RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 10 August 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day. (Before James Fulton, Esq., 8.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Peter Campbell anil John Carroll were each lined lUs for dmkenness ; the latter, in default, to be imprisoned 24 hours. ASSAULT. William Johnson was charged with assaulting Matilda Hancock, a loose character, early this morning. The offence was proved, and he was lined 40s or one week’s imprisonment, SHOPLIFTIN'(■*, Sarah Catherine Mason was charged, on the information of W. Bowden, with stealing a pot of jam from his shop in Walker street The prisoner pleaded guilty. She had been before convicted of stealing a watch from the Cafe de Paris. She was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment, with hard labor. CHARGE OF STEALING. Alexander Dixon was charged by Detective Farrel, with stealing a pair of blinkers on or about the Ist of April last. The defendant was remanded to this day week for further evidence ; bail to be taken in two sureties of LlO each. BREAKING A LAMP. Thomas Jackson pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking a lamp, the property of Joseph William Hutchinson. The prisoner said lie was unable to get work, and took that, method of getting food and lodging in gaol. Detective Farrel said he had known the prisoner a long time, he had been 1 dging at a house in town, but had not paid for his lodging, and he never knew him work. He was ordered to pay the value of the glass 1 Token, 2s, with costs, or to go to gaol for a week. PETTY OFFENCES. William Christy, for leaving a dray at the coiner of St Andrew street, was ordered to pay 5s and costs. Matthew Davy, charged with laying a quantity of night soil on a piece of ground near Stafford street, was lined five pounds and costs. James Fairburn and Maik Gotch, for driving -without reins, were each fined 10s and costs. INFORMATIONS BY INSPECTOR NI.MON. Will am Greenwood was charged with depositing night-soil elsewhere than at the Manure Depot provided by the Corporation. —Mr Smith appeared for the prosecutu n, and Mr Ward for the defence —A witness named William Allen deposed that he had seen Greenwood with a Dad of night-soil proceed towards Caversham, and that he did not place it in the depot.—Mr Ward contended that the Corporation could only prescribe where night-soil should be placed within the houu aides of the City, and had no power whatever to interfe e with or provei t its being carted away for manure ; am t as Cavcrsham was without their jurisdiction, no offence had been committed. —Mr Smith referred to the Schedule of the Dunedin Corporation Act, 1865, which, he argued, gave power to the City Council to prescribe where all rubbish accumulated within the town should lie placed, and as the manure depot was the present receptacle, it. ought to have been taken there. —Mr Ward held that the whole spirit of the Act, from the preamble to the cud, with the e ceptiouof the danse referred to, only applied to uiami' C or rubbish wuhin the boundaries of the City, and it was couirary to cnimon sense a d previous usage to prohibit; carting night-mil as manure into the co ntry —The Magistrate took a similar view and dismissed the case. —Several ether simi'ar charges were withdr wn. Edward M Ewan, for carting for hire without a license, was fined 20s and costs. James D. Hut*on was charged with keeping swine within the C ty boundaries, contrary to the provisions of the byelaws. This being the first case brought before the Court, and several other similar informations having be n laid, they were, on the application of Mr Ward, adjourned for a week, to enable owners of pigs t.o get rid of them. William Stentiford was fined as for haying dirty premises. Joseph Davis, on a sipiilar charge, was filled 20s and costs. Scott and Josling were allowed a week to put their yard in 'epair. Samuel B rJ, for not keeping clean a yard, was fined 10s and costs. A. Gardiola was ordered to remove a quantity of rubbish asserted to be on his pn mises; and Henry Taylor, for filthy promises, was fined 20s and costs. INFORMATIONS I!V THE TOWN BELT RANGER Daniel Cla’ty, was ordered to get rid of three goats that depastured on the Town Belt, within a week ; and a charge against Walter Muir was dismissed on account of the trespassing gnat having been killed.