MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 648, 17 July 1876, Page 3

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHEISTCHUKCH. Monday, July 17. (Before G. L, Hellish, Esq, R. M ) Drunk and Disorderly. For this offence James Moore was fined 10s. George Mitchell was fined 10s and cab hire, 2s 6d. Drunk and Using Obscene Language. —James Yitch, for being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language in a public street, was fined 40s. Vagrancy. —James Wheeler, arrested at Sumner, was charged with this offence. He had been sleeping iu the cave at Sumner the night before. Sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment with hard labor. Drunk and Soliciting Prostitution. — Helen Thomson for this offence was fined 20s. Breaking into an Office. —Edward Donally, Isaac Pearson, and J. H. Falloon, three lads, were brought up charged with this office. Detective Kirby deposed that he examined Davidson’s timber yard in Colombo street south, and found that the gate had been forced open. He arrested prisoners on the 15th and Kith, and charged them with breaking into Sissons’ yard, situated in Davidson’s timber yard, and stealing some penny pieces from the office. When arrested, Donally replied that he was in company with the other two prisoners on the night in question; that Falloon entered the office, and brought out some penny pieces which were spent in purchasing buns. Pearson when arrested also admitted beiug in company with the other prisoners. Falloon, who was arrested on the 16lb, said he was in the yard with the other two on tho night named; that he and Pearson entered the office and took some pence from a cup. Constable Firman deposed to being on duly at the railway on the night in question, and that he heard a noise in Davidson’s yard, and that on going in that direction met the lads carrying a lantern. Thomas deposed to being in the employ of Sissons, who had part cf Davidson’s yard, that he closed the yard on Friday night and found the gate forced open next morning, and he missed some pence from the office. Larceny from a Shop. —John Henry Falloon and Edward Donelly were then charged with larceny from a shop. Detective Feast withdrew the charge against DoneUy in order that he might be called as a witness. Detective Kirby stated that on arresting Donelly, the lad stated that he had

been a very wicked boy ; that on Tuesday evening he and Falloon were in Tuam street looking into a fruiterer’s shop, that after waiting for a chance Falloon entered the shop and brought out three boxes, containing money. The money he put into his pocket and the boxes were placed in a timber yard near. Next day they went to Timaru, and stayed at the Albion Hotel, and when the money was spent returned to Christchurch. Mrs Cook deposed to seeing the lad Falloon in her shop on the night in question. He asked the price of something, but bought nothing, Had occasion to leave the shop empty, and on returning found three boxes containing money gone. They contained altogether over four pounds. Edward Donoily was then placed in the witness box, and deposed to being in company with b’allnon, and detailed the circumstances of the theft from Mr Cook’s shop and the subsequent proceedings. The parents of the lad I'carson gave him a very good character, and said that they could not believe he would have been guilty of such conduct bad he not been led away. His Worship told Falloon that he appeared to have been the worst of the lot, and he would make it a caution to him. Mrs Falloon, who was in Court, said that her son bad been at work on the Tuesday morning, and left it through his father beating him with a whip. She did not think the police had got hold of the right lad, who was a big well dressed boy, generally wore a cloak, and was in the habit of leading her son astray. It was the boy’s bad example, and the father’s ill-treatment of the lad that had placed him in his present position. She had never known the boy deceive her, and be was always in the habit of speaking the truth. His Worship said the boy had been previously before the Court, seemed to have been the prime mover throughout, and as he had said before he would make it a caution to him. On the first charge he (Falloon) would be sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, and receive one flogging; and on the second charge he would be imprisoned for one week, and receive another flogging. There was nothing in the evidence to connect Pearson with the second case, but on the first case he would receive one week’s imprisonment and a flogging. Donelly would be imprisoned for twenty-four hours, and have one flogging. LYTTELTON. Monday, July 17. (Before W. Donald, Esq., KM.) Drunkenness.— Owen McEwen, arrested by Constable Bullen, and John Wilson, arrested by Constable Mclntosh, were fined LOs each. Drunkenness and Obscene Language, —C)lin Muir, arrested by Constable Bullen, John Dobbins, arrested by Constable Mclntosh, and Richard Jones, arrested by Constable Bullen, were each fined 20s, or, in default, 48 hours. Vagrancy —James Daly, arrested by Constable Daly for sleeping in an outhouse on Peacock’s wharf, was sentenced to one week’s imprisonment,