MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5951, 23 March 1880, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

< ■ OHEISTOHUEOH. ■ Mokdat, Maeoh 22. ~ , Hellish, B.M.) DETINKENNESa.—Robert Grant, who had been admitied to bail, was fined 10s. i Annie Wharton, ah bld ; offender, was fined 60s. A first offender,, for being drunk and disorderly and resisting a constable, was fined 20s. ASSATOTIKO A Cokstabie, &o.—John Warden, alias Spencer Simmons, Alexander Findlay, and Philip Gregory were charged with resisting or obstructing constables in the execution of their duty.. Against the first three there were twprcharges, against the last there was only one charge. _ George Knaggs deposed that oh Saturday night he was in a right-of-way off Cathedral square, where he was knocked down. ■ ; A policeman came to his assistance., ■ Be was very drunk, and could only remember receivings blow in the mouth. His teeth were now loose; they were not so before Saturday night. He did-not know the prisoners;; whom; he had never seen before. He was; going , to bed at the Central Hotel when he was assaulted, and. was alone. He did hot beUeve he annoyed any one. He had coino in a cab from the other end of the town. Constable M'Donough deposed to having seen the last-; witness; struckby Warden. Witness, went to arrest Warden, who resisted. Other men then went” to assist Warden, and ; oho man assaulted witness. Witness detailed his being assaulted by the other two 'prisoners,': who managed to rescue Warden. Witness subsequently arrested two of the men. There was a crowd of about forty men there. Witness’’ shako whs smashed. ' Gregory said he. knew-withers, 5 and would have settled him (withess)ihad he been by himself. Witness had | his; baton ; takep ifrom; him, and an attempt was ;.made. to take his .lamp. Several of the prisoners cross-examined the ; Witness 1 , 1 but did 'not shake ’ his evidence. Sergeaht Barlow confirmed the evidence of the last witness,* whom ho had assisted ;to secure the-prisoners, and- whom he had saved fr° m being rpughly handled. William Skelton, grocer in Cathedral square, gave, confirmatory evidence aa to the row, and recognised War-den.-The others he could hot, identify.; James Dusk, who had been m company with the previous, witness, confirmed his, evidence. He recognised three of the prisoners, as having been present.‘ Sub-Inspector O’Donnell, in answer : to the Bench, said there had been one previous ■ conviction;.against Gregory. His Worship sentenced, Warden to a flnp of 40s for assaultlng Knaggs, and 20s for obstructing the constable. Magellan and "Findlay 60s each for Assaulting the constable; and Gregory 20s for obstructing the constable. The damages to constable’s uniform, ; 12s, were charged to Findlay and Magellan, and the, costs of witnesses, &6., were divided among all the prisoners. In default the three prisoners, exoept Gregory,-were to be sent to prison for a week, and Gregory for 96 hours. STSAmfKG ‘,A, Test. - David Gray alias M’Kellop was charged with stealing a vest, value 10s, the property of John Cother, who prOvbd'the 5 loss of the vest ; and its value,’and identified the.artiole produced. Prisoner said that aynan gave the vest to ,him on Friday night. ’ His Wprship cautioned prisoner to wait tiff, the‘case for the prosecution was coneluded. ! Bam del Stewart, pawnbroker, proved prisoner?# coming on Friday mght, and wanting a shilling.On the vest;produced.. Witness told Mm to. comp again, on Saturday, when he prisoner w6vdd.be a. “Etten drier.’’ Prisoner said he had jUsttakeuthevest off. j Detectire O’OontforJpitoVed Arresting prisoner in bhoiWhite Hart Hnteb ? Prisoner, afterwards said.that he had »qm a man,;whosß,name he mentioned: ‘steal, the vesk- Tftis jinan, he : 'saia; m ,giyeh ’ hiin.’ fhb boat. Prispner, inw His -WoMmpj SMd that xhatithe last witness bad said was correct. Probably the man who gave him the vest was out of town. A number of previous convictions were against the prisoner, who has only just come out of gaot His Worship sentenced

