RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
(Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., E.M.) Monday, September sth. DRUNKENNESS. John Smith, alias Timothy Beardon, for this offence, wns dismissed with a caution, as ho had boon locked up sinco 3aturday night. Thomas Murray, alias Tommy the Shoemaker, for being drunk and resisting tho police, was fined 20s, or, in default, sentenced to forty-eight hours' imprisonment. He received a severe caution on account of former transgressions of a similar nature. ASSAULT. Adam Glroat, for assaulting a constable, wa» fined 20s or forty-eight houi'3. As prisoner had a good charactor, and this was hia first offence, his Worship inflicted this light sentence. STEAtING SPUBS. Thos. Doreen was brought up on remand for this offence. As tho prosecutor seemed to have a weak memory, his Worship thought his evidence was not to be relied upon, and dismissed tho caso.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXV, Issue 3042, 6 September 1870, Page 3
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140RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Wellington Independent, Volume XXV, Issue 3042, 6 September 1870, Page 3
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