MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 195, 23 January 1875, Page 2

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday, Jan. 23. [Before G. L. Hellish, Esq, R.M.] INDECENT EXPOSURE. Jacob Owenson, charged with committing an act of exposure, in a railway carriage between Ashburton and Rakaia, was fined 40s and 6s expense of witness. drunk and disorderly. Mary Cunningham, arrested for drunkenness and wilfully destroying Government property, was fined 20s, and 6s cost of property destroyed. George Morris, charged with being drunk, was fined 20s, or 96 hours. DRUNK AND ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES; John Jones, arrested for being found illegally in the hayloft of the Borough Hotel at one o’clock this morning, was fined 10s. VAGRANCY. Mary McCanley, charged on remand with this offence, was further remanded until Monday, to allow of her father being communicated with. BURGLARY. Philip Green was charged with stealing two coats from a dwelling-house in Montreal street. Detective Benjamin stated that he arrested the prisoner the previous night, at 11 o’clock, at the Caversham Hotel. He took him to jJr Thompson’s, Kilmore street, and he identified him. Charged him with feloniously entering the house of Thomas King, Montreal street south, and stealing therefrom two coats, the property of Mr King. Prisoner said “ I won’t say a word to you, and when you take me before the magistrate to-morrow I won’t say a word, for I never deny my faults." The two coats produced were the two coats handed him (witness) by Mr King as those stolen by the prisoner. Thos.King, carpenter, stated thathe resided in Montreal street south. About 4.30 the previous morning he was disturbed by hearing some one in the back pantry. He got up and looked out of a window, and at that time saw nothing. He returned to bed again and a few minutes after that he heard footsteps leaving the pantry. He rose again, went out, and found the back door open. He saw a man going round the end of the house with two bunilesof clothes. Prisoner was the man. Called him back. Prisoner turned round and asked if it wasapublichouse. He (witness) said it was, and that he wanted to speak to him. When prisoner came back he took the two coats produced from him. Identifies them by certain marks. The coats belong to him, and their value was between £2 and £3. The night before the robbery the coats were hanging in a back room behind the pantry. There was a door leading from the pantry into this room. Could not say whether the doors were fastened the night before. They were usually fastened every night. After he took the coats from prisoner he told him he would give him in charge. Followed him into the street, where he (witness) met a friend, and they then stopped him, and afterwards gave information to the police. By prisoner—You were not quite sober at the time. Thomas Thompson identified the prisoner as the man whom be and the last witness followed, and subsequently stopped in Montreal street early the previous morning. Prisoner would not go into the depot with them, and the robbery was afterwards reported to the police. Chief Detective Feast asked for a remand to obtain the evidence of Mrs King, who bad fastened the doors the previous night. Remanded till Monday. LARCENY. Easmio Jorgensen was charged on remand with stealing a watch belonging to Joshua Corkin. Detective Benjamin repeated his former evidence. Joseph Allen, living with the prosecutor at Addington, stated that the prisoner was employed by Corkin in December last to mow. Remembered seeing a watch hanging in one of the windows on a Monday in the middle of December. The watch produced was the same. I saw it that morning between nine and ten o’clock. The watch was missed in the evening of that day. The prisoner was in the house that day. Next saw the prisoner in Court the previous day. Joshua Corkin stated that he was a farmer residing at Addington. The watch produced belonged to him. Was told on a Monday evening in December that the watch was missing. The prisoner had been employed by him that morning. Did not see the prisoner until that morning in court. He bad not discharged the prisoner, who had no right to take the watch away. Reported the loss to the police next day. The watch is worth about £3. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence. There had been three previous convictions against him, and he was sentenced to six mouths’ imprisonment, with hard labor. KAIAPOI. Thursday, January 21. (Before C. Whitefoord, Esq, R.M.) CATTLE AT LARGE. J. Kinley, owner of one cow at large, wai fined ss, and on a second information, 10a and costs. J. Capil, for one head, was fined 5s and costs. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. R. Ashworth was charged by Mounted Constable Beck, with wantonly ill-treating three horses by working them with very sore shoulders. Fined £2 and costs CIVIL CASE. M'Moran v J. Kavanagh, claim £3 16s damage to buggy, case re-heard from Tuesday. Evidence was given that defendant was not in a proper state to drive the horse when the accident happened, and judgment was given for plaintiff without costs. RANGIORA. Thursday, January 21. [Before A. H. Cunningham, Esq.] DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. James Burrows, arrested by Constable O’Shannassy, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly. Fined 10s and costs, leithfield" Wednesday, January 20. [Before 0. Whitefoord, Esq., R.M.] SLAUGHTER HOUSE ORDINANCE, Licenses were [granted to L. C. Williams, Teviotdale, and J. Lester, Mount Grey Downs. ASHBURTON. Thursday, January 21, (Before Alfred Saunders, Esq, J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. John Langlands, alias Duncan, charged with this offence on the 20th. Admitted, Fined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprisonment.

John Gray, charged with this offence on the 20th. Fined ss, or 24 hours’ imprisonment. , , . Rhody Hogan, fined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprisonment, Timothy Ryan, charged with this offence. Fined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprisonment. ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES. Timothy Ryan was charged with being illegally asleep in Crammond’s coach, on the premises of the Somerset Hotel. The Bench remarked that the law, with respect to charges of this nature, was very stringent, but, inasmuch as the premises in question were not enclosed, the Bench would inflict a light sentence, viz.; 24 hours’ imprisonment. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Timothy Ryan was charged with this offence on the 20th instant. The evidence of the guard of the train clearly proved the offence to have been committed. Fined £5 or one week’s imprisonment. REFUSING TO GIVE UP TICKET TO RAILWAY GUARD. Timothy Ryan was charged by the guard of the South train from Dunsandel to Rakaia, with refusing to give up his ticket. The Bench remarked on the conduct of the railway officials in taking intoxicated persons in the train, and pointed out the fact that their doing so was the means of placing many restrictions on otherwise sober passengers. Prisoner was fined £2 or three days’ mprisonment.