RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 730, 12 August 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

THIS DAY. (BHfnl-K T. W. IMRKK.It. Em-., R.IL) DRCNK AN*t> DISORDERLY. John Clydesdale, who had been admitted to bad, did not appear to answer a charge of having been drunk and disorderly in Thanu-s-street on Saturday night, and his bail was "srreafed. Thomas Nnrtlimoro was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Thames-street on K-itu:-dn.y niult._ and once more pleaded hard to be 1 t off, but his Worship inflicted a tine of oh. A STABBtN'O l'.*SK. Frank Hensal, u/«m Thompson, was charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding one Andrew Henderson at an early hour this morning at Papakaio, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sub-Inspector Smith applied for a remand, stating that the prisoner had only just been brought into town, and that the man who had been stabbed would be nnable to be removed for some time. _ His Worship remanded the case for a week. breach of r.n'E.vstN*; oßr>i.N'A.v<'R. Alexander C Paterson, late landlord of the Empire Hotel, was charged with committing a breach of the Licensing Ordinance by keeping his hotel open after hours, on the night of the 3rd instant. Mr. O'Meagher, who appeared for the defence, admitted the offence, but said that it being the last night of Mr. Paterson's proprietorship, the new lessees with a few friends of both parties and the lodgers, were celebrating the transfer of the business by indulging in a little champagne, and became oblivions of the flight of time. Mr. Paterson waa not present on the occasion. So far an he (Mr. O'Meagher) was aware the hoiiae had been well conducted, and he had never heard of any complaint having been made with regard to the house. Under the circumstances he hoped that his Worship would look over the offence. Sub-Inspector Smith stated that this was the tirat complaint that had ever been made about the manner in which the house had been conducted during the time Mr. Paterson luui had it. His Worship said that under the circumstances he would dismiss the case. BItKACH OF rottrOKATXOIf BYE-L.IW.S. Norman Lane was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances with obstructing the footpath in Coquet-streefc by permitting two horses to stand across the footpath, contrary to the Corporation Bye-laws. The defendant admitted the offence, and said that the horses had been fastened to the verandah and had g>»t across the footpath. He intended applying to the Municipal Council for permission to place a railing along the verandah in order to pwvent a recurrence of the offence. Hi* Worship indicted a tine of f»s.