RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3597, 22 January 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This Day. (Before Captain Preece, R.M.) ■ ' ■ ' DRUNKENNESS. John Burt, on bail, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear, and his recognisance of £1 was estreated. ALLEGED FORGERY*. Ralph Crawford was put forward on remaud charged with forgery. On the application of Sergeant Burtenshaw the accused was further, remanded until next Monday at 10.30 for the production of the principal witnesses in the case. Prisoner: I object to the remand on two grounds; in the first place I have been once romanded already, and secondly there are sufficient witnesses in Court now if th« police Avish to proceed. The prisoner was then removed in custody. A REFRACTORY MAORI. -*_V Henare Kutu was charged on the in formation of Constable Pickering with having been drunk in a railway carriage at Farndon on the 20th instant, also with having imlawfidly assaulted the said informant while engaged in the execution of his duty as a peace officer. The accused pleaded guilty to the first charge, but not guilty to the second charge. Constable Pickering deposed that Saturday last, on the arrival of the 4.40 train from Napier, he was requested by Guard Gibbs to remove the prisoner from oneof the carriages, he being drunk. The native refused to leave, when witness arrested him. Prisoner then jumped out of the carriage and struck out at witness, and a scuffle took place. AVitness had to obtain assistance to handcuff the prisoner, who after that kicked witness with the heel of his boot, on which he wore a spur. On the way to the police station the prisoner gave a great deal of trouble, and struck at witness with the handcuffs several times. John Gibbs, railway guard, also gave evidence as to the assault on the constable. The prisoner was behaving himself very badly in the railway carriage. The native did not question cither of the witnesses, stating that as they were sober and he was drunk they knew better what occurredthan he did. For the first offence the prisoner was fined 10s and costs, or iv default three day's imprisonment, and for the second offence £1 and costs, or seven day's imprisonment with hard labor. The total fines amounted to £2 4s, which was paid. BREACH OF LICENSING- ACT. Edward Ashton was charged with having neglected to keep a lamp burning over tho door of his licensed premises, Clive Square, on the night of the 11th instant, contrary to the provisions of the Licensing Act. Mr Leo appeared for the defendant, and pleaded guilty, but explained that, on the j night in question, Air Ashton was absent at AVairoa. It appeared there was some defect in the pipe, Mr Ashton having only the other night discovered that the lamp went out while the meter was actually turned on. That would now be remedied without delay. _ A fine of 3s and 7s costs were inflicted. The Court then rose.