MAGISTERIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1774, 23 February 1888, Page 2

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBUKTON— THURSDAY.

[Before Mr John Ollivier, R.M.]

DRUNKENNESS.

A firat offender was fined 5j without costs. '■

Michael Patrick Bradley was charged with disorderly conduct while drunk, and farther with reßleling. the police and damaging Constable Fitzgerald's uniform. The affair occurred m the right of way! bi tween Moore and Tancred atraatß. The aoou?ed had been anaoylag some children When arrested he was very violent/and rowdy. The man had got int:> tronbio on several oooaglone through drink, having had to undergo treatmant In the hospital twice. The accused was sent to gaol , for uevon days and w»B ordered jto pay for the damage done to the Constable's cciform. A first offender, an elderly man, waa fined 5j I.A.ROBHY. A. Parker w&b charged with the laroenv of certain gcoda belonging to A F. Mitchell, of thd value of , £3 10a lOd. The accused pleaded guilty. It appeared thai Mitohell bought a suit of ol.. then from Mr A. Orr, and loit the parcel at the Commercial Hotel from whence tha accused purloined It. Acouaed took the ! clothes to Meßßra Sayea and Oo'a chop Baying that he had bought them there on the previous Saturday ni«ht, and asked for the loan of 10a on them, he leaving the olothea as aeourity The money he asked for waß given him by Mrs Bayeu, the accused representing himself aa being hard up. The Magistratecharacterised the robbery a most barefaced one and sent Parker to gaol for two months. xicmr. J. F. Butler was charged with falling to keep a light burning m front of hia licensed premises between the hours of aunaet and euarlae. Mr Oi'lap appeared foe defendant The polioa found the lamp out about half-past nine. It appeared the night was a very windy ona. Xhe lamp had gone out shortly after being lit, but was put right again. Some time afterwards it had blown out again, bat the licensee did not notioo it till the police drew attention to it, — The Magistrate infl oted » fi >o of 5a and coats. WiTHDRAWN. Mr Crisp said that tue information for assault, brought by LubW against Tasker and Johur, had been abandoned. Mr Outhbertson made an application for costs saying that his witnesses bad several times been neodleialy brought to Court, SUQ at groafa tt^ixblo On th0m..,W0,,. The Magistrate would not graut the application for oosts as he thought, from what ho re membered of the former oaoe brought by Lublow, that the defendants ahould be quite satisfied the proceedings had been abandoned.

A7JPILIATION. Hannah Salt v fcreorge Wheeler. — Mr Clayton for the complainant applied for » < further adjournment for a week m order to allow of a Beulemont being arrived at— The adjournnae t was granted. CIVIL OASES. T. and R. Morgan v F. Sharp, olalm £8 153 7d on a promissory note. Defendant did not appear. The Magistrate refused to give judgment on the ground that there was to proof of a demand for payment of the note having been made on the defendant. Plaintiff nou-aulted. J. Orr and Go. v. R Gemmell claim £8 Oj fid. Judgment for plaintiff by default. J Orr and Co v J. Gllpin claim £4 7s 6d. Judgment for plalutlff by default. J. rr and Co. vG. Tutty, claim i £2 Ob sd. Judgment for plaintiff. : Aahbnrton Borough Council v G Parkin, judgment eumm >ne £2 16a. Mr Crisp for plaintiff, Order made that the money be paid In two monthly instalments, In default 14 days' imprisonment. [Before Mr Johu Olivier R.M, and Major Steward J P ] E. W. Worne v J. Oopeland olalm £39 Ob 6d. Mr Or'ißp for plaintiff, Mr Wilding for defendant. The amount of £28 3a 6d had been paid into Court. In thia case defendant had advertised for tenders for stooking and forking 650 acres, and plaintiff was • the successful applloant. Before pLlotiff commenced work defendant out and stooked portion of the land. Plain > iff objected to payment for thia being withheld, enough hia tender only- Bpeoifiod 605 acrea. Defendant admitted the claim, minus £12 9a, £1 of which was for workdone previous to plaintiff starting, and the remainder money paid to men to asaiat plaintiff, who, it was alleged, had got fat behind m his work, and money paid to men to set up etooke which had been blown down. Plaintiff dented that he had got far behind ; alleging that any delay there might have been was oatued through the boisterous weather. Ho maintained that he had sufficient men for the work and denied defendant's right to put on men without hie permission, He further alleged that he had not contracted to keep stooka standing, but defendant stated that the advertisement set this forth and that he had told plaintiff bofore the latter started work that It wss included m his contract. — Evldeoco having been taken judgment waß given for plaintiff for £1 16s and coats In exoess of the amount paid Into Court. Tho Court then adjourned.