MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 797, 11 January 1877, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, January 11. (Before G-. L. Mellish, Esq., R.M.) Drunk and Disorderly. Jacob Swanson, charged with being drunk and committing an act of exposure off Colombo street, was fined 20s. Two inebriates, who appeared for the first time, were each fined ss. Annie Nugent was fined 20s. Larceny.—Resmus Jorgensen, alias Hans Jansen, charged with the larceny of blankets and clothes, was remanded until Saturday for the production of evidence. Forging and Uttering —Charles Sutton, arrested at Dunedin, was brought up, charged with having forged and uttered a cheque, in Christchurch, in the name of George Reese, and two in other names. Since the warrant for this offence had been issued accused had been convicted at Dunedin upon the change of uttering a valueless cheque there, but had been given up by the authorities there to the Christchurch police;. His Worship expressed some astonishment that accused should have been handed over in the manner described, but granted the remand asked for until Monday next. Neglected Children's Act.—W. R. Goulding, Maria Goulding, Matilda Goulding, C. E. Goulding, A. E. Goulding, and F. R. C. Goulding, children ranging from the ages of two to thirteen years, were brought up under the above Act. Sergeant Coleman qave evidence of having found the children in a most wretched state. Their mother was dead, and the father, who is a bricklayer and good tradesmen, was indolent, and shamefully neglected them, leaving them to run nearly wild. They were in a shocking condition, living in a shanty without windows or doors, and had never been sent to school. The father, who was in Court, denied that he was a lazy man, but could not always obtain work at his trade, and often worked as a laborer. His Worship ordered him to pay £1 towards the support of the children, and sent .the eldest to the Industrial School for two years, the second eldest for five, and the others seven years each, to be brought up in the teaching of the Church of England. Lunacy prom Drink.—Charles Ellis, who had been remanded on this charge, brought up and discharged. Horses and Cattle at Large.—For permitting horses and cattle to wander the following persons were each fiaed 5s :—James Jenkins, James Gosy, C. Haines, J. Chambers, M. Griffin, J. T. Dingle, E. Clarke,. John Tetley, M. McNamara, J. Collins, Reuben Butcher, W. Ballantyne, J. Bee, H. Knight, C. Raine, and John Harper. Informations against J. E. Ballard, R. McPherson, C. Raine, John Hart, and Alfred Wright were adjourned until the 15th hist. Miscellaneous —Anthony Mclntyre, summoned for driving seven horses along the footpath in Asaph street, was fined 10s. Duncan Munro summoned for not being in attendance on his horse and cab, was fined 10s. For a similar offence Frank Vale was also fined 10s. James Dermott, summoned for not having lights on his cab was fined 10s. For driving without sufficfent reins W. Garrick was fined 10s. H. Selwyn Smith, summoned for being the owner of two unregistered dogs for the current year, was fined 40s. A caso against Alfred Gee, summoned for not having a light burning over his refreshment rooms on the night of 26th December, was dismissed. B. Geoghegan, summoned for using abusive and threatening language towards his wife, was ordered to find one surety in £lO and himself in £2O to keep the peace for twelve months, in default two months' imprisonment. Assaults —Glo. Smith was charged on two informations with having assaulted Win, Dunne on the 14th and 28th December. Kj Thomas appeared for the complainant. »ji na assaults were not proved, and bo** a caßea were dismissed. Thomas Morton v a 8 charged with having assaulted Jesse The parties did not appear, and ' h { s Worship adjourned the case for a to aUow of eQ . quines to be made. Matthew Buckley was summoned for a«" jaulting Bobtt Patten ou Br .d J"""* Complainant stated that his wite had bt<^ n Uving with defendant for the last sev -a mon ths. On the above date he met uer in the street, and at her request wr .nt to the circus with her. Subsequently defendant followed them, and witness's wife got him a drink, when she said she would have to return to the " poor fellow." After getting the drink defendant said his blood «an then up, and he struck complainant several times, and took out a knife. In reply to his Worship, complainant ?iid a sister-in-law of his saw the assault. Case adjourned until the 15th instant. Frederick Kay was charged with assaulting Bobert White. A difference between the parties had arisen about a dog. Defendant admitted the assault, and was. fined 20s. Abusive Language.—Herman Cookewaa summoned for using abusive Jaaguag* to-

warks his wife, Elizabeth Cooke. MiThomas appeared for the complainant, and Mr Loughnan for defendant. Complainant had received a protection order, and since defendant's return from Lyttelton he had gone to the house occupied by his wife, insisted on living in one of the rooms, for which he offered her only 5s per week rental, that being the only amount he contributed towards the support of his family. Defendant, on coming to the h0u.33 of evenings, was in the habit of using very improper language to his wife and family, and his conduct, parti ularly on the sth of January, had been the means of some of the lodgers leaving the house. Defendant's language to his wife, described as most obscene, was confirmed by the evidence of a neighbour and a lodger, who stated that his expressions were a source of annoyance to those living near. In cross-examination it was shown that defendant had settled this property on his wife, and also paid great attention to the garden, from which she received all the benefit. Complainant said she did not always cook for her husband, but boiled the kettle for him. Two witnesses, called by Mr Loughnan, gav9 defendant a very excellent character for sobriety and industry. Defendant, in his evidence, said the Ciise was a conspiracy among some of the neighbors to get him away from the house, as he had objected strongly to some woman who lodged in his wife's place. His Worship said he would let the case stand over until Monday to see if the parties could not come to some arrangement.