RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 887, 18 February 1879, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

THIS DAY. fßefore T. W. Parker, Esq., R.ir.) Albert Hoskius was brought up, on remand, charged with having broken into the house of Alex. Miln,e. at Hampden, and having stolen therefrom two L 5 notes. Inspector Tliam.so,n said that the police had no further evidence to give. His Worship thon told the accused that lie was discharged, adding he would not have remanded him but for the fact that there was a very strong suspicion against him. Hoskins left the box after indulging freely in loud complaints against the police arid injustice generally. Mary Lamb was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Tyne-street on the 17th. The accused said that she had been indulging a little. His Worship said that he would give her the benefit of her long absence, and inflict the small fine of os, William Fraser, of the Peebles Hotel, Papakaio, was enargect with a breach of I the Licensing A,ct. Mr. G'Meagher ap- j

peared for the defendant, and asked the Court for an adjournment to enable him to produce witnesses to prove that no breach of the law had occurred. The adjournment was granted for Tuesday, the 25th. James Rogers was charged with having, on the 9th day of February, cruelly and unlawfully beaten a horse. Mr. Balmer appeared for the defendant. David Genge, sworn, deposed • I am a storekeeper at Weston. I recollect the 9th of this month. I was at Weston. I saw the defendant there. It was between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The defendant was on horseback. When I first saw him, he was jerking the horse out by the head. He afterwards used a spur, which he borrowed from a young man. Ho used it as hard as he was able for three-quarters of an hour. The proceedirg. was unnecessary, because the horse wanted to gp forward, but he held him back with the reins. There was Wood on the and on the heel of his boot. Cross-exa:.lined by Mr. Balmer < There were about 15 persons present, I do not know whether he had any drink. Peter Joseph, sworn : I live at Weston, and drive a baker's cart. I saw the defendant on Sunday, the 9th, between "> and 4 o'clock. He was on horseback. He was jerking tho horse's head with the reins. He afterwards borrowed a spur, and used it very hard for about three-

quarters of an hour. Cross-examined : No one interfered to lead the horse. The horse would have gone had the man slackened the reins. He went off at last, after I went into the house. I never saw the lyase before. The spur was borrowed, from a person who was riding with him,

James "Rogers, defendant, sworn, deposed : Tho horso stuck me up, after buying her, at every road end ; and on this occasion she again attempted to do so. I then borrowed the spur from the young fellow who was with-me, and used it for about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. I was not holding her back. I was holding her head up. She does not buck, but she puts down her head and tries to put her rider qvtiv )utf> head, I have seen hqrsqs p.uiiis,hed much more on the raeiicqurse.

His Worship said there were a certain let of horses who acquire a habit of stopping, and butchers' horses are among :liem. The defendant's horse had been a

butcher's. It was not clear, however, that he had not used undue cruelty. He would, therefore, inflict a penalty of 30s. and the costs of the two witnesses.

Inspector Thompson stated that it -was the wish of tho witnesses that their expenses be given to the Hospital. His Worship then made an order for the amount, LI 2s, to be paid over to the Hospital funds. William Aitken, for allowing a cow to wander in Reed. street, was fined 4s, Robert Aitken, for one horse in Thames street, 4s ; the fines were paid. A few civil cases were than disposed of, and the Court adjourned.