R.M. COURT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1030, 27 November 1891, Page 17

R.M. COURT.

, There was not much beforo Mr H. W. | Robinson, R.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday week. Ah Cnee was brought up, on remand, charged with deserting his wife at Westport on the 23rd October, and, as no warrant had arrived from the West Coast, he was again remanded for a week, and allowed out on bail. Sergeant-Major Ramsay informed the Bench that he understood it was the intention of Mrs Cbee to withdraw the information. Sydney James, charged with a similar offence at Auckland, was also remanded, and allowed bail. Judgment for plaintiffs was given in the following civil cases at the R.M. Court yesterday week :—G. H. Thornton v. G. Wilkins, £6 63 lid, cost 3 11s ; same v. E. Bond, £3 3s lid, costs 7s ; W- J. Nathan v. E. Peddie and H. Dunstall, £8 Ss 9d, costa 14s. Judgment summonses—Stewart and Co. v. A. Grigg, claim £l2 5s Sd, order for weekly payments of 10s, or seven days’ imprisonment in default ; H. Flockton v. R. Conlin, claim £lO 0s 9d, order made for payment at the rate of 5s per week (no default); same v. J. Cooper, olaim£6 14s Bd, order for payment of 5s weekly, or four days’ imprisonment in default. Mra Lucy Douglas, of Taranaki street,

applied at the Resident Magistrate’s Court last Friday morning to have two of her neighbours—Mra Sarah Clark and Mrs Ellen McKeohnie —bound over to keep the peace, as they had been making U3e of provoking lauguage to he?. Mr H. W. Robin, son, H.M., refused the application, and advised tho parties to leave ona another alone in the future.

The presiding Justices at the R.M. Court on Saturday morning were Sir Walter Buffer and Mr 8. Brown. Two first-offend-ing “ drunks” were discharged, and an old offender named Potet MoMillan was fined 18s or 24 hours’ imprisonment. A woman named Hannah Brown was charged with being disorderly in Waring Taylor street and with damaging o cab owned by John Griffiths, for which offences she was fined 20s or 48 hours’ imprisonment for the first offence and 20s or one month for the wilful damage, besides 10s for the cost of repairs. Judgment for the plaintiff was given in tho following civil oases at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning : E. G. Jellicoe v .T. Simmons, £39 19a Id, costs £2 3a ; J. W. Paine v W. F. Cox. £4 2s 4d, coats Ss ; E. B. Crespin v Mrs Frost, 183 sd, costs 6s ; Thos. Ballinger v EL Hodgson, £34 4s 4d, costs £1 11s ; E. Mills aDd Co. v R. Cresswell, £22 Ss 7d, costs £1 14s ; Thompson and Co. v A. S. Frank, £55 5s lOd, costs £5 5s ; Wellington Meat Export Company v J.. Coulter, £27 10s, costs £1 10s ; Andrew Miller v F. Marryatt, £8 7sThe following defended civil cases were decided at the R.M. Court ou Monday morning :—Mackinnon and Tringham v. C. S. White, claim £7 6a, the procuration fee in respect of a loan ; tho plaintiffs were nonsuited, with £1 4s costs. Mr Tanner appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Brown for the defendants. Cameron and Christie v. J. Gardiner, claim for £2l, for goods sold and delivered. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, and costs £3 12s. Mr Tanner appeared for the plaintiffs. C. Mudgewny v. F. Smylie ; claim for £lO, value of a trap and harness alleged to be wrongfully detained by the defendant. Judgment for plaintiff, and order made for the return of trap, &a., within a week. Mr Brown appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Williams for the defendant. E. Liddle v. W. Hitchcock, claim £4, balance alleged to be due oa a horse sold by plaintiff to the defendant. Judgment for defendant, without costs.

Mr C. C. Graham, R.M., had before him on Tuesday the case in which George Thurston (11) and George Harris (12) were charged with stealing a duck, the property of Mr Gilmer, of the Empire HotoL The boys admitted the theft. The Magistrate asked whether any action had been taken against the firemen on a steamer, to whom the boys had given the duck. SergeantMajor Ramsay said the bird was found lying hid under a bunk, half plucked, with its head off, and the firemen denied having had anything to do with it. Mr Graham said the boys would be discharged if their parents would promise to civa them a birching. Harris, who is recovering from an attack of influenza, waa handed over to his parents with a recommendation to give him a birching as soon as he was well enough. The father of the boy Thurston said he would piefer that his son should be whipped by a constable, and a.i order was accordingly given that he should receive six strokes. At the Resident Magistrate's. Court on Tuesday a man named William Barr, of Johnsonville, was fined Is and 16s 6d costs for illegally rescuing a horse which had been seized by Henry Salmon for the purpose of being impounded. A man named Max Barak was charged on remand at the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr C. C. Graham, R. M., with the larceny as bailee of a gold watch and chain, value £l4, the property of Annie Leland, barmaid at the Bank Hotel, on or about the 22nd October. Mr Bolton appeared on behalf of the accused. From the evidence of the informant it appeared that she gave Barak her- watoh on his promising to repair it and give it her baok io a week. For a fortnight after that she saw nothing of him, but was told he was laid up with influenza. She met him on Tnursday last at the Exchange Hall and asktd him to return the wafcih. at the same time threatening to take proceedings against him if he did not bring it back to her by 10 o’clook the next morning. He told her next day that he had put the watoh and chain in pawn, and said if Bhe would redeem them he would repay her the money in instalments. He then gave her the pawn ticket, which she afterwards gave to Detective Campbell. She had since told the accused that if he could get two satis factory persons to become security for the repayment of the money she might withdraw the charge—that is, if the police would allow her to do so. Previous to this the accused had several times repaired jewellery for her, and she owed him 7a 6d for repairs to some badgles. A steward, named Charles Mosch, stated that he pawned the watch and chain for Barak in the name of Brown, thinking that it belonged to Barak’s wife. Tho accused was committed for trial, being allowed bail -in his own recognizance of £IOO and two sureties of £SO each.

A young man named John McKenzie, who is at present serving a sentence of two months for assaulting Detective Herbert while being arrested, waa charged at the R.M. Court od Tuesday with breaking and entering Miss Crawford’3 premises, at the Albert Hotel, and stealing a gold brooch of the value of £2 10s. Mr Poynton defended the prisoner. A waiter named Henri Lucchesi said on the 10th inst. he went to Miss Crawford’s room to lay the supper, and the door waa suddenly slammed in his face. Thinking it was Miss Crawford who was inside, he went away. Soon afterwards he saw the aoaused coming down the stairs leading from Miss Crawford’s room to the private bar. The barmaid, Miss Gawne, then went into the room, when it was discovered that a robbery had been committed. The brooch, which was lying on a table in the room, was missing, but a small iron safe which contained jewellery and money waa not interfered with. A diamond bracelet and other jewellery had been taken from a drawer, but not taken away. The accused, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial,