RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3598, 3 September 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Thursday, September 3. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., R.M., and K. Ramsay, Esq., J.P.) Drunkenness. —Grace Steadman, a greyheaded woman, was charged with this offence.—Prisoner: It is not true.—Constable Watt a nd that when he arrested prisoner she was so drunk that she could nob tell anything.—Prisoner : I just asked the unstable where I could ha’e a respectable private house to get sleep in. He said to go away with him, and popped me into the gaol.— (Laughter ) His Worship: Yes, Then vou had been drinking ?-P Loner : I had plenty of water—(Renewed laughter.) -On being further taxed she admitb d having had a “glass or two,” and added: “1 never was in a court-house but once all my life.”—She was discharged with a caution, and James Thompson and John Williams were discharged with a caution John Bussell, not appearing when caded on. this day week was appointed for him to show c insa why his bail (£5) should not be estreated. Theft. Francis Meka was charged, on the information of Daniel Sullivan, with stealing one pair of blue cloth tensers, of the value of 255, from the Immigration Barracks. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor, an immigrant recently arrived in the Colony, and prisoner, an “Asiaic,” were both sleeping in the single men’s apartment at the Immigration Barracks. Prosecutor m ssedthe trousers yesterday morning, and followed piisouer to the railway station, in whose swag they were found. Prisoner had denied all knowledge of th m. Prisoner was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labor ; his Worship remarking that the B-.mch looked upon theft from a mate as a very serious crime. Assault. Jamei Murdoch was charged on the information of his brother, John H. Murdoch, with having assaulted and b-at him at Saddle Hill on August 28. Com plainant also asked that defendant might be bound over to keep the peace.—Mr J. R, Stamper appeared for defendant. The evidence was conflicting, and the Bench thinking that there had been a little bad blood between the parties fined defendant 10s and costs, and bound him over to keep the peace towards his brother for six months on his own recognisance forLlO. Neighbors’ Quarrels. Cecilia Beck charged Catherine Walker with having, on the Ist September, wilfully damaged a quantity of household property to the extent of L2O. Mr A. Bathgate appeared for com plainant, and Mr Edward Cook for defen. daut.—Mr Bathgate, in stating the facts, said that defendant had broken in the dividing partition between the bonses (the parties being neighbors) and afterwards performed a w.ir-dance on the cheffonier, besides doing other damage.—After hearing evidence, the Bench considered the case clearly proved, and the offence an aggravated one. They inflicted a penalty for the outrage, for such they could only term it, at L 3 ; in default, fourteen days’ imprisonment, with hard labor; and assessed the damage for the injuries at Cl 5. Time for payment was asked f-.r, and allowed. Elizabeth Meredith was then charged with using obscene language to the same complainant. There being some iuformality in the summons, Mr Bathgate asked, seeing that the parties next door had had a lesson administered to them, tor power to withdraw the information, which was granted.