RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3601, 26 January 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This Day. (Before Messrs T. K. Newton, aud E. Patten, Justices.) drunkenness. . William Gill, charged Avith ha\'ing been drunk at Hastings yesterday afternoon, was ■ fined 5s and costs, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment with hard labor. VAGRANCY. Patrick Lynch, against ,Avhom sixteen con Auctions for ; A-agrancy and other offences Avere recorded since November,-1877, was ■ charged on the information of Constable Forster with lnwing been illegally, hi an outhouse on the premises of William Stock, Hastings-street, last night. The prisoner, Avho on entering the box ~ made a respectful salutation to the Court, pleaded not guilty, and explained that he , was u2son Mr Stock's premises for a legitimate purpose, and with-great aolu- tbility he continued. '' the private watchman and Constable Forster saAv me. It Avas an open yard I entered, and a public place. I have AA-ork to go to at 18s a day, as Inspector Scully could tell } r ou. He saw me try for the job yesterday, and, says fie,, 'Paddy's a good bricklayer!' I am a lnird-AVorking man, your Worship, and I ha\-e never been in gaol for thieA-ing or anything of that sort; only for just nothin' at all " Constable Forster deposed that his attention was called last night to the prisoner, who Avas roaming about the streets Avith his boots and stockings off, and trying the handles of all the doors he., passed. [Prisoner: Oh, Iliad my,boots on, your Worships.] Mr Snelling, of the Occidental Hotel, first directed Avitness' attention to the prisoner, Avho had threatened to burn down Mr Snelling's hotel. Witness missed the prisoner off the streets for about an hour, and finally discoA'ered him.in Mr Stock's yard, where lie was taking refuge in an outhouse. By the Court: Prisoner would haA'e to pass through Mr Stock's gateway to get to where witness found him. It was not an open place, but a private yard. Sergeant BurteushaAV said that since the < year 1877 the prisoner had been almost constantly in gaol, and during the brief inter-A-als he was at liberty he was a perfect nuisance to the Avhole "town. There was always a danger of hia conunittiiig tome mi-chief or other.

The Court sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment Avith hard labor. Prisoner: It is very hard, your Worships. I only came out yesterday, and they never gave me time to start to Avork. You are sending me up for nothin' at all, and — The prisoner was then remoA'ed, and the Court rose.