MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIV, Issue 12323, 13 October 1900, Page 5

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Friday, Oct. 12. (Before Mr J. Sopp, J.P., and Mr E, Skog, J.P.)

Alleged Receipt of Stolen Goods.— Henry Amis was charged with having received a. lady’s gold watch, valued at £5, knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr Donnelly appeared 'for accused, and inspector Ellison "asked for a remand until Thursday next, as the principal witness, the man who stole the. watch, had been remanded to that day. The remand was granted, bail being allowed in two sureties of £25 each. Funibus Driving. —Alfred Walker was charged with furious driving, having galloped his cab-horse on Sept. 29, in order to catch a train. He was fined 20s and costs.

A Curious Case.— Percy Saddler, aged fourteen, and Herbert Wright, aged eleven, were charged with tampering with, a gas lamp on the corner of Ferry Road and 01livier’s Road. They had Fit the gas and then stretched a string across the road, and tied tire end to the switch of the lamp, so that anybody passing would jerk the string and put out" the light. Unfortunately for this neat little plan, Constable Cullen happened to be there, and caught the boys. The Bench thought that such a . case should not have come before the Court. A good thrashing would have met the case. Inspector Ellison stated that the case was meant as a warning. The Bench convicted and discharged the boys. Theft of a Cheque. —John Duncan Greig pleaded not guilty to stealing a cheque for £2 17a 6d, the property of George Batston. Batston had missed the cheque from his pocket at the Rotherfield Hotel, and it had been presented at the bank by accused, who.was arrested. Accused explained that he had got the cheque from an unknown man named Cox in a dark alley in exchange for .a ri'ng, but this explanation did not satisfy the Bench, who sentenced the accused to fourteen days’ imprisonment. Insulting Language. —James Wilson charged Ellen M’Quinn with having used insulting language to him.. The case seemed to be the result of a neighbour’s quarrel, and the defendant was bound over to keep the peace for six months in one surety- of £25. Prohibition Order.—A prohibition order- was issued against a man, to take effect in the Christchurch and surrounding districts.