CHRISTCHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4505, 2 October 1882, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

This Dat. (Before J. Ollivier, Esq., 8.M., G. L. L;-c, and H. Weßtenra, Keq-'e.) DniJNKENNESS.— O. Urquhart, for drunkenness and indecency at tho railway Btalion, was fined £2. — Two first offenders were fined 5s each. Dkukk in a Hailwat Cabbiage. — Wm. Aubrey was accused of having been drunk and behaving in on offe nsivo manner in a railway carriage, and »Ibo wilh refusing to pay his fare. Sergeant Mason oxplained that tho ticket had sinco been found on tho accused, and the latter chargo was withdrawn. Constable Herlihy deposed that on Saturday night ho was travelling in the express train from Aehburton to Chrijtchurch in the Bair.e carriago with prisoner. The latter was very drunk, and augmented his drunkenneis by frequent draught? from a brandy flask; he also behaved in an insulting manner to a female who wns near him. Tho guard of the train corroborated the constable's evidence, and al>o eaid the prisoner had refused to produce his ticket when asked for it. Fined £2, or in dc/aulfc fourteen days' hard kbour. Vaceaxct.— George Muslin was charged with hiving no vieiblo lawful means of support. Dotectivo O'Connor Baid that he had scon the prisoner loafing about publichouse bars fcr months pa«t, and yesterday had found him in a garret, over Mr Taylor's, tho dyer's shop, 'with two other men. To prisoner : Div not know if priaouer had baen whitebaiting last week. Detective Hughes gave corroborative ovidonce. Tho accused had done no work for two months paot, aid hung about tho City und Southern hotels. He had been convicted of vagrancy in 1875. Another witness, named William Lyel!, give a long statement, the substance of which vrae that accused had stolen v pocket-book of his with "somewhere about £8 or £10" in it and two portraits. Prieoner took this from witness' breast pocket. His Worship to Sergeunt Mason : "Had not jou better withdraw the chargo and enter ono of kreony against tho prisoner ?'* Sergeant Mason : " This information is quite no* to me. I will ask for c roinanii till to-morrow, your Worship." Thn prisoner was roruimded accordingly, tho Bench di ectinq tho polica that ho wuh to be ttfTo-ded overy opportunity of obtaining witneeses for hi* defence. Publicans' Lights Oct. — Joseph-Had-field, U-jenaoo of tho Langhcm Hotel, wos charged with rieglort.inf; to keep 'his hotel lamp burning throughout the night on two occasions. Defendant. : " I dou't quite understand this light wrangomont. Tho lights must be put out by somo one." Mr Ollivicr : "That is tho sort of thing we hear evory week. You are bound to keep your li^ht burning from sunset to sunrise." Eis Worehip suj;--geßted that it would be a* well for tho publicans to club together and employ eomp one to look til'tor their lights. Fined £!.— Joseph Dann, of th.-> Oxford Hotel, was ulso fined £1 for a similar offence. Abusing a Cokstablb.— Joseph Gilbert was charged with using übueivo atid insulting language to Constable Kelly, while the latter was in tho ezecution of Id's duty. Mr Holmes appeared for the aroused. Tho evidence ohowod that tho defendant, who was a oabmau, had driven up to Constable Kelly, r.nd eaid— " You're a moo boy, to Ret me lined 103 yes"terdav by scouring a lie." Mr Holmes taid his client had befii suffering from la' crated foeliugs, and had failed to control hie tongue. Fined 10«. A Cabman Oveii-cjuhqjno. — Williom Surauge, a cabman, was charged with "cxactingand demanding" ahigher faro than ho was entitled to. Mr Holmes appeared for the accused, and submitted that, tho information was bid, as charging two offonces "exacting " i and " demanding." After argument, Mr ' Holmef contented to have the information

