MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 31, 6 July 1874, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

OHRISTCHURCH. Monday, July 6. (Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., 8.M.) DRUNK AND CREATING A DISTURBANCE. AT THE RAILWAY STATION. James Hayes, arrested by constable Davis, was charged with creating a disturbance at the Christchurch Railway Station about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon last. The offence was proved, and accused was fined 40s or 48 hours. DRUNK AND DISORERLY. Edward Heyton for drunkenness was fined 10s. John Gallagher, arrested by Sergeant Kennedy, for a similar offence, and who had £l3O on his person when arrested, was fined 20s. CREATING A DISTURBANCE. Wm. Karison and James Docherty were charged with creating a disturbance in the bar of the Q.C.E. hotel on Saturday night last. Constable Hughes and Mr Beattie, landlord of the hotel, proved the offence. Fined 10s each. LUNACY FROM DRINK. George Ogilvie was arrested for this offence. Accused who was iu a destitute

state, and was still suffering from the effects of drink, had been repeatedly convicted for drunkenness, and was sentenced to one months' imprisonment with hard labor. LARCENY. Charles Littlecott a boy fourteen years old was charged with stealing a £5 note from Messrs Cook and Ross, chemists, Colombo street. Constable William." stated that about 9.30 on Saturday evening last, he arrested the prisoner who was given into his custody by Mr Ross, chemist, Colombo street on the charge of stealing a £5 note. After cautioning him, be admitted the offence, and stated he had not stolen any money before. He prorluccd the £5 note and a brooch. Prisoner had been sent for a parcel, broke it open and abstracted the brooch. Joseph Steveus, assistant to Mr Uosq, stated that that gentleman missed £3 last week when balancing his cash. The prisoner was an errand boy in Mr Ross's employ. He (witness) was engaged upstairs on Saturday, and heard a click as if the safe was being unlocked. He ran down, and found the prisoner at it. Accused him then of stealing the money and the brooch. A purse belonging to the boy was subsequently found in the shop, behind the barrel, contained the £5 note ; and the brooch was afterwards found in a tussock on the footpath near Mr Ross's house. The boy then admitted opening the parcel received at Mr Ross's house, and taking the brooch out of it. Mr Ross gave evidence to the same effect.

In reply to his Worship, Mr Ross said the boy had been about two months in his employ. He had been with Mr McKay before he went to him, and behaved himself well. He always thought he was a good boy before this action. The father of the boy who was in Court, and seemed to be very much affected, said the boy had been well' looked after and had gone to school since a baby, both to day and Sunday schools. The boy had stayed out late once or twice lately and his mother who had been anxious had gone to the shop to look after him and found he had left to go home. He always corrected the boy whenever he found him out in a lie, and he hoped his Worship would award him such a punishment that he would remember all his lifetime. When the boy was at Mr Carrick's he told them at home that he was to receive his wages monthly, and they afterwards found out that he had drawn them weekly. He was afraid the boy must have got into bad company lately. Sergeant Willis mentioned to his Worship the name of a boy whom the accused had lately been seen with. Mr Ross also mentioned to his Worship that a boy had lately been seen dodging about the shop evidently looking for the accused. His Worship expected it was something of this kind, and the boy had been put up to commit these acts. Such acts were generally done by boys who hunted in couples. He (his Worship) thought it would be advisable to send the boy to the Industrial school for a little time. He would, however, remand him until to-moirow for the purpose of full enquiries being made as to his actual age, and the manner he had lately been conducting himself. Remanded until to-morrow. OF DESTITUTE PERSONS RELIEF ORDINANCE. James Rcid was charged on warrant with disobeying an order of the Court to provide for the support of his illegitimate child. After receiving a caution from his Worship to be careful in making regular payments for the future, defendant was ordered to pay £2 Bs. PAWNBROKERS' LICENSE. A pawnbrokers' license was granted to Sigismund Cohen, Triangle. KAIAPOI. Friday, July 3. [Before Josiah Birch, Esq.] OP.STRUCTINa A THOROUGHFARE, &C. R. Ashworth, arrested for disobeying three summonses to attend the Oxford Court, was brought up on warrant by Mounted-sergeant Mullin, charged that on the 9th March he obstructed a thoroughfare near Lee's Hotel, Oxford, by leaving two drays unattended. Admitted. Also, that on March 18th, he did wantonly hairassand cruelly ill-treat certain horses, by leaving them standing for seven hours in the drays near Paget's Hotel, Oxford. Also, that on March 28th, he was such a distance from his horses as to have no control over them. The sergeant applied to withdraw the second charge, as, although the animals had been left in the drays for the time named, they, it appeared, were feeding. Id reference to the third charge, he met the accused with two drays on the Oxford-Moeraki Downs road, and he was riding on the second one. The cases were brought to induce accused to give up drinking as much as anything. Accused said he went to the Court at Oxford, and asked the sergeant to tell the Magistrate he did not want to attend, but would appear at the next sitting. The Magistrate pointed out that a deal of trouble had been given by accused not answering the summonses. He had done the wisest thing to admit the offences, and as he had always been a respectable man, a miuimum penalty would be inflicted, in the hope that he would do better; The sergeant appeared to have brought the cases forward in kindness, to endeavor to induce him to give up driuk. Fined 10s on each of the : first and third charges, and 8s costs.