RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1397, 9 May 1865, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

CHRIST CHURCH.—Monday, MAT 8. | (Before C. C. Bo wen, Esq., R.M.) LvFOBMATION ODER THE DeBTOBS AKD ChEDITOBS Act, 1862—George Hoiling worth was summoned upon a charge of misdemeanour undtr this Act. Mr. Slater appeared for the Sequestrator, Mr. H. F. , Seaser. The information was laid under the sth Clause of the 42nd seeiion of the Act, because the defendant had <;mitted some property from his schedule filed in the Surreme Court, on January 3rd last, and had thereby committed a misdemeanour. The defendant did riot appear, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. Likcest.—James Burrell was charged with the aboveofffctiue. Detective M'Eiroy stated that on Saturday last, be arrested the prisoner about t wen ty-six no iles from Christchurcb, on the charge of having stolen some harness, the property of the esiate of the inf erit : James Innes was called, and stated that he Knew the prisoner, who in company with two other ffien named B -aumont some time ago brought " E ' ,Vfcr 'plated harness to his house, and satd that tl.e harness belonged to Hollingworth, but jnat thev had as much right to it as he had, cause he was robbing his creditors. Jackson *as the next witness: He deposed that quantity 0 f harness had been brought to his use. It was subsequently taken away from his **'' feVfe d thai the property was worth "r** ,^ e knew tliat the property was rerpJ '" 8 P l " 6 ™' B ® B . but he could not say who iint-? l-• ! t- * ,lg P ector Pender applied for a remand bnt' n , m - .**'» Worship granted the remand, . l ' ie prisoner on his own recognizance, at (■vuA dn> i' l i l!ne Warn '"K ' ~,n if he attempted to e the law he would be arrested. The prisoner Fomised to appear at the specified time, and left the {lri P' s ; c . HAHo l Er, l Lunatic.—Mr. Seager applied for the t ' diso,li »rge of a female patient from mat* " rttlC °* w *'i c h 8 ' 1<; has been an into rr..t""' e 1863, she having been restored taßf r,l " tl,e ourt b instance during the month of a patient being restored to sanity.