RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 552, 24 September 1863, Page 6

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

you in c'lai'sre. Tin; piles :xvu mine." The prisoner reji'iiieii " arid if yo.i ;;■>, Til knock your briuusoiu." lie took them anr:iy.—The Magistrate suil it was oleiidy a cseoj'iiisuatsd ownerihip aiul uo felony. The prisoner was discharged.

Tuesday, September 22sd ; (Be'ore A. Chetham Strode Esq. R.M.) Offenoks against the Town and Country P' Ltcw Ordinance. —Tnomas Mason was fined 5s and costs for driving a dray in George-street without; having the owner's name piiute 1 on the right or oft' side ; and lie was further fined 20.i for not having or holding proper rei if. Richml Dunn, v/as fined 10. and co»ts for riding a hor-e nnrl leading another, along1 the footpath :n Moray Place. Charge op Unlawfully Detaining Property. A.lfml Kowbotham suinm riei Juhn Davis with. unlawfully detaining a camera, bat!), &3, of the value Of LlO. The parties h;id come from Melbourne together, intending to go into partnership in the two businesses of photographer and general dea'ev, bat they fotfftd that they had v t the c i^h to carry out such an firrangenient. The plaintiff sxd that ihe 'articles wete the property of )>h brother who lent 'them, amr:tlwt he (the plaiutiff) took them 'to the Jlodgingßoft?:e defendant, as lie had no room in his lijwn boxes. ' The -defendant said that lie was male personally' responsible by the plaintiff's brother, as the plaintiff was! in the habit of " giving way to drink"" The plaintiff said that he was a teetotaller, and was never tipsy, He had written to his brother on ibe subject. The defendant said he would give up the things at once on an order from bis brother ; or lie would do so on an order from the Magistrate. The case was adjourned for a fortnight. Attempting 'io Shoot a Woman.— Joseph. Rauley ■was cliarged with having on Monday evening, drawn the tagger of a' revolver, with intent to do bodily harm (6 Olire Dormer. The-prosecutrix stated tdat she was the wife of William Dormer, keeper of a private boarding house in Kaftray-street. About eight o'clock oa the previous evening, the piisoser, whom she had never seen before, opened the door ami ■walkpd in. He was intoxicated, and she ordered him out; he stayed for a few moments, went out, and returned in a few minutes He knocked at the door, which was opene 1 by one of the lod -ers. sbe ordered Mm out, and as he did not go, she went round the table to give him a push, seeing: that he stood near the door. Before she got to him he drew a revolver from his breast; and as hedid so q'linkly. the barrel struck her left hand and cut it. f-he screamed that he had aknifr, but some of the lodgers said that it was a pistol; and at the same moment he raised ihs pistol close to her face, spying, "that wilt settle you." He then dropped his haad bj his side, and when he wont out, after a few minutes, he was watchtd to Mr Crouch's, and a constable, for whom a lodger went ■while the prisoner remained in her house, proceeded there and arrested him. When the prisoner presented the pistol,' there was " a bit of a click," not unlike that 6t breaking a cap.—By the Prisoner.: "You first cime to the house about eleven o'clock in the morning and asked for one of the lodgers,; -whom you called Bill York. I believe that you did,: in the eveningl, ask York to go out and speak to you; but I did not. hear you ask him if he had got the L8 he owed me. You were apeaking to York when I ordered you out. York said he would go when he had got his tea. I am certain the pistol "'did ' not drop from your breast—you took it out. —Frederick George Silvnin, cavpenter, and a lodger at Dormer's, corroborated the evidence ot the prosecutrix up to the point when her hanl was struck by the pistol; he then ran out by the back for the police. By the Prisoner: T consider you aimed a blow at Mrs Dormer with thepisto!. I know the motion you made; and from the position I was in I could not.be mistaken. You appeared to be.drunk, and I think you were. I have no liea •what you intended ; I can only state what I saw you doi—Sub-inspector Sincock asked for a remand to Thursday, to obtain .the evidence of others of the lodgers; and to postpone until then a second charge of presenting the pistol at the constable who arrested him. TII3 remand was granted. It may be added that the pistol was found to have two chambers loaded, and to be capped. The Town aw d Count by Police Ordinance. —The folio wing cases were heard :-F. and G. R Bullen, exposing clothing ouUide slibp door, case dismissed; D. Wilson, Maclaggau-street, a similar charge, fined Is arid cosfs; W. J. Aberriethy, .rolling a barrel on-thfr-footpath,"-10s and cos!s; Patriok M'Dermott, leaving building materials in Walkerstreet, 5s an i costs; Waters, Morton; and Ro bertson, neglecting to clean a backyard, which was admitted now to have been cleaned, 10s and costs; Somner and Gunn, leaving timber on the footDath in OPyiito^u iatj.iDCt t^cg- and oaste j'^-.—JJh — &ttitoit } " amql j mons withdrawn, there being no case. Okpences under the Licensing Ordina wok1. Alexander Allen was charged with neglecting to keep a light over the entrance to his licensed house. The case was dismissed. , Thomas Hudson was charged with leaving his licensed house, the Scandinavian Hotel, Miclasrgaustreet,.open at eleven o'clock. The officer found five people in the bar. ; The defence was that there was no one in the house except two cook?, a partner, and a brother. The books were being made up, and there was laughing and talking, but nothing more. A fine of Ir2 a'jd costs was inflicted. Abusive Language. — Emma Swan v. Eliza Farrell, was dismissed, their being no appearance. • S. Schlesing«r v. P.. Paterson. — The plaintift charged the defendant with using obscene, abusive, and threatening language, on the occasion of serving the summons for rent, which was heard on Monday. The affair took place at the .Robert Bums Hotel, George-street The defendant was fined 10s and costs. ■...-. ..-.-■ .- Charge of Embezzlement.—George Pickup was charged with embezzling Ll4O, the property of his employer, Joseph Griffin. Detective Tuckw'ell said that the prisoner was apprehended late on the pre •viqus evening, under a warrant from Tuapeka. The prisoner then gave the name of Hunter tie had to ask that the prisoner should be reman ed to Tiiapeka, ■where all the witnesses were. The remand was granted

