MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 11, 12 June 1874, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. „ Friday, June 12. [Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.] DRUNK AND INDECENT EXPOSURE/ Charles Wilson, arrested by constable Firman for being drunk and indecently exposing himself at the Christchurch railway station, at half-pa3t two o'clock the previous day, was fined 20s. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Charles Walters, for drunkenness, was fined ss, or twenty four 1 ours in default, and cab-hire. VAGRANCY.. Edward Sampson was arrested by sergeant Kennedy on this charge. The sergeant, stated that he arrested the prisoner the previous night in a stableJoft, belongiug to Mr Crawford, on the South town belt. He was in a wretched state, and starving. Mr Crawford stated that the prisoner had been sleeping in his hayloft for about a week. Whcu he first found him there he said he was unwell. He (Mr Crawford) then took him up some bread and tea. He seemed to become worse, and he then gave information about him to the police. Chief Detective Feast told the Bench that; the man was very unwell ; he met him about a-week ago, and he told him he had made up his mind to lie down in ibfl gutter and die. His Worship said he would see if he could not get the man into the hospital, and remanded him with that view. DRUNK AND USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE. James Wylie was charged with this offence. Sergeant Wilson stated that he arrested the accused the previous evening. B e was very drunk and using obscene language to passers by. The wife of the accused who had applied for a protection order for her earnings, through her husband's habitual drunkenness, stated that he had been constantly drinking for the last three months, and had struck and nearly strangled her some short time ago. Mrs Lumb, a neighbour of the accused said he would not go and woik, and she believed that that was the cause of the disagreement between them. Accused denied that he had attempted to strangle his wife. He had struck her once under very great provocation. He had been working constantly, and until within the. hut week at Squthbridge. It was his wife's conduct that' had driven him to drink, as she had refused to live with him.

His Worship said that for the previous night's druukenness he would be fined 20s ; and after hearing evidence on the application for a protection order, his Worship advised Mrs Wylie to let bygones be bygones, on the promise that her husband would abstain from drink and work for her support. This defendant promised to do, but his wife said she would not live with him again notwithstanding his promise, and his Worship then refused to grant the order. DISOBEYING A SUMMONS. Edward Jenkins was charged on warrant with disobeying a summons for keeping a disorderly house in High street. Inspector Buckley asked for a remand to produce the man Goss, who had also been summoned on this charge, and had failed to appear. Remanded until to*morrow morning.