RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5353, 10 April 1879, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wednesday, April 9. (Before T. K. Neivton, Esq., J.P., and J. S. Caro, Esq., J.P.) BREACH OF BYE-LAWS. > Harold Hansen was charged with having left his hacfcney-carriage unattended on the 6th inst. He admitted the charge, and was fined 5s and costs. j DRUNKENNESS. • I Mary Fisher was charged by Constable Harvey with having 'been drunk and using abusive language to him at the Spit on the 4th inst. The accused vehemently denied the charge. Constable Harvey' stated that on Fri- ' day last defendant's hiisband. went to him and asked him if he would lock his wife up, that she was drunk, and creating a great disturbance. He found defendant so drunk that she was unable to walk, but she managed to get inside her own gate before the constable arrived. She then called him some foul names. There were a great many complaints about Mrs Fisher's conduct from persons residing on the Spit. Constable Stackpole corroborated Constable Harvey's statement as to defendant being helplessly drunk. He also said that people were constantly complaining about her being such a nuisance. The defendant went into a long explanation of the affair, in the course of which she asserted that she was not drunk, that she merely went to the publichouse to look after her husband, who had .spent a lot of money. She had been 22 years married, and was never summoned before till brought up by Constable Harvey, who, she asserted, had a f •' set" on her. She continued to pour forth her wrongs in a loud and excited voice, until stopped by the Bench. She was fined £1 and costs 7s or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. After leaving the box, the defendant continued talking about Constable Harvey, when the Bench ordered her removal from Court. She was then removed, remarking jauntily to one of the audience in the gallery, " Hallo, old chap, how are you getting on !" The fine was paid. LARCENY. Hare Mokena and Hone Kariti, two aboriginal natives, were charged by Constable Livingstone with having stolen a rug of the value of 15s and a hat of the value of 10s from a tent at Pohui. Albert Hackett, bushman, of Pohui Bush r stated chat on the 6th inst. the two prisoners were in the camp. When they went away a rug that was there was gone. He saw them outside with a rug. The rug produced was his (Hackett's) property. He missed the rug five minutes after prisoners left. George Haggard, splitter, of Pohui Bush, stated that on the day in question the two .prisoners came into their tent and asked for a feed. They were not satisfied with a feed, but took what things they could lay hold of. The hat produced was his property. When prisoners left he (witness) was asleep. He did not see prisoners take the' hat. ~ ; By prisoner : I do not dispute that I might have been nobblerising when the prisoners were there. Constable Livingstone stated that on Monday it was reported, to him that a rug and hat had been stolen from a tent by the two prisoners. They had gone to Tunanui. The constable went after them, and found one of the prisoners wearing the hat. The rug was found in a tent that they had been using. One' of the prisoners said a native named Kapini had given him the rug. They had that morning, while in the lock-up, sent for Ned Chase, and told him that they had taken the things, and would pay for them if they were let off. The constable said he could not do that. Both prisoners made long statements in their defence, one alleging that the other one had given him the rug in question, which was in turn denied by the other prisoner. The second prisoner stated that the rug had been given him by Kapini another native, and entered into a long defence. The Bench retired for a few minutes, and on coming again into Court, Mr Newton said they found that, by the "Resident Magistrate's Act, 1868," they were unable to deal with the case, and that it would have to be heard before the Kesident Magistrate. The case would therefore be remanded till next day. That was all the business.