MAGISTERIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXX, Issue 12351, 19 April 1904, Page 4

MAGISTERIAL

Z s ffIMARU—MONDAY, APRIL 18th, 19CM. ,f: : ! : (Below C. A. Wray, Esq., ».s*•)

t l: 'v'"...V '•'.■ i DRUNKENNESS. ■.■.''•;. "'.'" ' Two first, offenders, one of thorn: a ■ woituwwe charged with haying been drMik on Saturday evening, and each was imed 6s. with the .usual alternative. fwv . OF THE PEACE. >■ ■ "" ' A hid of 16 was churged;witli committing a breach of the peace on Saturday njght, ■>■ byiighting with some -other youths o«no- '' lit'e.theTheatre. .. ',■■: ; , -rHe pleaded not guilty, and Constable ""■' Dillon was ealhji. to give evidence. ' He Htated that he saw accused, who was quite ,>,- .'sober, in. a ,ring of people; he was using fe ' bad language, and went round and struck t- one of;, them twice. •■ . ■•"■'■ " Sergeant Warring said accused came from '„.. ■ the country i he thought the boy was being *' annoyed, and" got angry..,. .. ..■-., Accused told his version of the Rnair.' . - 4nck. it i appeared thnt ; several jouths had ■ ''"■' ''been"baiting liim during the evening, and • the first blow was struck; by one of them. The bov's mother. gave evidence as to •hev son's "character, and another boy told: wtat he know of the occurrence, his e'vi- . donee- bearing out accused's statement. ■ '■!- * The told accused he must'be \ * careful how he retaliated in case of trouble this kind, and dismissed the ca'sc. "', TRESPASSING ON LICENSED PREMISES." '" ' Archibald MeLaucMan, a prohibited per- ;' , son, was;charged with having been on li*l censed premises (the Crown Hotel) during the currency of a prohibition order against him. '.•■'.■.■• He pleaded guilty, and explained that he was a canvasser. He went to the hotel, .. ,«»-he heard that there were some likely ' ..' customers there. He found them in the bar, and showed them v his samples. He took no drink. Constable 3. Irwin gave evidence of finding accused in the bar; when spoken, to by witness, accused immediately left :the premises. \ The barmaid of .the hotel said that,on the day in question accused came to the bar, but had no drink. None of those in. •the hotel knew accused, and on many-pre- '.' .Vibus occasions he had got drink, there., *"^'lie .would have had some; more then, had v ' ; the constable not come in ;wh.en he/did. "" The Magistrate, took into consideration -the fact that accused had no drink, and: inflicted a fine 0f... 331." He warned aconjad that ft repetition of the offence would 'be more'severely punished.