Folding R.M Court

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 108, 26 February 1885, Page 2

Folding R.M Court

Wednesday, February 25, 1885. (Before R. Ward, Esq., R.M.,) Obscene .Language. Wi Pata was charged by Constable Meeh.an with using obscene language in a public place on the, 11th instant. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr Baker interpreted- ..-» McKenna, Station Master at Halcombe deposed as to the offence being committed in his hearing on the platform of Halcombe railway. station on the day in question. Eobert Williams, porter at Halcombe station corroborated . Defendant was found guilty*- and was sentenced to 7 days in Wanganui gaol with hard labor. DRUNK. Samuel Rowley was charged with being drunk in a public place on Saturday last. Defendant pleaded "not guilty to any extreme," and when asked to say yes or no, .said he could say neither. Constable 'Meehan , proved the offence. '...-,- S. W. Mansefl corroborated, saying defendant could hardly stand on his feet. . • - • Fined 10s and costs. deserting; ' Robert Belfit answered^ on remand, to a charge of deserting his wife and two children. Mr Staite appeared for the plaintiff, Mrs Louisa Belfit. Defendant asked for an order to be made as he did not wish not to support his his wife and children. Ordered to pay 7s 6d per week with costs of action and counsel's fee. BOROUGH BYE-LAWS. ""= ; William Arnott was charged by Charles Wallace* the Ranger for the Borough of Feilding, with allowing 44 head of large cattle to wander on the streets of the Borough on the 20th instant. Mr Sandttands' appeared for the complainant, and Mr Staite for the defendant. Complainant deposed to the cattle grazing on the streets from 11 till half-past 3. Cross-examined : Did not see a little boy with them,' driving them from one paddock to another ; did not impound them, as he thought Arnott wouldn't let him. '■■"■•■•'■ : -:"— .v. T. A. Price deposed to seemg -the cattle grazing in Derby street /about 3 o'clock. .'.•!.■/ • .1? to Cross-examined : Did not see a boy with them ; was sure Arnott .wa&not with them very closely. ;;' I '•■!• -■ ■<& The defence was that thecattle were being driven to a paddock, and happened to graze a little on the way.T William Arnott, the defendant, deposed to bringing a mob of oattlefrom Palmerston ; the cattle were tired and hungry, and naturally went slowly and grazed a little on the way to the paddock ; he was with them all the tnne. 'James McKenzie, a little boy, > deposed to being instructed to drive the cattle to the paddock to feed ; watered them at the Mairino, and drove them slowly to the paddock; was told sot to let them depasture on the road, and he did not. " • •:'.'• This closed the case, and His Worship said he must dismiss the charge. There was another charge of a similar nature by the same complainant against the same defendant, iout this was withdrawn. - INSULTING LANGUAGE: •'■., William -Arnott was charged' by Charles Wallace with using insulting language towards him on the 20th instant. Mr Sandilands appeared for the informant, and Mr Staite for die defendant. • ■"'■■'. Charles Wallace deposed to defend • ant insulting him while in the;discharge of his duties as Ranger, calling him "an old rascal,", and saying, "i'll work you up, and make you so that you won't be able to do anything.-' William Arnott, sworn, denied the charge ; only told Wallace about some people's cattle grazing on the road, when he said, "Who are you?''; answered. "Am a ratepayer, and you are my servant, and must be doing your duty.'? Charge dismissed. LICENSING ACT. Charles Roe was charged with'openinghisbar at the Denbigh Hotel on Sunday, the 15th instant, and selling liquor to two persons not being travellers or boarders. Mr Staite appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. ' -.y Charles Anderson deposed to going with a man named Mill a to the hotel on the day in question; caUed; for brandy and port wine ; did not pay for them, but said he would another day. Charles, Roe, jun., who served the drinks, said, "That's all right old man." Cross-examined : Did not represent that he was a traveller ; his home was at Bunnythorpe but slept at Feilding the night before. i ;' Samuel Mills, saddler in Feilding, deposed to being in company with last witness and otherwise corroborated his evidenb ; the . drink witness had was sarsaparilla. Constable Meehan deposed to going into the hotel on duty about quarter to 10 in the evening; saw Charles Roe, and Andersen and Mills in the bar, and the/two latter drinking; told Charles Roe that it was a pretty ,state of things, and the latter said he didn't see any harm in, serving t^o, respel^ table men; heard nothing about travellers./ „. -.., ■ .<. > .* .<: Pft^? 8 : %t J^^J*Bp<^ i» serving the dnnke on his own responsibility, as he vrm instructed not to serve any but .boarders, and travellers;; the twd men-said they were travellers, and.heaccordingly served them, as he fully believed they were, as they were both strangers to him. His Worship held that the drink being, sold by* the son did not- alter the proprietor's responsibility. He did not think sufficient care had been taken to satisfy the vendor that the; persons served, were jtravellersl but would give defendant the benfefit of any doubt ther^' was in the* <fesi. He catted upon 1 Mt Rde 1 sem'of, and

cautioned him to be more careful in future* and not Tun the risk of a conviction. Charge dismissed. civil cases. . B. Loudoh v W. Adsett.— Claim £1 6s Bd. In- this case it transpired that the wrong person had been sued and that that the claim was against the son of defendant. Dismissed accordingly. The court then adjourned.