PRESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3560, 21 July 1874, Page 2

PRESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Monday, July 20. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., R.VI.)

Drunkenness. WTiiam Jenkins and John Freeman were discharged with a caution ; Bridget Diamond, Mary Hannah, and Henry Eden were each fined sa, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment with hard labor.—His Worsh p expressed bis gratification at this being the third Monday on which no case of drunkenness which bad occurred on the previous day (Sabbath) had been brought before him. This was highly creditable to the trade and the community. CIVIL CASES. Watson v. Rutherford —Claim L 5, for services rendered. Judgment was given by default for the amount claimed, with costs. Hetherington v, Z. D Patterson.—This was a fraud summons, defendant being summon d to show cause why he should not satisfy a claim of LB, judgment having been given against him in this Court L.r that amount.—Defendant was ordered to pay 10s per week.

Watson and Gow v. M‘Gregor. —Claim LlO 19s, for goods sold and delivered. Judgmentwas given by default for the amount claimed, with costs.

Tuesday, July 21. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., R.M.)

Drunkenness —Uobert Shields, William Spray, and John O’Connor were discharged with a clufcion ; Mary Humphreys and John Keekie were each fined 20-s" with the option of three days’ imprisonment ; Colic M‘Donald, having thirty-two previous convictions recorded against him, 20s, or fourteen days’.

• bscenr Language.— Henry Mills, fot making use of obscene and indecent language in Manse street, was fined 20a, with the alternative of six days’ imprisonmedt.

Fraudulent Kepresentations —Alfred Hill Hickson was charged, »u tUe information of Edward Ki gcombe, with having, on the ilth instant, imposed upon him with a view of obtaining money and board and lodging by a certain false representation it writing, viz , an order for the payment of money in the following words ;—“ Dunedin, llth July, 1874 - The manager of the Bank of New Zealand, -Pay self or order the sum of three pounds (L 3). —A. H. Hickson.”— Prisoner pleaded guilty, and his Worship said he should be very thankful that prosecutor had not so set the law in operation that he might be sent to the Supreme Court. He could not pass over the offence very lightly, and prisoner w. uld be sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment.

A Disorderly servant —Sarah Murph\ was charged, on the information of Mary Jom-s, with having on the 4th July, used diverse threats to her, whereby she was in fear that defendant would do her some grievous bodily harm, and applied to have her bound over to keep the peace.—Mary Jones, the wife of Edward Jones, said that defendant mas in her service as servant. On the day on which she left she broke foui windows, an I said she would murder witness and her family'; that she would burn ber out, that she would spiil her blood, and that she intended to carry out her threats Defendant was b mud over to keep the peace herself in the sum of L2O, and two sureties of LlO each. .ts vlrs Jones left the Court, defen-iant ming some threats to ber, the bailiff des r d her to keep quiet —Defendant : I won’t be quiet. I’ve been a good servant to her, - Continuing the disturbance she had to be removed.