Before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M., And His Worship The Mayor.
LUNACY FROM DRINK. John Hall was charged with this offence. The police stated that accused, who had been cook at Messrs Snow & Anson's, at Peraki, seemed to be deranged from drink. He had been wandering about the town for some days, giving children lollies and money. They had warned him to leave the town, and he had promised to go on JTriday morning, but had stayed, so they thought it better to lock him up. Accused had conducted himself in a perfectly harmless manner. Ihe Bench told accused, who was very respectful, lo leave the town at once, which be promised to do. LARCENY. Daniel Ryan was charged with the larcf ny of a bottle of whisky. » Thos. Grange, sworn, said : On Tuesday morning I missed two bottles of Lochiel whisky from my shelves. I asked my son if he had sold the two bottles, and lie said no, only one. Accused was in the bar * alone on Tuesday. The bottle produced as the same brand as that stolen, and I believe it to be mine. 0. A. Rich, sworn, said : That on Tuesday the prisoner came into the bar, and asked for two glasses, producing tho bottle of whisky in Court, and saying he bad got it out of bond. Mr Grange and Constable Scott came for the bottle and he afterwards gave it up to Sergeant Willis. k Sergeant Willis said he had made en- * gui lies, and found no one but Mr Grange had the Lochiel brand of whisky in the town. Mr Rich had at first refused to {live up the whisky to the constable. He wished to warn him of the danger of rei using (o give up stolen property. Mr Rich said when he refused he was not aware the whisky was stolen. The Sergeant said there were five previous convictions pgainst the prisoner ; he only knew the particulars of one case in which Ryan had three months for stealing some port wine. The Bench sentenced accused to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. W. Thacker api-Jied to have S. H. Richfield bound over to keep the peace, as be was in bodily fear of him. Plaintiff said that on Wednesday, Sept. 27, he was bringing some sheep over for Mr Sunckell, when, in Robinson's Bay, they met Mr Richfield in a trap, with two women, and Mr Libeau was walking by llie side of the trap: and when they came to the sheep be (Libeau) tried to turn the horse into the side of the road to let the sheep pass. Richfield, however, would not allow this, and not only obstructed the sheep with the trap, but was very violent, saying, "you dog," "you cow,"
•' you sod," to witness. He used no angry words to him at all. They eventually got past with the sheep. Richfield had some down upon him, and it was in self defence he had felt obliged to bring the matter before the Court. He bad been told by others that Richfield had threatened him. John Sunckell, sworn, said that Lo was in Robinson's Bay with the complainant at the time spoken of. He corroborated Thaekei's statement in every particular. Michael Connor, sworn, said that at Mr RichfieldV sale, on the 10th inst., Mr Richfield had told him that he intended to do some person bodily harm. He mentioned no name, but from what witness heard he thought complainant was meant, and warned him. Richfield said that some person (should not leave his premises alive, or words to that effect. Mr Richfield said he was sorry to say he was intoxicated at the sale, and recollected nothing of what was said. As they knew, lie had been 22 years on the Peninsula, and had done no one any injury. The Bench said that this was the case. He had committed himself in this instance, and they had no option but to bind him over to keep the peace, himself in £20 and two sureties of £10 each. The Court then adjourned.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 653, 17 October 1882, Page 3
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684Before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M., And His Worship The Mayor. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 653, 17 October 1882, Page 3
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