MAGISTERIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1476, 7 February 1887, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

ASH BURTON— MONDAY ~~"~' (Before Mr I? .C. S. Baddeley, R.M ) ALLEGED ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. Six ohtidrdu uamed Kane wwro charged with having made use of abmive behavior on Dec-rmbsr 21.— Mr Wilding appeared fur MB Kane, tho mother of the ohildr&n. — The following evidence wis taken : — Mrs i>urua said ihab abou . a wei?k before Chrletmaa tiio children threw stonea at hor, and madst übo of very abusive language.— Edward Warne said that shortly before Christmas be h^ard tome "fcrambiing" near his place. Stouea wera h-ing thrown betweou the Burns and Kane families, but witneah coald not cay which of the parties w<*a the aegressoc. Wituess hai often bear J the K)ne children make me of vecy bad language, someiimas Jowards thuirmolhec — It was deoidod not to «o any furthe wifi the cane, as none of the w>tn«Haeß cnuld fix ihe date on whioh the tffjnca w*b alleged to lave beau o.mmit..ed. — egeant Pel to a stated his ioeutton of bringing another charge against the ohildren, as they were a thorough nuisance m the nofghboihood m which they lived —The Magistrate -aid that aaoren of cmplaiots had been made ro him with regard to these ohildren, and if a oh»rg« against them were substantiated | 'w woui<i assuredly take them from their m other' ■» oharge and send them to the school at Nelson . CIVIL CASES. La very v T. Smith —Claim £1 5s 6d.— Mr Orivp for plaintiff. — Judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed and coats A SBVBBB INJPBT. The hearing of a oharge of drunkenness •gainst a m-n uamad O'Leary, who severely cut his arm when nrreeted, was arijourued f >r another week as thj wound had not yet lua'ed. DUUNKGNNESS. Two first offenders vtit p iii J.i haying been drunk. ASSAULT. Fox v Patton and Murray —Mr Wilding for the complainant, Mr Purnell for defendants. — This was a casa m whioh evidence for the complainant had been partly tak-n on a previous Court day, when an adjournment was made m censequeuoe of youn? Pox, the son of the aotnplalnant, and who it was alleged had baea assaulted, not beln& m a fit condition to leave the Hospital. — On the oase being »g««io called upon, it w-is stated that the boy who had apparently recovered ahortly after the adjournment had been granted, had again been taken ill, and a letter was read from Dr Trefor, the Kurgeon to the Hospital, expressing the opinion that it w»a inadvisable at the present tima that tha boy eh mid be removed to 'he Court for Ihr» purpose of raking hia evidence. — Ultimately it was decided *"<\t th^ caao should be adjourned till the i 8 h init. Tha Court- th^n n'journofl