RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT. FRIDAY, 23th NOVEMBER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 298, 3 December 1862, Page 6

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT. FRIDAY, 23th NOVEMBER.

(Before A. OhctLim Strode, Esq., R.ST.) Drunkenness.—Tiioma3 M'Lean, David M'Culloch, John Davidson, and Robert Brown, were each lined 20; and costs; or in default of payment to be imprisoned 43 hours, Using -Tuueatesing Language.—Thomas Hall was brought up on wan-ant, charged with having threatened to take the life of Alary Ann Webb. The case, was dismissed. John Brodrick was charged with having on the 25th inst. threatened to "knock out the — brains" of Mrs •Catherine Davidson. Mr Ward appeared for the accused. There had been a previous squabble, and the complainant had got Mrs Brodrick "bound over." The defence was that the accused having gone to the complainant's tent for a debt of 30s, he was simply abused'and challenged to fight. He was ordered to find two sureties in LlO ! each, and to give his own recognis nces for L2O, for his keeping tho peace for tliree"mont!;s. i Steams*.} £80 i?no'M an I NX.—George Croaker was charged with having, on the 2SJi. February, sfolan a bag containing from LSO to LIOO in gold and not.*, the property of John Crawford, landlord of the Glasgow Arms, Princes-strcefc. Detective Tuckwell stated that directly after the robbery, the'pnsoner was suspected, and a warrant was issued. He was not. however, heard of until Thursday,- when he (Tuckwell) learned that the prisoner was at work sawing t tuber between Dunedin and Port Chalmers. He was ■ ace^-dmgly arrested. Mrs Crawford stated tliat ou the day in question, her husband wanting swie money she took the bag out of a drawer next the till. The prisoner was sitting in the bar with a little man with black eye:., and they both saw her take out the bag and replace'it after her husband had taken out what ha wanted She went into a parlour to wait on two gentlemea ; and a few minutes' afterwards, when sho wanted some change, she found that the baa-was gone, and the men also. She could identify a£s note in the bag. There were no other persons in the bar fioin the time the bag was first taken, put until it was missed. Air Crawford said ho could identify the bag. Sub-Inspector Weldon said that a boy saw the pri&oaer running from the Glasgow Arms just before the alarm of robbery was given; but the bay had not bean found, and he (Mr V7eldon) asked for a remand until Tuesday. The remand was granted. CIVIL CASES. Isaac Kingsley v. Peter Mathieson.—The'plaintiff, a black cook, claimed L6 as wages, and L6 as deposited with the defendant, by whom he had been eraployed. Sir Haggitfc was for the defendant. who;e case was that there was no liability beyond L 6 for a months' wages, against which a. set-off .of L 2 was claimed for damage to a stove. Judgment for hi 10s and costs. M'limes v. Hearn and M'Dowell.—Mr M'Gregor appeared for the plaintiff.-. The claim was for lilo, advanced on account, under an agreement. The plaintiff having a contract with the Government to erect a bridge, agreed with the defendants, on the Ist April, to square a quantity of lumber, and paid the Lls on account. Ha now alleged that the work had not been performed according to specification, so that the timber was wholly useless for his contract. John M'Allister, a carpenter, who -had examined the timber, said that it was not squared according to specification. He had built bridges, and he was quite sure that if such timber was used, the bridge woird be condemned.

One of the defendants said that the work was well done, and he was content to abide the decision of any two disinterested men upon the timber, as it lay in the hush. Judgment for the amount claimed.

There were other case 3, of no public interest.

(Before A. 0. Strode, Esq., R.M.) Tuesday, 2nd December, 1862.

: Minor Opj?usoes.—Emma Cain was fined 40a and ,costs. for using obscene language in a public place; 'and James Popliam was similarly fined for obstructing the police in the discharge of their dutj aud attempting to.rescue a prisoner. Deserting from a Sjkp. — George de :Silva, charged with deserting from the EH Whitney, on the lGthult., was remauded for a day, that the eaptaiu might produce the avticlss and the log* book.' UIIARGE OF BEIKQ ILLEGALLY AT LAHGE.—feter Sherry, charged on remand, with, being illegally at large from Tasmania, was further. remanded for a week. .'.',.,,....- ~ ,' ; ■ 'Deserting a Wipe.—James M'Miirtine" was charged with having, in September, deserted his wife jTajtft aad tb-Wlttaee children, twelve, ten, and

seven "years old, thereby leaving them without the means o^supjiorl/.^ Mr Grraharn appeareS for the complainant, arid Mr Wilson for the defendant, whowas so excitedly drunk that the Magistrate committed, him for 24 hours and adjourned the case. ■'■'.• A Nuisance.—lnspector Nimon imported the nuisance in the case of Win. Caiv, of Mmlnggan-streef;, to beunahatcd. It was a veryairgnivatedcase—a filthy c'os^t abufc'ingoi. a dwelli'.V"-'iiHise ; and the defendant had been seven or eig'it times summoned without being induced to remedy (he evil. The Magistrate said it w.is the w nsi; case he had heard of, and he should line the defendant L 3 and co-ts.

Stealing I.3o.—^aeorae Croker was brought up on remand, charged with having, in February last, stolen LBO, the property of John Crawford, landlord of the Glasgow Arms, Prince3-street. Mrs Crawford repealed her evidence, showing that the bag containing the money was stolen from a small drawer during her absence from the bar for a few minutes; and that 011 her return the prisoner, who had been sitting there, had gone. lie had been staying ia the house for two days, and had sta'ed that he hnd no. money. George Cooper, butehnr, statel that in February, he kept a fruit st-.U opposite the G4a?£ow Arms. .Tu-t bufore Mrs Crawgavean alui\n of robbcrv, he saw the prisoner and another man come out of t'se bar and walk quickly away. By Mr Wilson (for the prisoner) : to the best of his belief the prisoner was one of the men he saw come out of the hou- Ne. The prisoner was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Tra-csfek ov Licenses

C. Logte, Vs'-\., having joined tha Resident Magistrate, a special session foe tlie transfer of wine and spirit licenses was held. Union Hotel, StaiKird-strest, from Georcre Crowhursfc to Joseph. Hat-ding. Mr Wilson appeared tor Mr Harding, and said that Crbwhurst was unfr-rfcu-n.'itnly absent "on a visit to Mr iSfciddart," (or in £:a>l.) The lease was produced, and Mr Harding proved that he hivl been iv possession for three or four months, and that Crowhurst consented to the transfer. Granted. —Mr Wilson wished to Ittve liberty to keep the house open until midnight; but Mr Strode said that no such application could be entertained until the general licensing meeting. William .\f elhu'ish asked to have tha license of the Octigon' Hot-jl transferred to Thomas Cooper, who was not-present. The transfer was granted. The license for the Abbevleix House was transferred frnn G-eorge CoxDawson to Theodore Rosenberg, and that of the Itoi ia Hood, from Thomas Hood to Win. Eastings.