MAYOR’S COURT.
This Day,
(Before his Worship the Mayor and John Griffen, Esq., J.P.) A CHANGE.
Benjamin Earn, a perfect incorrigible, was charged as usual with drunkenness. He pleaded hard for a last chance, saying that he had made up his mind to leave the town. To give him an opportunity of doing so, the Bench remanded him till to-morow, admitting him to bait in his own recognisance. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Philip Wakefield, charged with this offence, not being able to appear, was remanded till the 20th inst. BYE-LAW CASES. Jane Steadman, for allowing a coach to be used without the owner’s name r eing painted thereon, was fined ss.—Henry Yeend, for allowing a passenger to sit on luggage on the roof of his coach, 20s and costs. A PROTECTION ORDER. Isabella Dickison applied, under the Married Women’s Property Protection Act, for an order for the protection of her earnings as against her husband, whom she alleged to be addicted to habitual drunkenness. An order was made as prayed for, together with costs of Court and professional costs, Mr W. D. Stewart appeared for the complainant, and Mr Wilson for defendant.
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Evening Star, Issue 3089, 13 January 1873, Page 2
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190MAYOR’S COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3089, 13 January 1873, Page 2
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