MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 478, 29 December 1875, Page 3

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday, December 29, (Before Alexander Lean, Esq.. J.P.) Drunk and Disorderly.— Wm, Hook was fined 10s, and H. T. Kearney ss. Lunacy from Drink.— Thomas Carroll, brought up on this charge, was remanded for a week for medical treatment. Bigamy. —Arthur EdwardUpjohn, charged on remand with this offence, was further remanded until 3rd January. A second charge of wife desertion, preferred against same accused, was also adjourned until the 3rd. (Before A. Lean and R. J. S. Harman, Esqs., J.P.’s.) Affiliation. —Harry O’Neal was charged on warrant with having failed to support a child, of which he is the reputed father. Accused admitted the paternity, and expressed his willingness to contribute towards the child’s support. The Bench ordered him to pay 10s a week. Assault —The adjourned summons case of Archibald Hammill, for assaulting his wife, was called on. In reply to the Bench, the complainant said she wanted separate maintenance, and her husband to be bound over to keep the peace towards her. A witness called by defendant stated that Mrs Hammill’s conduct had not been of the best during her husband’s absence. The Bench said sufficient evidence had been brought before the Bench to warrant defendant being bound over to keep the peace. He would have to find one surety in £25, and himself in a similar amount, to keep the peace for six months.