MAYOR'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3101, 27 January 1873, Page 2

MAYOR'S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor.) Drunkenness.— Wm. Blavin, aliasTrvin, and John Howard were each fined 20s, or 48 hours’.

Furious Riding, —Henry Parsons, for furiously riding through Maclaggau and Clark streets, was fined ss. Stone-throwing —Robert Johnson, alias Hickey, and Tobias Barnett were charged with stone throwing by means of a catapult. When arrested by Constable Bain, Hickey made a number of false representations, saying he was in the employ of Paterson and McLeod, and gave his wrong name the whole time he was in charge. He was fined 20s and costs, and Barnett 10s and costs.

Breach or Harbor Regulations.— Laurence P. Stevens v. George Gay, was an information laid by plaintiff, as actingdeputy harbor master, against the master of the cutter Hope, for refusing to remove his vessel when ordered to do so.—Mr E. Cook, for defendant, asked that all witnesses might be ordered out of court, which was done. The following evidence was given:—L. P. Stevens ; I am acting-deputy harbor-master. On the 22nd inst. I had occasion to ask dedefemlant to leave the jetty, and he replied, “he would see me d— d.” He, however, removed his vessel afterwards.—By Mr Cook : The cu tor was lying alongside the Jetty street wharf on the north side, and close up to the last steps abreast of the Custom House shed. The Result was next, her dis-* charging cafgo, while the Hope was then-, for to purpose of taking jt ip. The Result could have moved where I required her without getting into shallow water. I asked Captain Gay to move to allow the lighter Agnes to take her berth. I av nt away ami returned in about twelve minutes. The Hope bad then shifted into the Result's berth. It was not on account of the lanugo used that I issued the summons.

[Witness here put in certified copies of his appointment as acring harbor-mast r.] Henry Guthrie : I was ou the wharf on the 22nd iiist, and heard plaintiff ask defendant to shift his vessel ahead. He replied. He would see him d—d.” I saw no obstacle in t )ig way. In ten minutes time the Result moved out, and the Hope took her place A vessel taking out cargo had the preference. This closed the plaintiff’s case. Mr Cook submitted the information was defective according to the 41st regulation of the Harbor and Quarantine Reflations, which said, “It shall be competent for the harbor-mastor, or a person deputed by him, to order any ves-el, lighter, Ac,, whenever such removal shad, in his opinion, be proper for the general accommodat on of shipping. \s the plaint said acting-deputy harbormaster, and, according to the regulation, no such person was recognised, he conten lei the information was invalid. The ease was disrais ed, the Bench regretting its inability to punish defendant for his impropriety in using the language complained of.