Wedntssday, 23rd September. F William Adams was fined 20s and cost*, for obstructing the footpath and creating a oisturbance in Stafford street; in default of payment to bs imprisoned 48 hours. William t-impson. for using obscene language in Princes street, was fined 20s and costs : Charge.of Stealing Clothes—John Hunter was charged with stealing a parcel containing, a coat, waistcoat and trousers, the property of Mr: T. A. Mansfurd, -U.M". The prosecutor said that he wa3 a passenger by the Golden Age to Port Chalmers on Monday afternoon. He had with him & suit of clothes wrapped in brown paper, which he left on a seat in the cabin. He returned for it an hour afterwards and found that it was gone. May, steward-of the Golden Age, noticed that the, prisoner was one of the last to leave the cabin on arriving at Port Chalmers. He went away with a ; brown paper parcel under his arrc.. The parcel the prisoner took with him was similar in appearance to the one produced,—By the Prisoner: I did not notice you making up a parcel at the back of the seat, and there is no pircel on board belonging to you.—Win. Jarman, Waterm.n, Port Chalmers, said that about six o'clock on the previous evening, the prisoner came to his house. The prisoner bad unde> his arm a" brown parser parcel, which he said he would leave until he called r gain. Very soon after the po ice came, and he (the witness) gave up the parcel.—Sergeant Mallard said he produced a pared containing a coat, vest, and-troupers, which had been identified by Mr Mansford as his property He received the parcel from Jarman about halt-paVt six the previous evening. He subsequently saw the prisoner at the Port Chalmers lock-up. The prisoner there said he had brought some dirty clothes from Diinedin to be washed. He was very violent and tried to escape from custody. When he (vlallard) received the parcel from .lai-man, it bore the address in writing, "T. A. Mansford, Esq.,. Resident Magistrate, Port Cbahners." lie (Mallard) saw the same parcel on board the Golden Age ; he was a pas engrr by her.—Police-constable Hughes said that-he arrested the prisoner on the charge of stealing a parcel. from the Golden Ase. The prisoner denied 'having had any parcel a al'. He was very.violent. 'At the watch-house, he said he had a parcel which lie had given to some one to wash.—The prisoner (a'ter being cautioned) said I weut by the Golden Age. I had a brown-paper parcel containing a pair of Bedford cord trousers, fouT pairs of socks, some dirty linen, and a new felt hat. I put it down in the cabin, elcsj by •where I was sitting. I took it up when I was going ashore, believing it to be my own, and I took it to Mr Jarman's where I used to stay.—The prisoner was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court.

Jas. Crawford was fined 5s and costs for driving a dray which d-d not bear the name and address of the owner, iv paint, on the right or < ffsiJ.e. A man who had been sent down from the Manuberikia on a charge of being a lunatic, was brought before llie Court, (he keeper of the Asylum having refused to receive him. The Magistrate s-.-.id ho sunposed the refusal was because of the insecurity of the asylum. It was a mere car l-board affair :he never saw such a thing to be called a Lunatic Asylum. The prisoner would be examine! by two imdical m n a-id then if newsary, he (tiie Magistrate) would make an.order of committal.

CIVIL CASK?. Haworth v. F. and G. Martin 1/2*.—(Reduced from L' 25.) It appeared that the claim was for goods supplied to Messrs Frederick Martin and .-ilvester Uolennn, latterly carrying on business a* storekeeper, at the Dunstau —a firm entirely unconnected with that now summoned. After hearing the evidence, his Worship gave a verdict for the defendant?. Gaorge Martin v. Charles R. Talbot, L2O - (Reduced from Lr26 ) Claim for bard and lodging of defendant and his wife at Martin's Hotel. Verdict for the plaintiff in amount with costs.

A few other summons cases wcr« <l«'-ided.

Charge op Stealing Piles.—-Archibald Nesbifc, drayman, was charged with stealing, from premise- in Stuart-street, a quantity of piles, of the value of LlO, the property of Benjamin Minith, architect —Mr Wilson appeared for the prisoner. It appeared th»;t from information received, the prosecutor went to the ground on Tueßila.y afternoon, and found the prisoner removing piles. The prosecutor said, "You must not remove them, they are mine." The prisoner reSlied " I'll move them in spite of you, or ." 'heprosecutor said, "If you don't desist, I'll give