on the 14th of December deposed that he saw defendant in a second-class carriage ; he had no ticket, and, in reply to the demand for it, said he had lost it. The fare was half-a-crown. Wm. Bishop, station master at Rolleston, proved that he saw defendant, on the day named, on the platform of the station. The guard drew witness's attention to the fact that defendant was travelling without a ticket. Defendant made a rambling statement about having lost his ticket. Defendant took a ticket from Rolleston to Coalgate. Tho accused stated that he had taken a ticket at Christchurch to Coalgate, but lost it. The Bench considered the charge proved, and fined defendant 10s, and the price of the railway fare, 2s 6d. Adjournment.—ln hearing the application of Jane Wilson for the protection of her property and earnings—according to the pro« visions of the Married Women's Property Protection Act—from her husband, James Wilson, was adjourned, by consent, for a week, owing to the absence of the Resident Magistrate.

LYTTELTON. Monday, Januaby 6. [Before H. R. Webb, Esq., Dr. Rouse, and H. Allwright, Esq., J.P.'b.] Lunacy.—George Neaves, on remand from Ashburton, for lunacy from intemperance was discharged from custody, having recovered.