RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5304, 11 February 1879, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE S COURT.

Monday, February 10, (Before E. Stuart, Esq., E.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Wiluam Cooper was fined 5s for this offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Henry Brownlee was charged with having used obscene language in Tenny-son-street on Saturday night last. He was

also charged with having resisted the police in the execution of their duty. The accused pleaded guilty to both charges. Constable Piokering stated that the accused made use of very foul language in the hearing of several ladies and gentlemen who were coming out of the Theatre Royal on Saturday night. His Worship said he should dismiss the second charge against the accused. For the charge of using obscene language in the public street, he would sentence him to one month's imprisonment',, with hard labor. ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES. Thomas MAuley was charged with having been unlawfully found, on the 9th February, in an outhouse at Taradale, the property of Thomas Jeffares. The prisoner pleaded guilty. It having transpired in evidence that the place where prisoner was found was not fenced in from the road, His Worship said he should let him off this time with a caution, but warned him not to come before him again. OBTAINING MONEY ON FALSE PRETENCES. John Frederick Dean was charged with having, on the sth February, unlawfully obtained from W. A. Beecroft the sum of £5. Sergeant O'Malley stated that as Mr Beecroft was at present ill in bed, and as some other witnesses were absent, he should ask for a remand. Eemanded till Thursday next. ' FORCIBLE ENTRY. John Whelan and Richard Whelan were brought up on remand, charged with having forcibly entered certain premises at Taradale in the possession of William Hawker. Mr Macdonald was for the prosecution ; Mr Lee for the defence. Mr Macdonald having opened the case, Mr Lee said he should be in a position to prove that there was no forcible entry at all on the part of the prisoners, and that, in fact, they acted under legal advice in what they had done. He would suggest that the case in its present shape, be withdrawn. Mr Macdonald said he was acting for the police in the matter, and would agree that the case be adjourned so as to ascertain whether Inspector Scully was willing that the case should be withdrawn. The Court was then adjourned for half-an-hour. On the Court re-assembling, Mr Macdonald said that as the prisoners had acted under legal advice in the matter of the forcible entry, he was willing that the case should be withdrawn. At the same time, he thought the prisoners should be made aware of the fact that such an offence was punishable by law. The prisoners were then discharged. That was all the business.