RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 656, 10 June 1878, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Til 18 DAY. (Bufun- T. W. r*uKEK, Esq., IJ.MO r.r:r>lv AND })LSOi;isKK[.Y. James Lynch, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Thanusstreet on Saturday evening, was lined ."is., or to undergo 21 hours' imprisonment. Thomas Kirkwood was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Thamesstreet at an early honr uii Sunday niorniui;', and was discharged with a caution. John O'Brien was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Thames-street on .Saturday evening, and was cautioned and and discharge-. I.

i'CT'l'TXij ano wor-vniN"'.:. John O'Brien was charged with, having, last night, unlawfully cut and wounded one John O'Connor with intent to do ::ri'"vous bodily harm. Sub-inspector SmHh prosecuted, tun.! Mr. O'Meaghcr appeared tor the prisoner, who piendect .Not guil'y. Mr. O'Meagher applied for a remand in order to ah'-'id. him an opporluniiy <>!' o".. paring rhe defence. lie had only received iustruesiu'is within a fuw minutes 'of tlie ease being calied on. Smith said lie had v.-. objection to n remand, and had intended to ask for lime o> obtain witnesses.

His Worship remanded tlte prisoner until Thursiay next. Bail was allowed in two sureties of L 25 each. IIitEAC'U OF BYE-LAWS. | Thomas M/Grail was charged by the ] J'nsnecfor of Nuisances with committing a bivaen of the Corporation Bye-Liws by carting certain ojihtisive matter through the town at an improper hour <>f the day, and without liaviug a suiVieieot covering to the cavt. His worship inflicted a line of ss. Alexander Watson was charged by the Inspector of jSuisance with neglecting to keep a sufficient fence round certain bidhL ing material in Tyne-stroet in .front of the new Union Bank. The defendant said he had taken the fuHoe down for the purpose of removing the rubbish, and had re-erected it on the Inspector speaking to him on the matter. The case was dismissed.