RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3632, 13 October 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, October 13. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., K.M.)

Drunkenness.— James M'Guire was discharged with a caution; John Love was fined sa, in default twenty-four hours’ impris mment.

obscene Language. —John Gitely was charged on remand with using obscene language in Stafford street.—El,en Dallas sai defendant came to her bouse early on Sun day morning, and used disgusting language “is V\ orship : Yt-ur house is describ d as a brothel—is that not so? Witness denied this, and said that she could get witnesses to confirm her statement. 1 hat was what she wanted to clear up.—His Worship; Are there any girls staying in the house?— Witness: No ; my hou.--e has not been oaaly conducted since I got married some mouths ago.—His Worship : But the woman Gately was there? Witness : Yes ; hut no one goes to my house for an improper purpose. —Defendant said he went to tinhouse to get his wife out of it. He agreed with the police in saying it was a brothel.— Sergeant Anderson said that Dallas’s house was a brothel, and he had seen men and women going into it at all hours.—His Worship said the charge against defendant—that of using indecent and obscene language—had been proved. He thought defendant had received aggravation, and meant to take that i> to account in awarding i uuiahment. If it had bean an ordinary offence he would have sent defendant to gaol for three months, but seeing that he had had some provocation he would only sentence him to sufficient puni-hinent to remind him that in no circumstances must he bre k the law. Defendant was lined Ll, in default six days’ imprisonment with hard labor. Hawker’s License.— Abraham Doodeward applied for a hawker’s license.—His Worsnip said he was very willing to encourage any lawful way of getting a living, but, in granting the license, he must give defendant this caution —that he had been seen upon a race-course, gambling. It depended on his conduct whether he again got a license. He would just jay it down, as a rule, that no honest man gambled ou a racecourse.—Defendant: It was only for goods. —His Worship: But it was against the law.—Defendant: Well, if I had known it was against the law I would not have allowed ijt.—The license was granted.