RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

New Zealand Mail, Issue 754, 13 August 1886, Page 24

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

A man named Thomas Jenkinson was sent to gaol for 24 hour 3 at last Friday’s sitting of the° Resident Magistrate’s Court, for being found at midnight on Thursday in a shed on the Kaiwarra-road belonging to Mr J. Sauaders. A man named William Smith was similarly dealt with at the previous sitting of the Court for exactly the same offence. Mr Shearman said the residents in the vicinity had recently made complaints about persons loitering about the shed and begging for money. In sentencing Jenkinson, Mr Wardell said that under the circumstances he was dealing very leniently with him. The adjourned case of Edwards v. Hamilton, being a claim of £25 for trespass and damage done by defendant’s horses breaking through a fence on to plaintiff’s property at Island Bay, was concluded in the Resident Magistrate’s Court last Friday afternoon. Jur’g meat waß given for plaintiff for £lO, and costs £8 ss. Mr Gully appeared for plaintiff, Mr Morison (instructed by Mr Fitz Gerald) for defendant. Notice of appeal was given. In the Resident Magistrate’s Coart last Friday Rosa James sued Thomas Foley, plasterer, for £SO, damages sustained through scaffolding erected by defendant faffing upon her in Willis-strest on June 17th. Mr Edwards appeared for plaintiff, Mr Jellicoe for defendant. Plaintiff deposed that she was passing the building, which is one of those erected by Captain Williams, when a piece of the scaffolding in front fell, and struck her upon the head, rendering her unconscious. She was taken to Dr Fell’s and examined, and was afterwards laid up for three days. She had been unable to work since, being subject to giddiness and sickness. The doctor’s bill amounted to £1 sa. In crossexamination she said she was housekeeper to Mr Bedford, general dealer, of Tarauakistreet, and received 10s per week. Had had to employ a woman to perform her duties. Had been on the stage for a week at the end of July, receiving 2a a night. Had received a blow ou her head two years ago when a prisoner for drunkenness, but had not suffered from the effects since. Was Bober on June 17, and had not been drunk since Mr Booth, the temperance lecturer, came to Wellington. Would be satisfied if she obtained £lO now. Dr Fell deposed to plaintiff being brought to him suffering from a blow received on the head. She must have suffered considerable pain. After the evidence of two other witnesses, George Bedford and William Edwards had been taken, the case was adjourned by consent to the next Tuesday. Mr Wiseman, advance-agent for Mr Sheridan’s company, was a passenger for Wanganui by tbe Stormbird last Friday night. He will make arrangements for the appearance of IVfr Sheridan in the Princess Theatre there on Monday the 15tb. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court last F<l< day, before Mr YVaidell, R.M., two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were fined 5s each, in default 24 hours’ imprieonmeat. The civil case, Arthur Selby v. the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Company and Captain t- tuart, master of the steamship Arawa, claim £3B 10s, for a choke-bore gun and other articles alleged to have been placed on board the Arawa at London for shipment to this Colony in November, 1884, and not delivered, was set down for hearing at the Resident Magistrate’s Court latt Fiilay, buwas adjourned by consent to Tuesday next, the 16th inst. Mr Brown appears for plaintiff ; Mr Gully for defendants. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, before Mr A. McDonald, J.P., Charles Sexton Rudd was brought up on remand from July 31, charged under the Lunacy Act with having threatened to take his life. It will be remembered that Rudd was arrested by Constable Pennefather in consequence of having made a statement to the effect that unless he was put under restraint he was afraid he would take his own life. During his detention he was examined by Dr 3 Raws.on aad Mahon, who certified that he was not insane, but needed medical treatment. Inspector Sbtarmau explained the result of the examination on Saturday to the presiding Justice, but did Dot press the charges of lunacy and threatening to commit suicide. Mr McDonald therefore ordered Rudd’s discharge from custody. Mr McDonald, J.P. fined a first offender 5s for drunkenness, in default 24 hours imprisonment, on Saturday at the Resident Magistrate’s Court. Three first t ffenders for drunkenness were punished in the usual way at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning. An old' offender for the some offence, named Daniel Dennis, was fined £1 and costs* or in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. On Monday morning at the Resident Magistrate’s Court Inspector Browne drew attention to the number of accidents that had lately happened ia this city from runaway horses. He alluded to the large number of cases in which the drivers of vehicles, which were properly supplied with the necessary means in the way of chains to fasten, the wheels, were too lazy to take the trouble of securing them. Messrs J. Moore, W. M. Maskell, and J. Lachman, Justices, occupied the Bench at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning. For allowing their horses to wander at large, Fabio Terreni and W. Short were each I fined 53 and costs. A. Boull wa3 fined 5s for { leaving his cart unattended. John McColl 1 was fined 10a and costs for having allowed his

