CHRISTCHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6730, 27 February 1900, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

Ixipspm^t^ 27. . (Before Mr |t. Bee'tham, S.M.) DRtJNKBNNESs.-^t'etei:-T['hbmpson pleaded not guilty to a cha'fgtf of, being drunk last night in Colombo Stre^..' .Constable Field deposed to arresting, the -.accused, who was in company with a woman named Portelli. T^he accused was discharged. — Mary M'Laughlin, alias Portelli, pleaded) guilty to a charge . > of ; using obscene language in Colombo Street.- Constable, Field gave evidence. The accused, wh6 had been several times convicted of the same offence was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment with haTd labour. . Bictcle ox the Footpath. — Edith O'Brien was charged with riding her bicycle on the footpath of Ricparton Road. Mr Cassidy, for the defendant, pleaded guilty. A fine of ss, and costs 7s, Was inflicted. MaintJ;»an6b. —^Arthur Cribb admitted his ability it contrimite towards the maintenance oi his son in the Burnliam Industrial School, and was ordered to pay 8s a week.— Frederick Ellis, who did ncs ap--pear, waa charged with disobeying a maintenance order. The defendant was ordered to be imprisoned for one month. — John Henry, Joseph, George and Alfred Thackwell were charged with being in arrear £4 2s, £B. lls, £2 3s arid £6 10s, respectively, towards the maintenance of their mother, Elizabeth Thackwell. After hearing evidence, hi« Worship reduced the orders in the case of John from 2s tels 6d a week, and Joseph from 5s tp,35,6d.. In the casefc of George and Alfred, thf. orders stood as before at 2s a week. The caees were adjourned for two months to give the defendants an opportunity of paying off some of the arrears. Mr Beattie. appeared for John Thackwell.— Henry Waiter, charged with disobeying a maintenajiftij: .order, did not appear, and was sentenced to one month's im-Thackwell.^-Hehry Walkey, charged with charged' with disobeying a maintenance order was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. . , ; '

AssAUliT.--JainfisMln.ty re Russell was charged with afiß^jlthig his wife, and application was niade for hirii to be bound over to keep the peace. Evidence was taken, which showed offence to be of a nominal character. The Magistrate ordered the defendant to enter into > rscOßnisance of £10 that he wotild keep the. peace towards his wife for six' months. '

Affiltatiox.— .Tames Herbert Kerr, for whom Mr Stringer, appeared, admitted the paternity of an illegitimate child, and was ordered to pay 4*.' a week towards its imp? port, also to-pay 6gs confinement expenses, and £1 Is. solicitor's fee. He was also orderefl to find security in oae sum of £50 that he, would comply' with the order. Alleged Trespass 6x the Racecotjbse. —Nicholas Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge of trespassing oh the grbunds of the Canterbury Trotting Club, at its meeting at Addington on Jan. 1. Mr Stringer appeared for the complainant club, and Mt Malley for the defendant. Andrew Rattray, secretary to the Canterbury Trotting Club, deposed to the trespass complained of. The defendant was a bookmaker, and had been fined previously for the same offence. Alexander Burrowes and Hatty Eeaat, private detectives, gave evidence as to the defendant being warned off at 12.15 p.m., and again at 3.20 p.m. The defence was that the defendant was only ordered off at 2.30 p.m., and had 16ft immediately.' James Edwards, gatekeeper, said that Smith passed out of the grounds at 2.30 p.m. The defendant was found guilty, and fined £10 and costs. —Richard Chamberlain pleaded guilty to the same offence, and wfta fined £10 and costs. — Michael Hislop, similarly charged, sHid he was prepared to plead guilty if Mr Rattray . gave his assur* ancft that Detective Casiells was authorised to order people off the racecourse by the. club. Mr Ba tfcray rjepliei that tha detective had n» authority. Xfee il«>fendant entered ft pka of not guilty. A. iiiirrowes deposed to ordering the dftfendant, who was a bookmaker, off the course- oft Jan. 1. He eaw him later still 6n the racecourse. Conftable Cassells. ?aid that the defendant was .\ bad character, having been convicted of theft, and his pf&enfte on the racecourse was undesirable.: The defendant stated that he had 6Dly. beea wartied by burrowes once, and had left immediately.-' -Be was fined £6 , and cost 8.