MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5011, 12 March 1877, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Baxpbday, Mabcii 10. (Before O, L. Mellish, Esq., 8.M.) DBrNKBKNEss.— Two inebriates who anpearjKi for the first time, and Janet M'Kinloy. tfiw °“cnder, wore fined 5s each,—John M itvoy and John Gardiner wore fined 10s each.—Mary Edwards and Martin Warren jn**' 2^?^ h ~ John ounnin Bham was fined 40s.—William Fraser was remanded to Aamngton for medical treatment, Wifb Bratino.—Richard Ansloy.who hod been summoned for assaulting his wife did not appear, and a warrant was ordered to bo issued for hit arreat.

Pbotkotiok of Babkinas,—ln the adjourned case of Rebecca Hannan, who had applied for a protection ond maintenance order against her husband, Joseph Hannan, tho police reported that the latter hod aigned the pledge, and promised to conduct himself belter in future. The Bench, in view of this, permitted tho application by Mrs Hannan to bo withdrawn.

Fobobby and Uttbbino.—Frcderiok G. Oakland!, alia* George Hawkins, alias Brown, was charged on remand with having forged and uttered a cheque for £ll on the Bonk of New Zealand. Prisoner took a blank cheque from a cheque-book in the Selwyn Bridge Hotel, and on Fob. 28 he purchased goods to the amout of £4 Its from James Major Springston, for which he paid with a cheque for £ll, purporting to bo signed by Mr Ernest Gray, Hoon Hay. Prosecutor paid prisoner the balance, partly in cash and partly m one of his own cheques. The cheque paid by prisoner to prosecutor was lodged at the Bank of New Zealand on March 1, but prosecutor subsequently received notice that the signature on it was unlike Mr Gray’s. The matter was then placed in the hands of the police, and prisoner was arrested by Sergt, Wallace, at the Perthshire Arms Hotel, Lincoln, on Tuesday last. On the doy following he admitted having forged the cheque, and made no defence ia Court. Ho was committed to take his trial at the next session of the Supremo Court. LYTTELTON, Saturday, March 10. (Before H. B. Webb, J. T. Bouse, and H. Allwright, Esqs.) Drunkenness.—John Wilson, Archibald Steel, John Hollands, and John Watson, were each fined 10s, or in default 48 hours’ imprisonment with bard labour. Absent Without Leave.—John Hunter, charged by Captain Matheson, of the schooner Fate M’Gregor, with the above offence, was sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour, and ordered to forfeit two days’ pay. Larceny.—James Crane. alias M'Goe, was charged with stealing 10s nom the bar of the Canterbury Hotel. George Pierce, the barman, stated that on Friday morning he loft a slf-sovereign on the counter of the bar while irving some drinks, and saw the prisoner take is coin up and pat it into his waistcoat jcket. Witness at once charged prisoner ith stealing the money, which he denied. He isn gave him in charge. Eobert Hutchinson sve corroborative evidence, and the Bench mtenced aooused to six months’imprisonment ith bard labour. The same prisoner was irther charged with stealing a meerschaum ipe, value 7b 6d, the property of Unius ellenlorf. The evidence showed that proseitor and prisoner had been sleeping in the one room at the Victoria Dining-rooms for ime time past. Prosecutor missed his pipe hioh he had left on the table. On speaking rent it to prisoner, the latter denied having «n it at aIL Prosecutor subsequently saw le pipe in possession of another man, who ild mm that the prisoner had sold it to him >r Is. James O’Neill stated that be bonght le pipe from the prisoner for Is. The primer, in answer to the charge, said he had ever seen the witness O’Neill, and did not toognito the pipe. The Bench considered le case fully proved, and prisoner was sentnoed to six months’ hard labour, to comtence at the expiration of his former senmee. Before H. B. Webb and J. T. Bouse, Esqs.) Oint Case.—Walters v. Scotland ; claim 1. Mr H. Nalder for plaintiff. Judgment y default; solicitor’s fee 21s, costs 9b. SANGIOBA. Saturday, March 10. (Before A. H. Cunningham, Eiq.) Drunk and Disorderly.—John Moore raa fined 10s and costs. TIM ABU. Saturday, March 10. (Before W. 0. Beswick, Esq) Miscellaneous. —John Bobinson, charged rith indecent exposure, was dismissed with a aution. —John Clare was fined 5s for being rank and disorderly.