MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2636, 18 September 1882, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

OHEIBTOHUBOH. Monday, Sbptbhbeb 18; [Before J. Ollivier, Ksq., 8.M., and B. Westenra, Esq., J.P.'s.j Dbunxbnnbbs.—Several peraoni for this offenoe were dealt with as follow*:—Elizabeth Amos, for being drank, disorderly and using obscene language, was fined £2 ss, or four days' imprisonment with bard labor; James Laing, a sailor, for being drunk on Sunday forenoon near the railway ita'ion, using obscene language and resisting Sergt. Brooks, who arrested him, was fined £1 153, or in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. A man who had been under medical treatment for lunacy from drink was ordered to pay 103 6d for his maintenance, and was discharged. Another man, under similar oir cumstanoes, was remanded to Ashburton. H. W. Deery was fined 10s for indecent exposure. For first offences two men were fined—one 10s and the other ss, or in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment with hard labor. Assaults.—Neil MoPhee was charged with assaulting one Mrs Wilson, a lodger of his, and with using obsoene language. Mr Watson appeared for accused, who had on Saturday night foroibly ejected the person named. The defence was that Mrs Wilson was of drunken habits, and inoited Mrs MoPhee to drink. He had used no more foroe than was neoesaary to remove Mrs Wilson. Accused was fined £l, or in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment with hard labor. William Harrison, for being drunk, using obsoene language and assaulting Constable Herlihy while in the ezeoution of his duty on the Bast town belt at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday, the constable being m plain olothes at the time, was fined £l, or in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment with hard labor. Fighting.—Joseph Gale, for fighting in Hereford street on Saturday, received a caution and was discharged. A similar oharge against Q-eorge Santi was dismissed. Embezzlement. —Thomas Stevens, a oabdriver, was charged with the embezzlement of 10j, the property of Wm. Jaokson, his employer, on August 10th. He had been arrested and brought baok from the West Ooast. He now pleaded guilty. His offenoe consisted in appropriating money whioh he hud oolleoted for fares. He was sentenoed to be imprisoned for seven days with hard labour. Pawnbbokbb's License. —A pawnbroker's lioense was granted to Charles Lczird, of Oashel street, Christchuroh. Stealing fbom a Dttblijng.—W. H. Harding, alias Charles Walter, was charged as above. Fr&nois Mahoney deposed that on August 30th he met with accused, who said he had no money, and in consideration of his promise to help witness in the recovery of two strayed horses, witness took him to the Wellington Hotel and paid for hit bed. They both oooupied the same room, and in the morning witness sent accused downstairs for some drink. After he had left the room witness discovered that £7 had been taken from a purse whioh had been in a trousers pooket. Witness charged aeoused with the tbeft, and after looking the prisoner in the roam, he called the landlord and searched him, but found nothing on him. There were, however, six loose shillings lying on his bed. James Verger deposed that on September 6th I ho met aeoused who asked him to go to a ' room in the Wellington Hotel, and got a

■overeign oat of a pillow, and a £5 noli which was hidden in tho corner of the room Accused gave li 61 to witness, who thal night paid for a bed at tho Wellington, con trived to occupy the room formerly occupied by Mahoney and prisoner, and he found s sovereign in a pillow as directed. He did not find the £5 note said to be in tho oomei of the room. Ho delivered the sovereign tc accused who gave him 5s out of it. J Holt deposed to being sent on a aimilai errand. He went on the night after the previous witness, but failed to find the £6 note, John Sing, assistant at Beath and Co.’s, deposed to serving prisoner with some goods on Monday last. He thought he received a £5 note in payment. Wm. Badoliffe deposed that prisoner bought on September 9th from him a snit of clothes for which he paid three £1 notes. Detective Hugnes stated that he had searched prisoner when first charged with the theft, and fonnd no money on him. Prisoner was not arrested. Witness on September 11th met prisoner on the railway platform. He had purchased a ticket for Timaru, he was wearing a new suit of clothes. He had a carpet bag containing seven dozen china cement, and six dozen of soap for removing grease from cloth. He hod besides some few shillings in a purse. George Smith, a general dealer, stated that he had sold the soat>, &0,, to the prisoner, who had paid cash for them. This wai all the evidence. Prisoner now pleaded guilty to the charge as a whole. Sentence was deferred until after his trial for another offence.

Bobbbbt with Violence. —W. H. Harding, alias Charles Walters, was then charged with having on September Bth assaulted and robbed J. MoOonnel of £ll in money. On the application of the police he was remanded for one week.

MisouLiiANßOT/s.—A oharge of ill-treatipg a horse against Wm. Stanlick was dismissed.— Joseph Wood, for neglecting to light a hoarding, was fined 10s.—Several caiea of defaulters in payments for the maintenance of ohildren at Burnham were adjourned for various periods, Anthony Eerriok being ordered to be brought up on warrant.—-For allowing horses to wander, James Nee and Hugh Butler were fined 10a eaoh.—For driving a horse and vehicle over a footpath in Sydenham, John Hogan was fined 10s.—An order was made protecting her earnings, and giving her the oustody of her five ohildren as against her husband, John Brooks, on the ground of hia habitual drunkenness. —A warrant for the apprehension of David Spiers, who bad filed to obey the order of the Court as to the maintenance cf his father, James Spiers, was issued.