MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 183, 9 January 1875, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. . Saturday, January 9. [Before G. L. Mellish, Esq, R.M.] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY, John Williams, for drunken ess, was fined 10s; John Wilson, ss, and Is 6d cab hire. A similar charge against Thomas Macguire was dismissed. . LUNACY FROM DRINK. Michael Ferrick, charged with this offence, was remanded to Lyttelton for a week. LARCENY. Annie P. Coulter was charged, on remand, with the larceny of a £1 note from Helen H. Anderson.. ; . Constable Sbeeran stated that he arrested the accused on the 6th instant, on the above charge/ Prisoner said nothing when arrested. He afterwards received the £1 note pro-, duced from a girl named Helen Dixie. The prosecutrix stated that she was a shipmate of the accused, and recently arrived by the Pleiades. On the night of - the 6th, she and accused slept at Dixie's boarding house, and went to bed together. She had the £1 note and a half crown in her pocket at the time contained in a purse. When she got up the next morning the accused was gone, and on going to her dress she found the purse open, arid the half crown loose in her pocket. She then ran down stairs and learnt that accused had given the £1 note to the landlady to pay for her bed and breakfast. The purse produced was the one the £1 note was in, and she identified it by some ink spots and a tear at the back, Placed the ink spots on it one night when she was writing home, and intended to send the note to her little brother.

j By Prisoner—You must have taken the pound some time during the night. Helen Dixie, called, stated that, she lived with her father, who kept a boarding-house, in Cambridge terrace. The previous witness and the accused slept at her father's house on the night of the 6th. In the morning the prisoner paid her the £l-note produced, which she (witness) identified by some holes in it. The accused gave her the pound to pay four shillings for her bed and tea. When she (prisoner) gave her the money she told her (witness) to tell the. other women that a young man had paid for her bed and tea.

The accused made a statement, which his Worship said he could not believe in the face of the evidence given. He regretted that a girl so lately arrived should begin so badly, and her position was entirely due to her keeping bad company. As that was her first offence, she would be sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment, with hard labor.

LYTTELTON.

Friday, January 8. [Before W. Donald, Bsq., R.M.] assaulting a wardkr. Joseph Childs was charged with assaulting Warder Pritchard." Mr W. H. J^der- appeared for the defendant. '■' ' ''■ •'' The evidence of Pritchard and three jothef warders was taken, from which it appeared accused had walked down the thoroughfare by the gaol, which has latterly been closed to the public, and on Warder Pritchard endeavoring to stop him, accused pushed past him, and also used abusive language; For the defence Mr Nalder called Mr Hen wood, clerk of the works, who stated that the road had been closed by his direction, he having had authority given him so to do, but that since the 29th he had allowed Mr Childs to go up and down; oh which day the barricade across the road was knocked down. Mr Nalder addressed the Bench at length for the accused. The Bench stated that the oase would be adjourned until Monday, for the evidence of Mr Reston. chief gaoler, who was nowtbaent in Chrietchnrch. to ascertain what directions Warder Pritchard had in reference to people passing up and down the passage,

ASHBUBTON,

Wednesday, January 7. j • [Before Alfred Saunders and H. J. Winter, Eeqs, J.Ps.} DBUNKENNESS. James Whitetaw wag charged with being drunk and disorderly. Fined, 20s or twentyfoar houre' imprisonment. James Mild, charged with being drank, fined 10s, or twenty-f oar horn a''imprisonment. -;■;.- 0 ' , - Edward Watts, charged with being drunk, "'fined'ss." •' ■'■■■■./-', STEALING FROM A TILL. Henry Digby was charged with stealing money from the till of the bar at Turton's New Inn. After hearing the evidence the Bench remanded the prisoner to Thursday the Bth inst for production of more evidence. Thursday, January 8. [Before Alfred Saunders, and H. J. Winter, i Esqs, J.Ps.| td DRUNKENNESS. : ■■,-'■' Joe Brown war brought up charged with this offence. Fined 10s or twenty-four hours imprisonment. ■' > ■-'■■■' '.'•■ STEALING FROM A TILL. ' ' Henry Digby, on remand, was brought up. After hearing the evidence of C. Klingenstein and G. Coleman, the Bench considered the case fully proved,.and sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment with hard labor. ■' l '• .':•!'■!.-'■