J.P. Court, Gore.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 19, 13 August 1895, Page 2

J.P. Court, Gore.

Monday, Aug. 12, 1895. (Before Msssrs Mac Gibbon and Baker, J.s P.) James Downey was charged (1) with having been drunk on the previous Saturday ; and (2) with having no visible lawful means of support. Accused pled guilty to the first charge and not guilty to the second. Sergeant Fleming said that Downey lived with a convicted thief (John O'Dwyer) and, though he had been cautioned to leave town, he did not do so. He had been six times convicted of drunkenness, once of assault, and onceof resistinc the police, and had bean suspected of several petty thefts. He aßked that Downey should sfctw what means of support he had. Constable Ferguson corroborated the Sergeant's statements, and added that complaints had been made about Downey. Accused admitted having been told by the Sergeant to leave O'Dwyer, and was to go to Otaria at the end of this week to work for a farmer. Laat week he earned ii Gd, and, he thought, 6s the week before at odd jobs, such as stacking coal and night work. That was enough to buy food with. He got two drinks at one hotel on Saturday and only one at another, and remembered no more. Hia age was 75. The Bench thought he was a fit subject for the Old Men's Home, but, as he bad been so often up already for drunkenness, he was fined 203. in default one month with hard labor. The second charge was dismissed with a caution. Alexander Beid, farmer, Wendon, pled guilty to a charge of getting on the Waimea train while in motion at the Gore station on the 3rd inst. He said he bad been on the station in plenty of time, but suddenly remembered be had left a parcel up town, and ran for it. Ha would not have got on the train in motion, but he bad to attend a meeting at Riversdale that evening, of the Ploughing Match Committee, to band in his books, subscription lists, etc. The Bench warned him of the danger he ran by getting on a train in motion, and fined him 10s. (Before J. Mac Gibbon, Esq., J P.) In the afternoon Robert Porter was brought up under warrant, having been arrested at Napier, and charged with unlawfully deserting bis illegitimate unborn child at Riversdale. Mr Fletcher for complainant, Mr E. Olutterbuck, asked fo<* a remand for seven days, as the case couljtonly be heard before the Magistrate. 9to^ Accused, who was unrepresented by counsel, askeii for bail, and this was fixed at himself in LSO, and one surety in the like sura. Bail was found to the satisfaction of Mr Fletcher, and accused was then released from custody.