RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3102, 19 January 1871, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Wednesday, January ,18. (Before J. 0. Crawford, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Elizabeth Lookyer, for this offence, was fined 5s or fche usual alternative in default. Robert McNaraara, for being drunk and disorderly and creating a disturbance at the Orown and Anohor Hotel, was fined 20s, or 48 hours in goal in default. a horse stealer. Thomas Green, the escaped prisoner from Napier goal who had been arrested by Constables Purcell and McAnulty, was placed in the box. E. H. Ingpen, Deputy Registrar, was called to prove the identity of Doreen. Ho said he recollected tlie prisoner being tried for horse stealing at Napier, and (if his memory was right) he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. John Purcell, a police constable stationed at Manawatu, examined, said that from information he received ho went to Rangitikei on Sunday last about two in the afternoon. While there he saw the prisoner gallop past Scott's ; gave chase and arrested him, and charged him with being an esoaped prisoner. By the prisoner : What did you say to me when you oame up to me ? Did you oharge me with any offence? Constable : Yes, and you said your name was Wylie. The Inspector of Police aaid that he thought sufficient had been shown to warrant a remand. Prisoner was accordingly remanded to Napier. important to citizens. Thomas Rowell was brought before the Magistrate to show cause why a notice to abate a nuifiance, issued from this Court, had not been attended to. Mr Marehant, City Surveyor, was sworn, and, in reply to his Worship, stated that on several occasions he had inspected Rowell'e premises, and on the 9th instant found the back premises in a disgraceful condition, the yard being littered with looße dung, a pig-stye ereoted against a neighboring residence, privy in foul condition, and a boiling-down apparatus in full work, the stenoh from the latter being simply unbearable. Tho premises were again inspected by him on the 16th and 17th instants, and with the single exception of the yard being clean, things were -much in the same condition as on former visits. Sergeant Doran, on being sworn and examined, gave evidence agreeing with Mr Marchant'B statement in the main particulars. He stated that the " Btench from the boiler was horrible." *In answer to his Worship, the defendant said the pig had, sinco the' visit oi

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• the Sanitary Officer, been removed, and mea- . cures taken to put things in order. \ % In giving -^ie. deoision, hiß Worship oonsi- [ dered.tbe nuisance to have been a very glaring one, and also drewvthe defendant's attention : to the fact that he had been warned time after ■ time to abate the nuisance, of which no notice , '. had been taken until summoned to appear before the Court • his Worship would there- : foreinflict a penalty of 40s and oosts, at the same time reminding the defendant that if the nuisance was persisted in he would render himself liable to be brought before the Supreme Court, and if convioted, subjected to a very heavy penalty or imprisoument,