RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WELLINGTON.
Tuesday, October 23. [Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., R.M.] ' ASSAULTING- A CONSTABLE. Bobert Graham, charged with assaulting Constable IHnnnngan, was fined 40b or in default to be imprisoned for seven days. . James Kenford, charged with the same offence, and, also, with attempting to rescue a prisoner, was fined £5, or to be committed for thirty days. BBOACniMG OAHO.O. • Nicholson and Heck, two seamen, were charged ■with stealing a bottle of brandy, part of the cargo of the ship Electra. Tha chief officer said that he. saw Nicholson secrete the bottle among some goods, but was unable to depose anything again9t Heck. The captain being in Court gave tho prisoner Heck an excellent character. His Worship dismissed tho charge as against Seek, and sentenced the prisoner Nicholson to fourteen daya imprisonment with hard labor.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18661025.2.18
Bibliographic details
Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2432, 25 October 1866, Page 5
Word Count
137RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WELLINGTON. Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2432, 25 October 1866, Page 5
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in