MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5577, 7 January 1879, Page 7

MAGISTERIAL.

CMEIBXOHCBCH. Movdat, Die. 6. (Before His Worship the Mayor.) UXK3AXXT ox Pbkmisbs.—Edward Gornun na changed with being illegally on the premises at the Christchurch Railway Station. J, Campbell deposed that on the previous momictf at I a-m. he e*w accused concealed under a tarpaulin near the goods shed. Be had no Authority whatever to be on the premises. Accused said he was the worse for liquor, and knew nothing of the circumstances, sfokMMigh tfae further evidence of Mr Campbell tad of the watefahouse keeper showed that defendant wae sober when arrested. Fined IC*. . _ _ - a BxxAcn or Railway Bt-Laws.-~J. S. llm srae charred with committing a breach of the Railway By-law* by h»ving on Banirc%j, Dec, 18, (revelled between Onristahunrih •ad EoUeston without a railway ticket. On 'the applireliOD of Sergeant Mwce the data o t the dbooo m liMi to ™ guard of the train deposed that on the ocaiion ju wid bo W wife oio ticket. was told that would make no difference, ae a ticket mustbe The amount of the fare waa 2* fid. Wm. Bishop, Stationmaeter at EoUeston, stated that h*s attention wa* drawn to the »ccu«f b J tba guard. When accused was asked tor anexplaaalson be gave evasive answers, and men tinned more than one ticket a. having been purchased by him. He refused to pay the tare from Christchurch to BoUctton, and ■aid he codd bring forward two witatajtato prove he had a ticket. A few days aftor srards he called and wanted to pay the faxo. Accused now said he could ,{ w T r^ o be bought a ticket from Christchurch to Coalite. Fined 10s, and ordered to pay the ra jfABMTO WoMBX’S PHOPISJI - PBoT ®£ xiox Act.—James Wilson, Sydenham, charged with having for some time guilty of habitual drunkenness, and also ofose cruelty towards hie wife, Jane »V ST»S&r»J«I tb* « «*f week. . . LYTXBI/fON. Monday, Jax. 6. . » gnf > (Before H.K Webb, and ILi^r'g h t,K»q^ Lux act mm medics! on remand from and treatment, wa* brought before tne vw

having recovered: frwttlthU effects of his d "o'So~ twite’s; 1 ; Cant. Stoploss claim £l7 Bs. ,Mp Deacon for plaintiffs. This* was im action brought against the master ef the barque Willard Mqdgett for damage to wheel of a harvesting machine, imported by plaintiffs. Defendant submitted that he hud receipts for eight more wheels than plaintiffs' proper complement. Judgment for amount claim,ea ; costs, 2ie; Solicitor’s fee, fils. ' 1 KAIAPOI. Mcwday, Jam. 6.

(Before aWhitofoord, Esq., 8.M.. and. G. H. Blackwell, Esq., Mayor.)

