RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5388, 22 May 1879, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before H.-Eyre Kenny/Esq., R.M.) j BEBA.OHBS,;OP BYE-IAWS. ; Johj5 i S*JiS?>S^^:!? o H n^s9 I c h w P] re fined < 53 and coats each. , for allowing horses .to s V»WJa^efifid tf/lf. Tehn^ii'was .idifliwaila^f.Qff&ftoei^i-i''^ *Ui-)M vnd y->;t ( WUliam Krause^for- neglecting to keep; •ifiifcateSJtslaittp. =J#gat L af teru;dajr^/; :waa «fiiediS|.'^ .i-.s.rj-.-t.U i i;..-u : vii ji iw.vi-Sd \ Janet Hepburny : for allowing ' the < chinvney of; grouse jin Macdonald-street, occu-; pied Dy her, to cat^h^fjre, was fined 2s and i c ßamttel L Wannington' 4nd l John >: Mac-s kdonSildqrtESra,! finedu] os/ ; each if or (furious riding ,o,^ Jbhe,neyjTaradale-rp.ad. i - j A DANQE»QTJS. PBACXICE. ! ing a train while in motion. It appeared „ "that' the defendajit had a very harrow esfca'p'eiibu tithe guard fortunately managed j to pull hifiko'nibbaiJd tHe.traui in time to v prevent an accident.- Defendant wap ♦uiined. ; 2s, and coats -7a., ; \\ ..'; '=; ,,,,. '"junl oif l i)B,T7NKEN PROSECUTOR', if 'v lu ™Wfflia'ta c 'Merribk' : >as ; charged, oh reH^nd,,witji*Btealing £7 from .'tne'purse'^of Cxeoxg^ Jtflin&t'on. ' , . .'■'<"". '.""!" i Mr lascellesjdef ended the'prisoher. ' <■ Accprding to "the "plaintiff's statement road, on'tfre IBth' "'inst.', and the prisoner was lalso, there. went into a side room^and had some drink together, when,' the prisoner put "hW arm round" L his ' (prosecutor's) neck and "hugged him." A few minutes; "after M.errick left the? prosecutor missed ttie money. \ - -.^.Jn cross-examination, by Mr Lascelles j "admitted that , he had' been r/^rinicing ;6n':'the day' of .'the/robbery and • 'days previously. ! . Jsabella Boggs.wife of the landlord of the Waverley Hotel, proved that 'Mer- " rick and Johnston were in the parlor topttie'iv^^n/: : -;■ l\.*is: l -i>, : ..-ii J George Hills Boggs, husband of the * L iaßr v Witne>i&, said Johnston gave him £10 " '^6 .keep ior him on the 14th insfc. Wit-' lt'^.up'.on the following after-' °'ft2P%''l '^, a 4 b e e n drinking be.^fpr^lxe piifc'. up at witness's house. "j.^jjCjpristabio'.^arvey.'. said tKat Vteh. "He /oijreßted \ prisoner, he , aaid, . " I'll tell y^oju all about it. I took one pound frovja; Johriston and shouted for the whole loi, : 'HtM gave Mm back the change." Mr Lascelles contended that according to Johnston's own admission,: he was too how s he lost his money, and Mr JKenny, adopting this view, discharged the prisoner. 5 ' - ' AIXTMJED SLY-GROG-SELLINa AT HASTINGS. • i1( John Joseph Kelly, storekeeper, of. Hastings, was charged with selling spirits retail without a licensed Mr Lee appeared for the defence. Donald Macdonald, a shepherd residing at Taradaley said that on May 6th he tteiit^to-the store of Mr Kelly and bought —a" rug/for which he paid 265, and a bottle i:. of whisky,! foriwhich he paid ss. A man fc "liatfied' WOodburn was present, "and if l^e ' ,yaU aV*[7"'Jl y.-rr^ifi ,jv.i-»- •< ■;■■ i T :■•■ „>■ • •:;_■ <

jhad.been listening 'could have heard wit-( ness ask for the whisky. ■ Woodburni called for t\yo glasses of' ahetty, arid theyi drunk them, Woodburn paying 'j. Kelly. Witness Went to Beecroft's public-hoitse ; with the articles he had purchased, andi while there Constable Raymond examined! them and, took them away; v „; Cro'sa-ekainined by Mr Lee. : -Witness* was not ddtitlg under the directions of! anybody. He would SWeftr _!that he did! not pay 303 for the rug — 6a waa for the; bottle of whisky. He went |,o Kelly's for; it because he had bought ■= some there before, and liked it. Ho did not after-. wards go to Kelly's and say "If you pay ; ' well I will get you off," but he said "HI. clear out of the road there will be nothing done tp you, I suppose. '* Mr Kelly was; in a violent passion, but witness did not, remember him saying " If I had a revolver I I would give yon the contents." r v - ; .'At this stage the : case was adjourned; ' .until this" morning, at 10.30," and 1 the! Court rose at 5 o'clock. j