RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1906, 15 June 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day. (Before A. Cbetbam-Strode, Esq., R.M.)' A DRUNKEN DRIVER. Win. Hough, charged with being drunk while in charge of a horse and cart, was fined 20s and costs. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. James James was charged with breach of trust by R. Roberts. Mr Roberts described himself as a comedian, and stated that, in anticipation of his benefit, which took place on Friday evening, he had employed the accused to deliver tickets and collect the amounts for them from several persons, and as ho had arranged to leave Dunedin on Saturday, it was necessary that the money should be paid to him at once. The accused had collected different sums, amounting together to 28s. Last evening it was told him that the accused was locked up, and on seeing him, he was unable to give him a farthing. The Magistrate thought that the money having been collected so lately, the case did not amount to embezzlement, as it was quite possible the accused might still refund it. He therefore discharged the prisoner with a caution. CITY CORPORATION V. JACKMAN. Mr Smith appeared for the Corporation, and sqid the complaint was laid under the 18th section of the Resident Magistrates Act, which provides that cases where landed property not exceeding the value of twenty pounds was witheld froni the owner, the case ought to be decided in the Magistrate’s Court. The accused occupied a small portion of a reserve for public wharves and quays, which he refused to leave ; and the Corporation laid the damages at Llo.—The defendant said he had a large family of children, and his wife had been only lately confined; so that it was quite impossible for him to have left when he received notice. If fourteen days were allowed him, he would undertake to remove.—Mr Smith would be content if Jackman observed such an arrangements. and would not press for the damages.—The Magistrate said he would make an order, requiring the defendant to give up possession in fourteen days. INFORMATIONS EV THE INSPECTOR OP NUISANCES. For riding on the footpath in Royal Terrace, H. Macgregor and William Hannah were fined 10s each. Nuisances —W. Mnirhead, Samuel Clarke, and Robert Bray, were each fined 10a and costs, for nuisances oayfllßH’ premises ; James . . 11

driving a cart without name and address 021 it, was fined Is and costs ; C. Banbury, for allowing three cows to wander, 2s 6d each ; Isabella Pitsworth, for allowing dirty water to flow upon the foothpath, 5s and cosfce. INFORMATIONS BY THE TOWN BELT BANGER. The following persons were lined the sums stated for the offences with which they were charged :—John Macfarlan, for allowing a horse to wander on the Town Belt, 5s and costs. Henry Fazakerly. cutting a tree on the Town Belt. The Magistrate said English boys at any rate were determined to immortalize their names everywhere. John Smith, Alfred Robinson, Elijah Jones, and other names, are cut everywhere, and sometimes very indecent language too. He must put a stop to such wanton mischief, which was really aggravated in bis case, as the tree which he had cut round to some depth was a fuschia, which must not be destroyed by such damage. He fined him 10s and costs. A charge against Edward Wright for allowing a horse to wander on the Town Belt, was dismissed.