him to six months imprisonment with hard labour, > • ' ‘ ' Breaches op thh Public Works Act.— George William M‘Quire, for- tethering ft horse on the main road, ■was fined 10s, and ordered to pay 2s. John M'Mahon, for not having his horse under control, was dismissed with a caution. Martin O'Neal, for allowing five calves to wander at large on-the railway, was fined 10s and costs 2s. 1 Furious Hiding.—Bobert , Dunn was charged with this offence, and was fined 20a and costs, including witnesses’ DogNuisanob. —F.Brownwascliargedwith having an unregistered doginhis possession. He admitted the offence, and was fined 20s and costs 2s.

LYTTELTON. Monday, Mabch 22, (Befnre H. Allwright, Esq.) ■■ Drunk and Disorderly.—Bobert Turpin, seaman, was charged with this offence. Ser-geant-Major O’Grady proved that the prisoner was arrested at 10 o’clock oh Saturday evening, behaving in a riotous manner, and just before being taken in charge had broken two panes of gloss in the Empire Hotel. A charge for this damage was- 5 withdrawn, prosecutor being unwilling to appear. Fined 10s, or twenty-four hours. ’ , Drunk and Disorderly and Assaulting the Police. John Anderson was charged with this offence. Constable Kenny, sworn, stated that the prisoner had been arrested on Sunday forenoon with great difficulty. The prisoner had used most revolting and insulting language, and had vigorously assaulted the constable when he attempted to take him to the lockup. With the assistance of a bystander and another constable, the man was secured, and the handcuffs had to be applied. The Bench, in passing sentence, spoke of the disgrace the prevalence of drunkenness on Sunday was becoming to the Port, and was resolved to visit cases of this kind with severity. Fined 20s, or 48 hours for drunkenness, and 10s, or 24 hours for assault. Desertion. —Two seamen, charged with deserting from the ship British Empire, were remanded for to-day. , KAIAPOI. Monday, Mabch 22. (Before Caleb Whitefoord, Esq., 8.M.) Breach of the Public House Ordinance.—T. O. Devery, licensee of the Sneyd’a Aims Hotel, was charged with supplying James Kinley with drink while in a state of intoxication. James Kinley said that he went to the Sneyd’s Anns Hotel, on -March 8, where he was supplied with drink while he was drunk. He did not remember getting drink at any other house. By the Bench; He was sober when he went to the Sneyd’s Arms, and had £1 with him. When he was looked up that night he had only three pence. For the defence, Frank Drew, said he was in charge of the bar at the Sneyd’s Arms Hotel on March 5, and refused to give Kinley any drink, in' accordance with orders received from Mr Devery. The Bench p tinted out the witnesses for the defence only spoke of March 5, whereas the offence took place on March 8. Defendant was fined £5..

Breach or Borough By-Laws.—Joseph Senior was charged with remaining at such a distance from his horse and buggy as to have no control over it. Constable Johnston proved the offence, and defendant was fined 10s and costs.

Civil Cases.—W. Xangdown; and Co. v. H. M'Gifford, claim £1 10s; judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed and costs. —Same v. J. Manning, claim £ll2s; judgment for the plaintiff for 12s and costs.—Same v.— Bird, claim £2 13s j judgment for plaintiff by default for amount claimed and costs.—J. Torrens v. John Armstrong, claim £l9. Mr W. Stringer for defendant. Judgment for plaintiff for £l3. The sum of'£Cwas struct out of the account, as.the plaintiff admitted that.it was not duo till April 1 f aelendant to pay costs. Application foe Teansfee of Hotel License. —T. C. Devery applied'to transfer the license of the Sneyd’s Arms Hotel to Mr B. Cameron. The Bench pointed : out that the case of supplying a drunken man with drink took place while Cameron was manag' ing the hotel for Beyery. He would grant a temporary license, but he would caution him that if any case of the same kind came be* fore him while he was Chairman of the licensing Court he should at once cancel it.