RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 585, 2 November 1863, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

• • Saturday, 31st (Jctobee. (R'pfoiv A. Chefcham Strode, Esq., U.K.) Drunk and Disorderly.—Jane Macbeth, who, when taken into custody, gave hei name as Catherine M'Uougal, was, for the se'coLd time during the Avei-k, brought up on this charge. Qn the occasionof her first appearence, in repiy to a question from the Magistrate, sh». said she was a passenger by the Victory, and in this instance her alias did not prerenfc her recognition. His Worship'gave the woman a who'esome lecture and iuliiateu a fine of 30s or three days' imprisonwurht.

Obscene LiNcu ige,—Lizzie Thompson was charged with committing -this ofieuce'&gaiusc public decency, iti Maciaggan-street, \m half-past one o'clock on batarday .moruir.g;. The language, instead, of beingrepeated an. Court was very judiciously written down and handed to the Bench for .perusal. The constable stiiued tnat the woman was \ioleur. and. reiterated this languag.i frequently ia a Loud tone of voice. The Wagi>irate said the accused must he very old in sin to make use of>uch filthy expi^sioua, fiaed 30<j or three day s imprisonment. . Margaret Wilson was .charged, u«on the iaformatiouot.William ..t»al.!,. blacksmith; of Cumberlandstreet, with h iviog used obscnej abusive, anil threatening l.nguasre towards him oa T.ha day i,rc;vious. ii-om the complainant's ev:deiir«eit appeared that the woman who had formerly coiiabited with him ; was in ■tlie habit of annoying him and his. neighbous in this-.manner, and on the day mentioned she threatened j.to burn his:- tou-e dowii. tergeaiit Curran deposed that numerous complaints had been lodged against tlie female by the residents in Cumberland-street. Inued dOs or three days' iinprisomeut, with an intimation t hat if the annoyance is repeated she will have to find sureties for good Jiehaviour. ■JDiSTtrjißiKG the PuLio Peace. — John CorFy pleaded gniity to this" charge, preferred by a police constable, _On the previous evening the defendant jostled against a foot passenger in tfeorge-street, and ' was ordered by the poiieeraan to go about his business which, he did apparently for a distance of forty "yards wlun he bellowed out" Joe, Joe!" in a loud tone of ' voice. The constable then pursued and arrested him Fined 20s and costs. OFFENCES AGAINST'THS TOWN AND 00TJNTR1' POiXCE OKDINANCE. Daniel M'Dougall, for leaving- his horse and dray was fined 20s"and costs, and ibr a like offence under raitigathig circumstances. James M'Kenaie vas fiaed 103 and costs. WILFDLLY COJIIH TUNG DAMAGE. — Win. Anfc--son v. Alice Mitchell. IVo appearance. Case dismissed. assault.—Broderick v, Clssrke. .This charge was preferred against Clarke some days ago by a dettctive who took him into custody for fighting, and' was dismisssd because the injured person did not prosecute. Subsequently BrodericK Sied an information, a.j ife would appear with a view to obtain damages in acivifi action, but not having taken the proper steps io thisend, the present was a criminal accusation. Tlia ag-grieved party had however " squared" 1 the matter with his assaili-nt, through t'«eir respective legal advisers, and from the information before the Bench, ao course was left opea. but to dismiss, the case. :