MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 762, 29 November 1876, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday, November 29. (Before G. L. Mellish, Esq, R.M.) Breaking into a Building.—James Jones, painter, was charged on warrant with having broken into a building in Lichfield street being erected by G. S. Marshall, contractor, with intent to steal. Mr Joynt appeared for the accused, and asked under what Act the information had been laid. He submitted that if the building were shown to be a dwelling house then the offence committed was burglary; if it were not then no statutory offence had been committed. He had no objection to the information being amended so as to bring it under the Larceny Act, and in that case the information would have to be supported by evidence. Under the information as at present laid there had been no offence. After looking through authorities his Worship said it would not do to call the building a dwelling house, and it would be as well to let the case stand over until the following day, to allow of the police consulting with the Crown Prosecutor in-the meantime. On the application of Mr Joynt his Worship said he would admit accused to bail in one surety of £2O. Drunk and Using Obscene Language. —James Noonan, charged with being drunk, using obscene language in Cashel street, and resisting the arresting constable, was fined 40s. Indecent Assault.—James Hamill, the lad who had been remanded the previous day on the charge of assaulting a young girl at Addhigton, was again brought up. Inspector Feast told his Worship that the stepfather of accused had visited the police depot the previous evening, but declined to give the boy a thrashing, as requested by the Bench, and desired that the law should take its course. His Worship said that under the circumstances of the parents of accused having declined to act in the matter there were two courses open ior him to take, one to send the lad for trial, and the other to order him to be kept in the Industrial School for a period of time. As the former would put the country to some expense he would not send the case for trial, but would send accused to the Industrial School for twelve months, to be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. LYTTELTON. Wednesday November 29. (Before W. Donald, Esq., R.M.) Breach of Public House Ordinance.— Mary Ann Beverley, licensee of the Saxon Hotel, was charged with supplying liquor to others than travellers on Sunday last. Mr FT. N. Nalder appeared for defendant. Constable Johnstone, sworn, said that at 10.55 a. in on Sunday he went into the Saxon Hotel by a side door which he found ajar and saAv a person drinking a pin of beer who was a Lyttelton resident,

Three witnesses gave evidence that Joseph Beverley, a son of defendant, was behind the bar, cleaning it up, on Sunday morning, and that an old boarder, coming into see a friend who lodged in the house, he (Joseph Beverley) asked him to have a drink and supplied him with a pint of beer, but did not charge for it. The Bench dismissed the case.