RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3720, 25 January 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Monday. January 25, (Before T. A. Mansford, E*q., R,M.)

1 'runkenness —Jane Kelysham, charged with being drunk and disordeily in George street, was fiued 20s, or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment She was also charged with breaking a pane of gl ss in the Aorth Dunedin Police (Station, for which she was ordered to pay 10s, in d fault twenty-four hours’ imprison cent.— Patrick Naugtiton was fined ss, or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment, for being drunk in Rattray street. Breaches op the Peace J >hn M‘GVath. who was charged, on the information of Detective Shury, with causing a breach of the peace and with lighting in George street on Sunday, was ordered toj pay 10s, or twent > • four hours’.— ihomas Cleary was charged with a similar offence, aud was fiued 10s. He was further charged with vagrancy, hut was let off with a caution, in consideration of his having been already fined. Embezzlement. John Hutchison was charg.d with embezzling the sum of L 9 in money, from Naseby. H« was remanded to that place at the request of the police. Charge of Murder. John Walters, laborer, of North-hast Valley, was placed in the dock, charged, on the information of Joust able Wil iam Gilbert, with feloniously and wilfully, and of malioe aforethought, killing and murdering John Amos Holmes, at the North-Cast Valley, on January 21. Sub-Inspector Mallard asked that, as Holmes died late last night, prisoner might be remanded until the decision of the coroner’s inquest be made known. He thought the b. st course would be to adjourn the charge tor, say. three days, or perhaps longer.— flis Worship: You can remand him till this day wiek. and bring him up earlier if desirable— Prisoner was accordingly remanded tor a week.

Mter the police business, a number a f persons were sued for charges for Crown .irati s. and in all the cas s judgment .was given for the amount claimed.