Magistrate’s Court.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2029, 11 February 1887, Page 2

Magistrate’s Court.

GEEYTOWN—WEDNESDAY. (Before the B.M. and F. H. Wood, J.P.) SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT A LICENSE. Police v. Frank D. Felling. Selling alooholio liquor without ft license at the race ecursp, on ‘2Slh January. (Mr Beard for the defendant). Alexander Davidson deposed to being on the racecourse on the 28th ultimo and purchasing a bottle of beer for 3s from Felling’s booth. He did not have lunch at the booth. Joseph McGrath, detective, deposed to seeing last witness pay for the beer and he with Constable Eccleton thou went in and seized a case of it. Constable Eccleton deposed to taking a bottle of beer from Davidson ; who said he had purchased it from Felling’s assistant. He then went in, and Wilson, the assistant, owned to serving Davidson. Wilson had since disappeared and could not be found. Constable MacKay corroborated Constable Eccleton’s evidence, adding that Mrs Felling had said that 3s was charged for lunch with a bottle of beer, given for nothing. Frank Felling deposed that when he was accused of selling the beer he told the police he knew nothing of it, I warned the servants not to sell the beer, as it was only for the stewards. I had a guarantee o< 20 stewards to dine and I took 4 doz of beer for them. The Bench in giving judg« mint said they considered the charge proved. Felling had no right to have beer for sale as he had no license. Fined £5 and costs, the beer to be returned to him.

A BOATING EXCURSION. Thomas Willason v. Silas Collier, Alfred Terry and Henry York, three lads. Charge of wilfully damaging a boat. Mr Knight for plaintiff, Mr Sandilauds for defendants. The plaintiff deposed that on the 11th August (Wednesday) he bad a boat under padlock. On the Sunday following the boat was gone aed hearing that the defendants had been in the boat he saw Collier who at first denied and then admitted the offence. The others also admitted it and they afterwards went to the rivet and found the lock. The boat was found nearly a mile and a hall down the river broken to pieces. The boat I value at £4. To Mr Sandilauds- It was a flat bottomed outrigger. It was near the Ruamabuuga river, chained to a four railed fence. K. Mauihera, a Maori lad, deposed that he re* membered going down the river in the boat with the defendants, but they brought the boat back and fastened it, patting the lock on ; they tied it round a post. The next afternoon he got the boat with another boy named Frank Falkner and went down the river in it. The defendants were not with them. He and Falkner brought the boat back. Did not see anybody with the boat after that. This evidence decided the case. The Bench said there was no doubt the boat had been in use after the defendants had used it and the case against them could not be sustained. It was rather surprising that the charge bad not been preferred before. No expenses would be allowed as defendants bad no right to use the boat. The B.M. cautioned the boys about using other people’s property and hoped the parents would exercise supervision over their future. Case dis« missed.

W. C. Nation v. Oliver Wakeliu. Claim £(i 19s. Judgment for full amount and costs. I). P. Loasby v. W. Mitchell. Claim £lB. Judgment for full amount and coats. BINGINO THB GUANOES. Ihaka Firipi, a native residing at Papawai, was charged by Constable Ecoleton with the larceny of a new hat, the property of Mr F, Muir, draper, Greytown. Accused took a now imt from Mr Muir’s on the 31st January, and substituted an old one of his own. Sentenced to six hours for the larceny and in default of paying, 41s costs aud expenses 14 days’ imprisonment.

KEATHEKSTO.Y—THURSDAY. (Before S. Von Stunner, Esq, RM, ami H. Bunny. Esq, JP). Constable Smith v W Abbott; allowing cattle to wander on Railway line; fined os. Same vR Barton ; leading horse on footpath ; dismissed. Same v C Furlong; riding on footpath ; fined Is. Same v T Benton ; riding on footpath ; fined Is. E Orbeil v C Harris ; broach of llaboit Nuisance Act ; .Mr Bunny for informant. Mr Beard for defendant. This case was dismissed. Mr Bunny gave notice of appeal. Same v Wm McLaren ; same offence ; fined £5 and costs. .1 D Cox v D Spring ; debt £2 13s ; Judgment by default, C MaeShane v C P Furlong ; claim L 4 8s for rent and application for an order for possession of tenement; judgment for amount claimed with coats, and an order made for possession of premises. W Burt v A McDonald ; claim L 4 J 2s; Judgment for amount and costs. J D Cox v .lamea Grace; claim L 5 11s 7d ; Judgment on default.