MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4374, 4 June 1901, Page 2

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

MONDAY, JUNE 3. (Before Mr W. R. Haseldon, S.M.) Eight offenders for drunkenness were fined os or twenty-four hours’ imprison, inent, two others were fined 7s or twenty-four hours, and one 10s or fortyeight hours. A man, who appeared with his head in a bandage, was ordered to pay 10s 6d incdicai expenses. John White was ordered to pay 16s arrears, for the maintenance of Ids wife, within seven days, in default seven days imprisonment. Samuel Campbell, a one-armed man, employed as a nightwatchman at the Thermion end of the city, was sent to gaol for one month'with hard labour, on a charge of being an habitual drunkard. A second charge of the theft cf a turkey valued at 7s, the property of C. S. Ciark, Molcsworth street, was dismissed. , „ ~ Denis McCarthy and David Riley were charged with assaulting John Lewis. Complainant was in the Hos-

pital and unable to appear. Accused were remanded till tlie 10th instant. A similar remand was granted in tho case ox 'Thomas Brown, charged with wounding Harry Burton. Dr Ewart reported mat complainant was not lit to appear. On the triplication of Mr AViilord, who appeared lor accused, bail was reduced irom LiO to Liu. A charge against a man of committing an indecent act in Tory street on Sunday night was dismissed. The charge against Cornelius Hickey, of travelling on the trams and musing to pay nis fare, was dismissed, on account of its trivial nature. Mr Martin (Ciiy tooiicuor) appeared lor tlie Corporation, and Mr milord for comp'aiuaut. Several charges were brought by tho Acclimatisation Society against persons of shooting hares in the Makara district without a license. Tho summonses were issued at the instance of David Crossley, ranger to tho sociecy, on wiioso behalf Mr Gray prosecuted. John Maun and ueorgo Baker, defended by Mr V\ illord, pleaded not guiiti’. A line of -Os each, with Kin costs, was imposed, .un application lor expenses by James Mann, against wnom an information was laid and withdrawn, as he had a license, was refused. Tho Magistrate said there was too mucli ‘■ringing the changes” with the licensee, one member of a family taking it out and others making use of it. Stephen Kebbeil was lined XUs Od and Li 7s costs. John Bradshaw was lined £1 and £1 8a costs. A charge against J. AVuldon, juur., was adjourned till the 7th inst., so that an information could be laid against James Walden, senr., who was found shooting at Ashhurst with the license wliicii defendant staled was lus. The charge against Edward Young, failing to produce a, license, when in peasession of game, was dismissed. The Magistrate stated that the society had been careless in issuing licenses. In future it should fill in tho names, occupations and addresses of licensees. Mr Gray agreed to make representations to the society as suggested by his Worship.

FLOGGING A SCHOOLBOY. Neptune Mulvillo was charged with assaulting a child under tne ago of fourteen years, named James Mciseill. The defendant was a sclioclmaster at tlie Mitcbeiltown, school, wnero the child assaulted, eight years of age, was a pupil. The child had found a threepenny piece in the schoolroom, and when the master asked if anyone had found it he did not stand up. For this reason the boy was assaulted with a supplejack by defendant. Dr Martin, who attended the bey, gave evidence that the latter’s hands were swollen with blood blisters under the skin, and he could not close them. The boy’s legs were blue, and he appeared to have had a severe thrashing. A photograph of the boy stripped was put in. Constable iv.elly and Detective Cox gave evidence as to the boy's condition on the day the assault .was committed. Mr Wilfordi appeared for complainant, and Mr Hislop for defendant. Evidence was'given by Misses Fleming and Dull’, teachers at the school, ' that the boy did not appear distressed, or even cry, after the punishment was inflicted. The Magistrate stated that he considered the hoy was guilty of conduct which required an exemplary pun. ishment. The defendant stated that ho took the boy before the different classes and told them tho boy had committed a grave offence, which ho hoped ho would not repeat. He gave him two strokes on each hand with the cane and about eight strokes on tho back. AVitness was nearly twenty-one years of age, and had had six years’ experience. He was only two months at the Mitchelltown school. ' W. T. Grundy,, headmaster of tho Clyde quay school, stated that after a severe punishment it was not unusual for blood blisters to appear. He did net think tho punishment was as .severe as the evidence showed. Ho considered that if the bruises were apparent seventeen days afterwards, it was evidence of severe punishment. Ho had never beaten a boy so that blood blisters were raised on his hands or wales on his backAfter examining tho boy, Ins Worship said that the case was of importance to defendant and to teachers generally. It required mature consideration, and ho would reserve judgment. /