MAGISTERIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3155, 14 May 1883, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

TIMAEU—THIS DAY. (Before F. LeCren and E. G. Stericker, E*q.) DRUNKENNESS. Elizabeth Johnston, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty and earnestly itpplored mercy, stating that she had been excited in consequence of the sudden arrival and departure of her husband. Inspector Brobam said he believed the woman would be better for a few days imprisonment, as when apprehended, she had been drinking hard and was in fact in a state bordering on delirium tremens. The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. Timothy O’Keefe was charged with drunkenness.

Mr Fitzgerald, gardener, appeared for accused to ask that he be lightly dealt with; accused himself did not appear. The Bench said accused ought to have come op. A fine of £1 would be recorded against him.

drunkenness, destruction of property and assault.

Chalig Yecht was charged with drunkennness in Theodocia street on Saturday night, with smashing windows at Mullers Boarding-house, and assaulting John Muller. The accused pleaded “ not guilty.” The following evidence was heard.

John Muller, boarding-honse-keeper, said that on Saturday night accused was drunk in the house, that he (witness) asked for payment of his money, and on accused becoming violent ordered him out, that thereupon accused smashed two windows and struck witness several times. .To accused—l did not strike you on the eye and leg. John Smith and Edmund Green lodgers at Muller’s boarding-house, corroborated the testimony of the previous witness. Constable Sullivan said be arrested accused on Saturday night at the boarding-house, at the request of Mr Muller. The Bench enquired what was the occupation of accused. Inspector Broham said he was a loafer hanging about public-houses. Accused indignantly denied the charge of being a loafer, but the Bench, remarking that he had early in the year been convicted of a similar offence, sentenced him to one month’s imprisonment with bard labor, informing him that on bis again appearing in Court he would be very severely dealt with. WAIMATE—SATURDAY. (Before His Worship the Mayor and J, Manchester, Esq.) I t drunkenness. ! J. Gibson for this offence was fined 30s. ASSAULT. 1 H. Middelton was charged with ’ assaulting J. Hogan at the Club Hotel on 9th inst. Mr Clement appeared for defendant. The case was dismissed. > ) MR GLADSTONE COMPARED TO NERO. ' Mr Raikes, the chosen representative of the culture and refinement of a Uni--5 versity constituency, undertook the t congenial task of reprimanding the indecorum of which Mr Gladstone has l‘ been guilty in circumstances “ grave f and revolting.” The Premier’s health [ having given way, he has been reluctantly compelled to seek |rest in | Southern France, and he was therefore absent from recent meetings of the ’ Cabinet. This is the way in which Mr Raikes thought it seemly to refer to r the incident of his visit to the Carnival * at Nice;—“ Where was the Prime . Minister when his colleagues were considering these terrible details? (A Voice—Sick.) Sick ? No. He had later news than that; that while the r Cabinet was sitting in Downing street ’ to hear this tale of crime and disorder the Prime Minister was parading | through the streets of an Italian town upon the knife-board of an omnibus, _ with a wire mask over his face in order to protect him from the showers of comfits that were hurled at him by an . enthusiastic populace. (Loud laughter.) * Was not this a repetition of the historical picture of Nero, fiddling while Rome was burning P (Laughter and i loud cheers.)” It is difficult, thinks the 3 “ Pall Mall Gazette.” to say which is . more to be admired, the exquisite taste of Raikes’ sarcasm, or the brilliant - originality of his historical reference.