THE MUTUAL MINING INVESTMENT COMPANY.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 432, 30 May 1871, Page 2

THE MUTUAL MINING INVESTMENT COMPANY.

An adjourned meeting of this company was held last evening at the Army and Navy i*/r a? 6 W- aS a very larS° attendance, and Mr. Stanwix was voted to the chair. The rules, as drawn up by the committee appointed at the last meeting, were brought, up, and after some slight alterations, adopted. The following gentlemen were appointed directors-Messrs. ¥. Green, G. M. Reed, J±. J. Jilhs, Luscombe, Dixon, IT. Stanwix and King. Mr. G. M. Reed was appointed treasurer, and Mr. R. Williams legal manager. Some other routine business was transacted, after which the meeting separated.

PETTY SESSIONS.—Tuesday. [Present Messrs. J. O'Neill (Chairman) E. Isaacs, and G-. M. Mitford, Justices.] Dbunkenkess.—Two persons were punished in the usual manner for this offence. Vag-bancy. — Emma Hannah Stainson, an old offender, was on the evidence of Sergeant Egan convicted of having used obscene language in a public place, and fined 20a. and costs or to be imprisoned for 14 days.

Sheep Act, 1863. —R. A. Wrightwas charged by F. E. Lewis, Inspector of Sheep, with driving scabby sheep on the Great North Eoad. Pleaded guilty, but without knowledge of the sheep being diseased. Fined the minimum penalty of £5 and costs.

Assault. —J. Hennessy was charged by his wife with assault, but on the request of prosecutrix, the case was dismissed on promise of reformation.

Municipal Police Act.—J. Wilson, for indecent exposure, was fined 20s. and costs or to imprisoned seven days.—J. Wills, for allowing a cow to stray, was fined 2s. 6d. and cost 3 Edwards, for allowing his chimney to go on fire, was fined 103. and costs.

Cettelty to Animais.—Mathew Tisdall was. charged with driving a horse in harness while the shoulder was raw and bleeding. Mr. Joy for the defence.—Sergeant Egan deposed to the facts of.the case. The sore was caused by the rubbing of the traces; there were three sores ; saw the horse on two occasions, on the second occasion tho wounds were worse, and the collar was resting on the sores. The collar was not altered to relieve the sores. The defendant was the hired driver of the vehicle.—Constable Donovan gave corroborative evidence.—Cross-examined by Mr. Joy.— Uor the defence, Greorge Cook, the owner of the horse, deposed that the collar had been altered to ease the s:)re, which evidence was corroborated by the driver of one of the Onehunga 'buses. The bench considered the case proved, but fined in a mitigated penalty of 5s and costs.

Impounding Act.—J. Lindsey, J. Lyall, F. Crow, S. Brickly, and T. Osborne, for allowing horses to stray, were fined each 2s 6d and costs.