RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Southland Times, Issue 2058, 25 January 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Friday, |^B^S^^^li|& „5%^ Before $^$|$i E^^-R.M:)^;;-^ ModomM •> forfthV plairitf ff, and I m^ff^ofm\ the d^tf^nfc^lpefßaMli was ;cli«t|a'l $|| ! using abiuive Idu|aa2e"|p:;the' plainttfffahd^wgi . nned.£pwithpSsj6s, £#% V j Ai Mff.' rumpfe.~T)ie dej§ndan¥ was charge^^fi^ftlowing five cows, hi's^property, to wander at large within the town boundaries. The defendant did not admiM,ho-offt:noe, nnd.Mr~,Maedq,nald, i ,,w,ho , aopearpd ; fpr tlia plaintiff, called the Inspector of Nuisances.-who deposed to having i found the^flve ~ head- of-cattle mentioned on, theuTmyn p ß,elt rf .flgar Mr Dairy ra pie's ...res.Heiicfl, on Monday last. Four men were in his cb'mpany at tho time. ,Mr Dairy in plo took tha cattle away himself from the mob which witness was driving. Mr Dalrymple--I haven't the honor of being a respectable citizen of invercargill. I live out pf the ,town r ; buf. here is a sketch which I have prepared to assist your Worship in 1 arriving fat a correct notion of the locality. I Will ju3t ? orosß--examine the witness a bit, and I and my learned friend, Mr Macdonald — (laughter) — will soon settle thia" case. I don't find' Fault' with /.the Inspector of Nuisances like 'some gentlemen here, but he can't kee,p i cattle, of ; the Town Belt till it is fenced. Besides, they were hot cattle, but just calves, 'arid- only fifty jaMUv from my own door! I have to drive my oattle over part of the TWn Belt often enough when shifting them frclm one paddock to another, and if they fenced the Bolt I could then drive them along the road. ' Mr Macdonald would simply placo the byelaws before the Court, and leave the case without further comment. Mr Dalrymple — That's not settling the question to my mind. The question is— Can I not ; watch,, us it, were,' herd .those cattle ,on the Town Belt ? Does thalaw prevent me from letting my cuttle go on the Town Belt in any manner ? The Court— Certainly. Mr Dalrymple— That's just what I want settled here to-day. ; Fined 5a for each animal trespassing, with costs, 9s. ' ■■■-•■•■'-■ •• A. Sayers was charged with allowing two cowe to stray within the town boundaries. He denied that the animals were his property, arid the' case was adjourned till next day. T. Hunter, charg d.with allowing eleven head of cattle to wander within the town boundaries, did not admi,t the offence. • Adjourned till nest Thirteen citizens, exclusive of those named above, were charged with allowing cattle and horses to trespass within the town boundaries, and the penalties inflicted amounted ia the gross to £18 17s. including costs of Court. Mary JEllen Hargreaves, a smart, pert looking young woman, was charged with having, on the "evening of the 17th instant, assaulted one Jane Hargreaves, her mother, by seizing her by the neck and throwing her against the wall of the house. Accused denied the charge. Jane Hargreaves, being sworn, deposed to the effect that her daughter, the accused, about teatime on Sunday evening shook the teapot at witness, caught her by the neck, and throw her against the^ wall in a cruel manner. Witness s husband made £5 a week, and gave full charge of the house to the accused, who did as she liked — tyrannised over everybody, and allowed none of the family, except one little sister, to live with her. The accused was so violently tyrannical that the rest of the family dared not approach the house, and were even afraid to appear in CourC to give evidence in the matter now before it. As for the witness, the accused led her a life which was heart- breaking aad miserable in the extreme. All the witness wanted wa9 an order for her husband to main, tain her apart from the family } and also that tin accused might be bound over to keep the peace. The accused stated the fault lay with her mother, who, however, tried to throw all the blame upon the accused. The accused described a scene in the traditional feminine stylo, in which rapid references were made to " tea time, "butter," "the teapot," "her mother coming home at eleven o'clock at night," and other miscellanies. Tho Court was of opinion that thero was nothing to justify the accused assaulting her mother, but reserved judgment till elevon o'clock next day. M- William v. Bremner. — This was a case in which the plaintiff sued under a fraud summons for an original debt of £29 16s. The decision of the Court was that payment should be made in six monthly instalments, the defendant to be imprisoned for one month in default of payment of the first or any subsequent instalment. I Satttedat, Januaby 23. Alexander Moss was fined 5s for boinn; drunk and disorderly in the public streets at midnight. The Inspector of Nuisances v. A. Sayers. — Defendant was charged with allowing two. cows to wander within the town boundaries. The case had been adjourned from the previous day. Defendant persistently denied that the cows were his property, or that he knew anything about them, tho Inspector averring that the animals ot least belonged to defendant's family. The case was ■ dismissed, costs, to the extont of 16s 6d, to be paid by the defendant.— Owing to the aspect which this case assumed, the Inspector of Nuisances applied for nn order empowering him to impound all cattle trespassing within the town boundaries, and not to release them to any person whatever, except at the pound. The order was granted. The Inspeteor of Nuisances v. Hunter. — Remanded from previous day. The defendant was charged with allowing eleven head of cattle to trespass on the Town Belt. Fined 5s for each animal so trespassing, with costs. The case of Hargreaves v. Hargreaves was withdrawn.