MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12538, 27 June 1901, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHEISTCHUROHi TUESDAY, JuSB 25. (Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) first offenders, one a -woman, were each fined os 'and costs, in', default twenty-four hours rimprlsonm^t.—John Whelan, Lawrfence i Brown, William Smith, and Robert Hughes, whose superabundant loyalty was by previous good conduct we each fined 10b, and costs, hx default fortyeight floors' imprisonment. —John Burke Ofßrisn, "Who created considerable bance around Cathedral Square, on Monday evening, -was remanded for eight days for madScal treatment. . AssATOXiNO the Police.—Alexander Lowe pleaded complete forgetfuJness of having made a disturbance on the Railway Station on Monday, and having gunned Detective Fitzgerald with a walking stwk when ordered to desist. . The police did not think the accused had been as tank as ha represented, and the Bench infheteda fine of and costs, in default three weeks' imprisonment. Alleged Fobceiit.—Patrick Bhea pleaded igncrance of having forged -toe . mme of G. A. M. Buckley, of Ashburtca, to a cheque for £lB 2s 6d, and of having ; attempted to utter <fce cheque an Harris e boot shop on June 15. He said he had been drunk at the time for .days, and has statement was borne out by the childish manner in which the forgery had been carried out. Evidence was given by Frederick Logie, John Harris and G. A. M. Buckley. Mr Bishop ordered the case to stand down for a time. Later the accused was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. A Bad Character,—William Whitehead Uwaa charged with having stolen a watch valued at £5 from the person of Kelly on June 1, and with having altered a cheque for £1 in the name of William Daiwe to £9 and cashed the same with ' Messrs Aitken and Roberts. He pleaded 'guilty to the first charge. Evidence given i'dnthe second charge showed that the accused had asked Dawa for a cheque for | £lr-Jn .exchange for a sovereign, alleging tharhe wished to send It "up He then altered) the figure and word "one - to "ninoi" and "pound" to "pounds, and cashed the cheque With Aitken and Roberts. When arrested he stated a man named Wilson, not produced, had altered the cheque. He now, however, pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on the charge of forgery. On the first charge he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Alleged Thest.—George Cowan was. charged with having stolen a gold pin, valued at £3, from the person of James Hobdeii. He stated he had purchased the pin ior 9s 6d from a man he did not know, but the evidence called by the police moved Mr Bishop to inflict a sentence of three months' imprisonment. —On an adjourned charge of theft, the case against the accused was dismissed, and' on a charge', which had also been adjourned, of having damaged a chest of drawers, he was fined 20s and costs and ordered to pay the amount of the damage, in default three weeks' hard labour.—The last accused's -wife, Farmy Cowan, was charged with having received the pin, knowing It to have been stolen, but as she did not seem quite sober, having been out on bail, she was remanded until next day. Labcbny.—Annie Osborne, for whom Mr Donnelly appeared, was charged with (having stolen a pint pot at the Club Hotel on June 8, after having imbibed the contents. She pleaded guilty, and was remanded until next day for the report of the Probation Officer. Theft.—Robert Hawthorn, who had been charged with the theft of £3 10s, and remanded for the report of the Probation Officer, was committed to the Burnham Industrial School. A gun, in which he had Invested part of the money, was ordered 1 to 'be given to the person from whom the money bad been stolen. Maintenance. —One case was adjourned for a week, the parties agreeing to marry. A second cose was adjourned sine die, the husband, whose wife applied for enforcement of an order, having met with an accident preventing him . from working.— Frederick -Kenmaxd, charged with - disobedience of orders for the support of his wife and child, was sentenced to fourteen days' ■ imprisonment on each charge. • Wednesday, June 26.- j (Before Mr Al Scott, J.P., Mr E. 0. Skog, J.P., and Mr J. Richardson, J.P.) Dbtowenness.—There was onljr one case of drunkenness, and the accused, who was a first offender, was fined ss, in default twenty-four hours'imprisonment. Alleged The*t.—Noah 'Norwood was charged with having stolen a watch and chain, valued at 255, from James Gliding, at Christchurch on Jane 25. The case was remanidted until Friday. ' , Damage to Pbopebtt.—Albert Dyer was charged with having, on June 18, danSaged -a panel in a door in a house occupied by Mary Jane Robin's, and owned by Mrs Price. He pleaded not guilty, but was convicted, and fined 10s and 7s costs, and was ordered to pay the amount of the damage. School Attendance.—Elisabeth Hal and William Bartlett were charged with having failed to send their children to school. The case against ithe first-named was adjourned for six weeks, and Bartlett was fined 2s and costs./" LYITELTON. ■ Tuesday, Jttne 25. (Before Mr S. R. Webb, J.P., and Mr J. T. Brioe, J.P.). DrtJnkenness and Disokdebly Con-duct.-—Nicholas Crawford, who had behaved very violently while drunk, and damaged Constable Cohnell's shako, was fined 20s, with fourteen days' imprisonment in default, and was ordered to pay lis 6d for the damage done. Thebt.—Frank Foster/for having stolen a gold ring, was fined ss. The case was. a trivial one, and. the ring had been restored.