Wantonly Htmtmo and Maimino a Honan.—-Thomas Crisp was charged with this offence. O. P. Milsom sworn saidi I. am a aodawater manufacturer living at Kaiapoi, 1 know accused. He is driver of a waggon belonging to mo, and was ih my employ on De0.3l last. I asked him whore the horse and cart were.- He said ho had left them,at the roadside near the Sneyds* Arms, and that ho had token the harness off. He said he did not bring the horse home because it was dead. .1 asked him what he meant. He said tbs horse had stuck him up and then fell down dead; Ho afterwards mt. assistance from the. Snoyds’ Arme ond took the horse out. I then fetched the cmV home with another horse. 1 found the horse dead about 100 yards this side of the Sneyds’ Arms. 1 ezamined thc horse, and found the near side eye very much out about. The brow - was - out and battered about; and* the head very muoh #woilon,frqm the jear to the eye on ...th6 v near aide'} there was no other wound that I could see. ; I do not think there were any of the hones of the head broken. The horse was . round and uninjured in, the morning when it left. I hare had a good deal of experience in horses. I thought directly I saw it, that it hod been killed by blows on the head from the butt end of a whip or a stick. I nOtieedmarks of a struggle in. the road, as. if a hone had been, dqwn on its side and struggling. There was. blood on the road at the same spot. After I brought the cart home, I heard that accused had left my premises, and had token his clothes away with him. I went to look for him, and found him in Moran’s stables. 1 asked him to let me look at his wbiphandle. He said he did pot know where it was. 1 told him I must and would see it. He then said, “ Oh, I wiU show my, wbiphandle,’’ and took out the whip produced from his bag, which I' took possession of, and gave it over to ils police. Francis Hudson, sworn, said I am ‘ manager for Mr . Clark at the Sneyds’ Arms Hotel. I know the : accused/ Thomas Crisp. He called at the Sneyds’ Arms on Dec. 31, in the morning, and ‘ had a drink. 1 saw him again about i jlO p.m. He bad Mr Miisom’s cart and horse with him. He stayed .till about 11. He had several drinks. The horse and,cart were standing at the door. Ho left..about 10 minutes to 11. I beard the horse and cart go away in the direction of Kaiapoi. The horse went away all righto I saw Crisp again about 20 minutes later. He knocked atthe windowandroid the horse bod stuck him up” and had fallqndowm ' I went withhim and found the horse and cart lying- in the middle of the road. . The Horse Wat &-the shafts. We went bock to the hotel and got three lodgers to comeaud aisist to the hors® and cart off the,road. We. took the harness off and tried to get the hone up, but could not, as he woe knockingabout so much. I then went hack to the hotel and got some gin and cayenne pepper, which we poured down .the hone’s throat. We then again tried to get it up, but could not do so, and . in about half an hoar it died. We had lights with us. I examined the horse the next morning. Th«i skin was knocked off his eye on the off side from knocking on the stones. 1 could not find any other mark. James Hunter sworn, said: I am a bridge, carpenter, lodging at the Sneyds* Arms. , J saw the accused at the hotel on Deo. 31, between ton and eleven at night; he came in a trap with one horse ; he stayed about half an hoar; the horse and trap was standing outside while accused was in the house. I afterwards saw the horse lying on his left or OMPndo IS lUKl; wo hook t)ui kftvn«es off; the hone’s head was towards the Sneyds’ Arms, I am quite sure that its head was towards the hotel John Wallace gave corroborative evidence. Sergeant Scott deposed as to the apprehension of the prisoner. After being cautioned the accused said: Ail I have to say is that I never struck the horSeon the head; the hone is a jib; I did alllcould for the horse when ho fell; the horse would not |p either one way or toe other; he appeared to me to have a fit of madness, and fell down. —Thomas Osgood East) deposed that the hone was a rank jib. O. H. Blackwell said that the. horse stack the accused up hear his store, on the morning of Deo. 31Alter a good deal of trouble, witness, Mr Milsom, and accused got him to go on. The information was dismissed. Civil Casks.— W. H. Ovenden v. M. nlaim £st judgment bydefanit for full amount and costs.?—Oram and Hspsen v. L. Kirwin, claim £3O 8s Sd judgment for full amount claimed and costo.—A. M'Millan v. G. Piper, claim £9 35.; judgment for full amount and costs.

T3MABU. Monday, Jax. 6. (Before Richmond Beetham, Esq., 8.M.) Cbuklxy to Ahimals, —Lawrence Peters, for cruelly ill-treating a horse, wae fined 40s or seven days’ imprisonment —Alfred "Wyatt, also charged with cruelty to animals, was fined 86s. Assault. —A earn against Ellen Morphy tot assaulting Honors Sullivan, was dismissed, and each party was ordered (q pay her own costs. Dbbketixo took AW Ship.—Nicholas SLee, charged with this offence, was discharged, as the evidence went to show that the defendant’s absence from duty was caused through illness. Pbotbciiox at Eabnikgs. - Catherine Newman obtained an order for the protection of her earnings, and her husband, Thomas William Newman, was ordered to pay 80s per week towards her support.