MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday, August 29. [Before C. 0. Bowen, Esq., R.M. - ] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. William McKay for drunkenness, was fined 20s or 48 hours. DRUNK AND USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Jane Glass, a very old offender, was arrested by Constable Hughes, for being drunk and using obscene language in Gloucester street. His Worship cautioned the prisoner against appearing before him again, and fined her 20s and cab-hire. BREACH OP VAGRANT ACT. Mary Welstead was charged on summons with keeping a house of ill-fame in Lyttelton street, off Madras street. Constable Hughes stated that he had visited the house kept by the defendant on the 14th instant. There were two prostitutes in the house with her and two men. He saw one of the men tender a child of defendant’s £1 to go for drink. To the Bench—The people who were in the house at the time have no lawful visible means of support. I have seen them there several times. Sergeant Kennedy stated that a complaint was made made to him on the evening of the 21st instant. He went to the Hous#, and saw some women of ill-fame and some men there. He went there on three other occasions, called to the place by persons who complained of rows in the house, and each time he saw prostitutes and men there. On one occasion four men were lying on the floor drunk. The defendant, by her conduct, here began to show decided symptons of being under the influence of liquor, and two women friends of the defendant, who had been in the body of the Court, and causing annoyance by their interruptions, were brought forward. As one of them, named Flora Martin, conf tinned to interrupt after receiving a caution from his, Worship, she was sentenced to fortyeight hours’ imprisonment for contempt; and the defendant, who persisted in being demonstrative, was also committed for the same time. In reply to Inspector Buckley, His Worship said that a message would be sent to Mr Callender to have the woman Welstead’s children looked after until Monday.
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Globe, Volume I, Issue 77, 29 August 1874, Page 2
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345MAGISTRATES’ COURTS. Globe, Volume I, Issue 77, 29 August 1874, Page 2
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