RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3379, 18 December 1873, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

ThußßDa , December IS. (Before A. C. Strode, Esq., R.M.) Drunkenness. —John Wilson and William I’ctely were each fined ss, with the option of ewenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Vahkancv.— Frances Drury, an old woman, was placed in the dock charged with having no visible lawful means of support. —She denied the charge, saying that '‘it was all wrong,” as she had “ lawful means of support.’’—Constable Ede said that at about four o’clock this morning he was on duty iu Princes street, near the Carriers’ Anus Hotel. Ho saw the prisoner lying partly in a cab, and on speaking to her, she said that she had no means of getting lodgings.—Prisoner said that she often was refused a bed, though she had offered as much as 5s for one.--His Worship: How is it that you arc always drunk?— Prisoner denied the “soft irapeachinent.”— His Worship : Perhaps it is a case of mistaken identity on my part. -The prisoner said his Worship was laboring under a delusion, as she was suffering from weakness.— His Worship: Yes, a weakness for brandy.— 'The Sub-Inspector asked for a remand till tomorrow to produce the prisoner’s sou, and see if he would take care of her, to which his Worship assented, adding that he thought the Refuge or Lunatic Asylum was the more fit place for her.