chimney to take fire For having neglected to register their dogs, E. M. T. Bjddam, A. Campbell, R. J. Todd, and H. Windhorst were fined in various amounts.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday, Thomas Price was charged before Mr Warded with having been drunk the previous night in Fraser’s-lane, and resisting Constable Coffey in the execution of his duty. Tbe: constable stated that when he attempted to arrest accused he threw off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and assumed a fighting attitude. He then lay down and kicked, and his boot coming off, struck witness’ shako. Accused then got up and dealt him a blow on the head. He also threatened to stick him with a pen»knife which he took out of his pocket and flourished, but dropped it when he saw witness attempt to draw his batoD. David Henry deposed that accused was very stubborn at first, but afterward went’quietly to the station.Witness afterward picked up the kuife pro. duced at the corner of Sydney and Molesworth streets. Accused, iu reply, said that he was coming up from Petone, aad went by way of Fraser’s-lace, when he was accosted by the policeman, who spoke to him in a rather nasty manner. He did not have a knife in his possession. He was well known by the police, to whom he had leut He certainly would not use a knife on anyone he could use his hands too well for that. Mr Wardell sentenced accused to 14 days’ bard labor for resisting the constable, and inflicted a fine of ss, or in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness. In doing bo 5 . the Magistrate said he would deal with the case on the presumption that accused had no intention of injuring the constable when he flourished the knife, but only endeavored to frighten him. Price, who appeared considerably surprised at the sentence, was then re»moved.

The adjourned hearing of the civil action Rosa James v Foley (plasterer), a claim. of £59 damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff through a portion of scaffolding erected by defendant in Willis-street falling upon her, came on in the Resident Magistrate’s Court Tuesday, before Mr Wardell. Mr Edwards appeared for plaintiff, Mr Jellicoe for defen—dant. Evidence for the defence was called toshow that plaintiff was not confiaed to her house, as wa3 alleged, on the afternoon of the accident. Mr Jel'icoe applied for a nonsuit* on the ground that plaintiff had contributed to her injury by her own negligence. Mr Wardell reserved judgment until 11 o’clock the Dext Thursday. . Civil business at the Resident Magis‘rats’® Court on Tuesday resulted in the following judgments being given for plaintiffs :—bcotfc Bros, v J. B. Roche, £l9 19s 6 l, costs £2 2s j H. M Lyon v H. Redwood. £l6, costs £2-' 61 ; Wellington Meat Co. v James Gardner* £l6 14s lid, costs £1 ; New Zealand Government Life Insurance Association v Gordon Millington, £2O 18s 2d, costs £2 53 ; A. It. Hislop v R. G. Toul-son, £lO 14s 41, costs £2 la. An order was m ide on a judgment summons in the case of J. Rod v T. Kerinsfor payment of £42 Is by instalments of £l> per mouth, or in default, 14 days’ imprisonment.

The case against Charles Dowsett, for neglecting to comply with an order of the Court for the removal of offensive matter on hi® premises in the Tinakori-road, again came up in the Resident Magistrate’s Court Wednesday*, but was further adjourned for a fortnight. Mr Martin, city solicitor, stated that there was a case pending in the Supreme Court which would probably he heard on Monday next, and which would have some bearing on tbe matter.

The action brought by Mr J. Taylor, Chair--man of the Hutt County Council, against John McGrath for failing to maintaiu his wife, from whom he has been separated for some 3.0 years, was set down for hearing at the Resi--d-.nt Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, bnt a medical certificate having been produced to show that defendant was too ill to attend, it was decided to adjourn the case until next Wednesday. Mr H. H. Travers appeared for Mr Taylor.

At Wednesday’s sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court Henry Neill was charged before Mr Wardell with having failed to comply with an order made against kiin for the maintenance of his wife and children. In reply he stated that he had done his best, butcould get no regu’ar employment. Mr Hunter, hairdresser, of Courtenay-place, said accused hid been driven out of places where he had been employed in consequence o£ annoyance being caused by his wife and children calling frequently upon him. He had thus been worried out of steady employment aud steady habits. Witness was willing to employ him on Saturday’s. Mr Wardell gave the defendant some good advice, and adjourned the case for a week to enable him to act upon it.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Weanesday morning, before Mr Wardell, R.M., Joseph R Morrill was charged with having been diuok in Courtenay-place on the previous night, and also with resisting Constable O’Brien in the execution of his duty. Constable O’Brien sail that he saw accused chasing a woman, who was screaming at tbe top of her voice along Courtenay-placs. The man was under the influence of liquor at the time. Witness arrested him, but in consequence of bim holding on to a fence, witness was compelled to souod his whistle for assistance. The Bench inflicted a fine of £1 on the first charge, but dismissed the second. Henry Weaver was then charged with inciting the former defendant to resist tbe constable’s authority. The evidence of the constable was to the effect that Weaver urged Morrill to “go for ” him (witness). Weaver said he had tried to get Morrill home, and when he was arrested be (accused) had merely followed bim to the station to endeavor to bail him out, but be was bimself arrested. Mr Wardell thought he bad acted indiscreetly, but bad been 3 sufficiently punished. The case was therefore dismissed. Two femalee (first offenders) were fined 5s each for drunkenness, with the usual alternative.