RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, PORT CHALMERS.

Evening Star, Issue 3355, 20 November 1873, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, PORT CHALMERS.

Thursday, November 20. (Before Captain Thomson and Drs Drysdale and O’Donoghuc, J.P.’s) Disobeying Orders.—Charles Carlo was charged by Henry Peregoy, chief officer of the barque Cesarewitch, for disobedience of lawful commands. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two weeks’ hard labor.— lie was then charged with assaulting the chief officer by striking him in the eye. He pleaded not guilty.—Henry Peregoy : About 10 o’clock yesterday morning we were about to shift the vessel from the railway pier. 1 asked the second mate where the prisoner was. He told me he was ashore. 1 then went to the Port Chalmers Hotel and spoke to him, aud asked him to come on board, when he struck me in the eye. It was af.er the assault that the prisoner refused duty.— The prisoner stated he told the mate he could not work, and wish-d him to get another man in his place. The mate told him he would not. The mate was as bad as himself with drink,- Captain Nichol stated he went on board a little after the 1 p.np train. The

chief officer was a little excited, but not the worse for liquor. The Bench found prisoner guilty of the assault, and sentenced him to two weeks' hard labor,— Ho was fuith,r charged, upon the information of Constable Carter, with resisting and assaulting him in the execution of his duty He pleaded cuilty.—Constable Carter: I went on board the Cesarewitch about a quarter-past one yesterday. Prisoner wis th-fn lying in his bunk. L told him I had come to arrest him. He used abusive language, ami struck me in the breast. The mate aud Sergemt Neill then came down, ami we arrested him and put the handcuffs upon him. While doing so he got my finger in bis mouth, aud I was compelled almost to throttle him before I could get it out. He tried to get this knife out (produced). It was hid, ami wo did not know that he had a knife till we got him up to the police station. He told me this morning, as soon ,-ia he got on board again he would have a life, whatever he might suffer by so doing. The prisoner said ho did not know he had bit the constable, and if he had, he was very sorry. He did not intend to use the knife. He had been using the knife oa board.— Tae Bench sentenced the prisoner to two month,’ hard labor. Funi us Hiding —Joseph Marshall, for this offence, was fined 20s and costs.