MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 182, 8 January 1875, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Friday, January 8. [Before R. J. S. Harman and C. R. Blakiston, Esqs, J.Ps. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Pat Butler was charged with this offence. The guard of the Port train (9.20) stated that his attention was drawn to the accused by the station master at the Valley. He asked him to remain quiet, and when they got to Opawa the passengers complained of the annoyance received from the accused. On reaching town he gave him into custody. Fined £2. INDECENT EXPOSURE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. George Joss, charged with this offence, committed the previous day in the Port train, was fined 40s. LARCENY. Anne P. Clouton was charged with stealing a one pound note from Helen Anderson. Sergeant Willis asked for a remand, as he was not quite prepared with the evidence. Remanded until Saturday. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. James Faulkner, who was suffering very much from the effects of drink, was remanded to Lyttelton for a week. Jessie Andrews, charged with drunkenness, was fined 10s, or twenty-four hours in default. CREATING A DISTURBANCE. Joseph Rich and Elizabeth Rich were charged on remand with behaving so as to collect a crowd in the public street. Sergeant Wilson stated that on the evening of the 22nd December a complaint was made to him of defendants creating a disturbance in Colombo street. When he arrived at their house he found about 200 people collected, and the female defendant the worse for drink. He (witness) saw that she had broken a lot of things, and was in a most excited state. Mr Rich was not there at the time. There had been numerous complaints of the nuisance caused to the neighborhood by the conduct of the defendants.

A witness called, stated that he lived in defendant's house. On this day Mrs Rich was very much excited, and when she spoke to her husband, he replied, " How's your mother?" Mrs Rich then went a sort of "melancholy mad," and, of course, shied a loaf at him. He (Mr Rich) then ran away, which was the best thing he could have done, and Mrs Rich, of course, commenced to break the things. A large crowd collected about the house while she was thus engaged. The defendants' expressed their regret that they should have created any disturbance, and stated it should not occur again. Fined £1 each and expenses of witnesses.