RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3502, 14 May 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Thorssday, May 14. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., 8.M.) DRUNKENNES3.-Thoma 3 Muir was fined sa, with tho option of forty-eight hours’ imprisonment ; as also were John Dixon and George Towersey, two “ Asiatics,” for a similar offenoe. Wm. Ramsay was fined meat*' °P tIOQ imprisonNegligence. William Adams was charged with negligently driving a number of cattle on the Upper Kaikorai Road on the April, causing mischief to be done to two little girls. Mr F. JR. Chapman defended.—George Davis said he was an engineer living at Maori Hill. An accident occurred at Maori Hill about fifteen minutes past seven on the 28th ult. When coming towards town, and about 100 yards from his 1 residence, he noticed a mob of cattle going along the road and heading towards the town. There was some one behind in charge of them, but no one in front. They went through the Town Belt, and witness followed them. On one of them trying to get at and rush him, the driver remarked that “ the best of them was not to be’ trusted. ’ —William Callender said he met some cattle on Driver’s Road leading from the Town Belt about 9 o’clock on the morning of the day in question. He went into Drivers gate, when the man with the cattle shouted to him. Mary Farquharson said she was servant to Mr Brent at Maori Hill. She remembered some cattle being on the road about 9.15 o clock before Mr Macassey’s eate NWr saw them near Mr Brent’s ; there being no one with them. Defendant and another man were some distance behind. She saw one of the coiya rpsh a little girl-Agnes M Laren. Defendant and the other men then galloped up, defendant getting off his horse to lift up the child.—Donald McLennan (Id) remembered going to school with his sister one morning. He saw a bullock’s leg catch the girl Arnold’s dress. She fell down, w^lc h the bullock tossed her again. Witness gave the girl to his sister to take ner home. No men were with the cattle at this time. Another girl—his sister—was afterwards tossed.— After some remarks by

Mr Chapman, who submitted that there was n ° ev *dence to satisfy the requirements of “ 6 OWH Country Police Ordinance, where there was any negligence.in driving cattle causing any mischief to he done by such cattle,” stated that the cattle were being quietly driven along a suburban district towards town at a reasonable hour: and concluded by saying that this was a case in which there could not be a conviction, as negligence was wanting._ His Worship held that the evidence was most strong that two children were injured by the cattle, and naed the defendant 20s and costs. Obscene Language. —Mrs Dallas, alias Murdoch, was charged with using bad language in a bouse in Stafford street within the nearing of persons passing by.—Mr Hama appeared for defendant.—A, Mrs Coonan, who was called, said that the only bad expression used was that by defendant, who said that she’d be d dif witness’s girl had better eyes than she had.—Defendant was dismissed with a caution.

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