The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1866. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 104, 5 July 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1866. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. This Day.

[Before J. Poynter, Esq., R.M.]

DRUNKENNESS.

George Witney was charged with being drunk and disorderly. The Magistrate : I have seen you several times drunk in the streets. Defendant : Not lately, sir. Magistrate : I shall fine you 10s. for being drunk, and if you are brought here again I shall send you to prison. You aro becoming a nuisance to everybody. A person met me in the street and complained of you the other day. VAGRANTS. Thomas Selkirk Avas charged Avith lurking about the streets near Collingwood-street bridge, in a suspicious manner, between 9 and 10 o'clock last night. The prisoner in his defence said he was a stranger and Avas looking about the town. He had been staying at the London Tavern. Magistrate : Who are you ? Does anybody know you ? Prisoner : I am from Marlborough province, and came last from Blenheim and Havelock. lam known in the tOAvn, if not in this court. A man named Day and his brother \v ho are working here knoAv me. Magistrate .- I shall remand, you, to enquire about you. If it is found that you have no lawful mode of living, and that you loaf about in a supicious manner, I shall cause you to be locked up fbr three • months as a vagrant. Prisoner : I was only passing through the street. Magistrate-. I shall remand you till to-morrow morning, that inquiry may be made about you. Edward Gates Avas charged with being at the back of Louisson's in a suspicious manner, at tAvo o'clock this morning. Prisoner said, it was only his first day in Nelson, he having been just discharged from the Auckland, steamer. He had missed his Avay and did not know where he was. Magistrate : What business have you in a man's yard ? don't you know, a man's yard is his closet, and you have no right to be there. Prisoner : If I was there it Avas a mistake. Magistrate : Where do you come from ? Prisoner : I was discharged from the Auckland yesterday, and Avas going to stop at the Albion, on the beach, till I could get to Hokitika. On inquiry, it was found that the accused had his discharge with him, whicii Avas signed in presence of Mr. Ackworth of the Custom House. Magistrate : If you are brought up again, you will be locked up as a vagrant for 3 months. You have no business in an out-of-the-Avay place like this, off the road. It is difficult to make people believe you strayed there Avithout a motive. You are discharged, and if you come here again you will be locked up for three months.