MAGISTERIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Friday, July 18.

;.(B?fpre tyvS. Lawrence,; ■J'Jß.##a& ' '■"■''"' Mr '"E.'" Jones, J.P;) ' Deujtkenness. — Two first, offenders 7 were each fined 5s and costs.— John. Anderson was fined 10s and costs, in default fortyeight hours' imprisonment. — Mary Kellett was convicted and discharged, -site undertaking to go to a home,— Laetitia Berkeley was sentenced to one week's imprisonment.

Vagrancy. — Mary Kellett -„' was also also charged with vagrancy, andi wag convicted and discharged.

Railwat BfEQin^ATiONS.— Percy Annis was charged with, (having, on June 23, at Hornby, alighted from a railway train while it was in motion. He did not appear, but had sent a letter admitting the offence, and' asking for lenient treatment. The -Bench inflicted a fine of 10s and L costs.

-. : pisxx7B^.^ciE ;in Ln^obi^T^-Three young, men, Edward Drapper, Horace i&eatty and ■ $3ydriey~ Nett&ford, •were charged -with taring, on July 4, #;liawood, broken,; three paaies of glass, valued 1 At 1 £3 ls> in the iouse of William! Stuart, and also witlt ihavingassanlted Stuart on the same date. Tie last two accused appeared, tout Drapper had not beea served. Beatty jmd 'Nettleford asked lor on adjournment •until Wednesday; nest, which; was granted. » Breacb of the By^laws. — iWalter E.< Knott, for having cycled! upon <a footpath, was fined 10s and costs. " '■';'■*

Alleged Threatening Language.-t-Joseph Shute'fMr Donnelly) . alleged thai. Robert Neabit, who rented a. portion; of ibis house, had said, on July 14 : "I wili cleave you down with the axe," and asked; for an: order for sureties of the ipeade. '.Tlie ap-; plicant stated that .Nesbit was continually : drunk, had broken in. the dooir or^je, anid ; had forced the complainant to- vacate ihi»: residence. The defendant denied the' drunk- ■ enness and the threatening language, and; stated that he bad broken in. the door be- \ cause,, when, ihe came* home a>% mgh&^JEi& found himself locked <out; of jiis> rooms.' The' Bench dismissed the <;ase; :■

. : J&JSool Attbnd^&ncb. —^Elizafetib "'Hall $4ar Joynt) wad ifined Is for^afmg; ;> ijEs<i# to send her child to schooL . • ;...;.

• Gity RegtjiAtions. — For having failed to provide a regulation pan as required by the city by-laws, William Stevenson, Edmund Ford," H. W. Hill,^ and , J. .. H. Whitaker were each fined' 5s <m 4 eoste. Informations against T. BamHelii, J. Blumski, E. Lyons, George M'Gin, C. Pju-rdie, afidi A. W. Goodward were dismissed", the defendants appealing and stating that .they had sinoe complied with the regulations..