RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3391, 3 January 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Saturday, January 3, (Before Maitland, Esq., 8.M.) Drunkbnnbss and Vagrant. On charges of this nature against Marion M'Donald being called on, tub-inspector Mallard stated that the prisoner had stripped herself of every vestige of clothing while in the cell, and had beep walking about there as though she were perfectly jnad. She was one of the most abandoned women in the town, and was only charged with drunkenness and vagrancy, and in consequence of her disorderly conduct they had been unable to bring her round. He then asked that she might be examined by a doctor, so that her state of mind might be ascertained, but his Worship thought the best way to get over the difficulty would be to remand her for throe days, and if she then continued io the same state to be examined so as to ascertain her state of mind. The ease was then remanded till Tuesday next. Coat Stealing.—Hy. Head was charged with stealing two coats, one the property of William Kober&sou of the value of ss, the other of the value of 7s, the property of John Yates. The prosecutors are in the Corporation employ, and wsnt to work as usual at <1.30

o’clock this placing their coats at Bullen’s corner About a quarter of an hour later Constable Graham .saw the ,'prisoner walking away along Princes street with two coats over his arm, and on asking him whose property they were, he replied, his own. The constable, not believing his statement, marched him along to the prosecutors, who stated the co.its were theirs. The prisoner could not account for the possession of the coats, saying that he had had too much drink, which had caused him to get possession of them ; but the constable denied this, -aying that he was in the same.condition as he was at tho present tinao. He was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment with hard labor.