RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 889, 15 March 1889, Page 23

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Judgment was given by Mr Robinson yesterday week in the case of A. A. Barker V. W, Hanter, in which the sum of £2O lls

3d was tiiaitfied for rates paid Oil the Te Aro Hotel; which the plaintiff had pfitcbantSd. frohi the deferidaht: His Worship hOld that thd weight of evidence went to Bhow thait Hunter, in selling the hotel to Mrs Barker, htfd giveri her such an indemnity against liability for' back rates as to make him liable to her for such rates as she might be compelled to pay in respect of any period prior to the commencement of her tenancy. Judgment waa entered up for plaintiff for £l9 7s 10d and costs £4 9a.

At the Magistrate’s Court last Friday morning two drunkards were dealt with. A first offender was discharged upon paying 2s cab hire. Julia Sparks, who, according to Sergeant-Major Morice, had been drinking heavily, was remanded till Monday. Two drunkards (first offenders) were each fined ss, with the Usual alternative, by Messrs J. R. George and E. T. Gillon, Justices, on Saturday. la the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday, before Messrs Eb. Baker and Andrew Young, Justices, two first offenders for drunkenness wore fined ss, or 24 hours’ imprisonment. Julia Sparkes, who had been remanded from the 7th for a similar offence, was fined 20s, or three days’ imprisonment. Louisa Levien and Kong Lee Ytlng were fined 10s, and 7s costs each, for Sunday trading. A similar charge against Eleazer Metz was dismissed. Kate Mundle, David Morris, Alfred Boland, Ah Quay, Robert Perrett, and E. B. Grespin were fined 10s, and costs 7s, for allowing rubbish to accumulate on their premises. Joseph H. Bentley, who was arrested at the Bluff, was brought up and charged with the larceny as a bailee of 4 iron bedsteads, 4 dressing tables, and 8 chairs, the property of Mary and Wi E. Dempsie. Mr Matthews, who appeared for the defendant, asked, for a remand. The police offered no objection. Prisoner was accordingly remanded till Wednesday. Bail was pllotved—himself in £SO and two sureties of £25 each. John Lightbourn, who did not appear, was fined 20s and costs 9s for being the driver of an unlicensed ■ vehicle. Horace Buck, a lad, was charged with stealing 9 pieces of lead, the property of the Queen. As there waa no appearance of the boy’s father, the Bench adjourned the case till Wednesday next. Wong Tim, who is charged with receiving the above knowing it to have been Btolen, was also remanded till Wednesday. The latter waa allowed bail in the sum of £2O. John Brittain was charged before Mr H. W. Robinson, R.M., on Monday for failing to provide his wife and three children with support. After hearing evidence his Worship ordered ( the defendant to pay 5s a week for his wife and each of his children, the order to come into force on Monday next. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, before Mr H. W. Robinson, R.M., civil cases were dealt with as follows : Judgment summons—W. Newell v. W. Quinton, £2 8a 2d ;no order made. Judgment for plaintiff was given in the case of the Empire Loan Company v. D. Robertson and Co., claim £32 8s Bd, with costs £3 12s. The plaintiff was nonsuited in the case of T. Twist v. T. H. Woodger, a claim of £2 15s. The action brought by William and W. J. Wise against 0. Bath for the recovery of £5, for wages Baid to be due under an indenture was heard, and after hearing evidence his Worship declined jurisdiction, and allowed defendant £3 3s costs.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, before Mr H. W. Robinson, R.M., two first offenders were charged with drunkenness. One of them was fined ss, and the other let off by paying 2s cabhire. Timothy Horan, alias Morrow, was fined ss, or 24 hours’ imprisonment, for a similar offence. Kate Moore, an old offender, for a similar offence was fined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprison, meat. Charles Williamson, charged with disorderly conduct and drunkenness in Cuba and Vivian-streets, was fined £3, or six days’ imprisonment. Charles Davis, for vagrancy, was remanded for a week. Alice O’Donnell, charged with stealing £1 from a Chinese gardener named Wong Kum, was remanded until this morning. Thomas Johnson, alias Jerome, was charged with obtaining money by means of false pretences. Detective Kirby asked for a remand till tomorrow, which was granted. At the Residont Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, before Messrs E. B. Baker, G. S Graham, and J. H. Heaton, Justices, a first offender for drunkenness was punished in the usual way. The rest of the business was disposed of by Messrs Graham and Heaton. Alice O Donnell, charged with stealing £1 from the Bhop of Wong Itun, was sentenced to a fortnight’s imprisonment. Hannah Mendoza, charged with vagrancy, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Albert Marsh, charged with wife desertion, was remanded until Monday in order that the Resident Magistrate might deal with the case. The accused was allowed bail, himself in a sum of £25 and one surety of a like amount. A boy named Horace Buck was charged with having Btolen nine pieces of lead, value £1 10a, from the Parliamentary Buildings. After hearing evidence the Bench dismissed the case. Mr Gray defended. A charge against Wong Tim, of having received the lead from Buck, was adjourned until Friday at the request of Mr Skerrett. Thomas Johnson, alias Jerome, remanded from the previous day, was charged with obtaining money by means of false representations. He was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment. Joseph Henry Bentley, on remand, was charged with larceny as a bailee of a quantity of furniture, the property of Mr and Mrs Dempsie, of Ngauranga. The inform* ants did not appear, and the case was dismissed. Detective Kirby pointed out that the prisoner had been bronghtback from Invercargill, and he applied that the cost of the arrest should be paid by the informants. The Bench made the necessary order against the prosecutors. George Hill, charged with driving a hackney carriage without a license, was lined 10s and costs 7s. Thomas Bilby, charged with burying nightsoil on his premises, was fined 10s and costs 15s.