amended to " exacting" an exco«ive fare. It appeared that tho defendant had been employed by Mr Haskins on Sept. 21 in substitution of another cabman named Cowan, who eaid he would have exacted no more than the ordinary fare unless it was a wedding, a funeral, or a ball, when " on principle" cabmen demanded more, say 10s. Mr Baskins lived inside the Town Belt, and about half a mile from the defendants cabstand, and tho Bamo distance from St Luke's Church. Mr Doublenay deposed that the accused had driven " four of us " from St Luke's church to Colombo street north, and demanded 10s, adding that he always got something extra on the occasion. It was a wedding. Witness paid the 10s. Mr Holmes -. Were you the happy man, Mr Doubleday ? Witness : Yes. Mr Holmes : And in those happy naomnnts do you mean to tell us that you thought about this extra charge? Would you not rather havo given the man a sovereign, and half'a-crown to get- drunk with. Witness : I don't think a cabman should over-charge on Buch an occasion. Mr Haskins Btated that he had engaged Cowan by timo, and defendant wag employed about half-an-hour To Mr Holmes : Tho information was laid at witness' instigation, to protect the public. Witness had been vexed at tho muddy appearance cf the cab. Mr Holmes submitted there was no proof of exaction. Defendant Eaid ho Lad not demanded 10a. Bimply told Mr Doubleday that was usually paid at weddings. Considered hirDßelf under the bylaw entitled to 6a 6d. James Lamb, a well known cabman, eaid that it was customary to chargo 10s for weddings, but it was also übuo.l to make special preparations, clean up the cab, &c. Ho could generally tell by the expression of their faces whether people were going to get married or not. Th» Bench coneiderad there had beon no attempt at exaction, and dismissed the case. MiscBLtft.HEOUS. — Robert Carmichael was fined 10a for not keeping a light on a hoarding in Bedford Bow.— A city by-law caso against William Beece was adjourned to Oct. 9. A charge of "loitering" with an express wapgon on the South town belt, preferred against William O'Connor was dismissed. The same man was accused of not taking bis station on a public stand, r-s required by the Carriers' By-law. It appeared he had driven from tho stand on tho South belt into the railway «tation yard without being engaged. Mr Stringer, who appeared for the defendant, submitted this was no offence, and the Bench reserved their decision to Oct. 9. — Henry ! Wr'ghfc was fined 103 for preventing another cabman from obtaining a fare. — Daniel Howard, who had carried an extra paesonger in his hansom on the day of tho football match, was fined 10a.— Charles Hcggie was fined ss, and William Fine 10s, for allowing horses to wander. — T. Cooper, whose horse and cart had been left unattended in Victoria street, was fined 10s. — On the application of Mr G. L. Lee, Eegistration Officer, a number of names were Btruck off the Heathcote Electoral roll. — A. J. Tudball was fined 10s for tethering a horse so that it strayed on to the roadway.— George Hefford, who had gone to sleep in his cart, and left the horse unattended, was fined 10s. —George Dorney was fiaesl 5s for allow* ing a horse to stray on to Park Terrace. — Seven offenders, charged with disobeying orders to contribute to the support of their children in Burnham, wcra doalt with. WheMevor a disposition to comply with the order had beon shown, an adjournment was granted, but in one cage a warrant was iisued for the arrest of the defaulter. — A charge againßt Henry Lewis, for entering the premises of Michael Murphy, was dismissed, as there was no appearance of complainant, who, it appeared, had been imprisoned for some debt under order of the Supremo Court. Mr Joyce appeared for the defendant.— A oharge of wife desertion against Michael Murphy, whioh Mr Spackman appeared to support, wa« adjourned to Oct. 10. Absauit.— John Toland, Samuel Bamford, and John Gouemond wcra charged with violently assaulting Daniel Burns at Qumner on September 26. Mr M'Oonnel appeared for complainant, and Mr Stringer for defendants. Burns stated that tho three defendants had come to him while he was on his jetty at Sumner, unloading the " Volunteer," and sftor alluding to tho fact that Burns had told M'Clatchie and M'lntoeh that a oertain craft belonging to them, of which Gousman was captain, had gone aground, the three Bet upon him, one after the other, and inflicted some cevero bruises about the head and face, Gousmond striking him on tho forehead with the butt end of a whip which be had taken from Burns. Three witnessescorroboratedcomplaicanL's statement For the defonco it was alleged that Burns had used most abusive language, a whip and a long-handled shovel, and had previously been making statements to M'Olatchioaad M'lntosh about a craft of theirs defendants wero employed on. Bamford said that Burns had ordered him off the jetty, and struck him with a whip, ar.d this commenced the disturbance. [Left sitting.]