MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 958, 21 July 1877, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday, July 21. (Before G. L. Mellish, Esq., E.M.)

Drunk and Disorderly.—John Baker, charged with being drunk and resisting the police, was fined 20s; Daisy Cornfoot was fined 20s ; and Robert Taylor, 10s. Larceny.—William Cody was charged with stealing a pair of boots from the bar parlor of the Clarendon Hotel. Accused had gone into the room and stolen the boots, which were lying in the fender before the fire. Accused admitted the offence, and said he was in drink at the time. Sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor.

Uttering a Forged Cheque. Ellen Kiley, an intelligent looking young girl, thirteen years of age, was charged with uttering a forged cheque, drawn on the Bank of New Zealand for £1 10s, at Mr J. Woodward's boot shop, High street. When spoken to by Detective Walker, the girl said she had found the cheque near the Convent, and had taken it to the Bank, and was told there it was no good. Witness had received the cheque produced from the manager of the Bank of New Zealand. Witness did not know anyone in the province of the name of Andrew Gilpin, appearing on the cheque. Mrs Woodward, called, stated that on the ' afternoon of the previous day the girl came to the shop, purchased a pair of boots, and tendered the cheque produced in payment. In reply to witness, the girl said she had got the cheque from her master, and was going to Longbeach. Witness sent the cheque to the Bank, and detained the girl in the shop. The cheque was returned as worthless. Alexander Guy, ledger - keeper at the Bank of New Zealand, stated that there was no such person as Andrew Gilpin on the books of the bank. At the request of his Worship the girl wrote her name and some figures on a piece of paper. In reply to the Bench the girl said she had found the cheque near the Catholic Chapel. Several persons had told her it was good. Inspector Feast told his Worship that he had since learned that there had been an attempt to get a bottle of brandy on the cheque the night before at the Waltham Hotel, and he considered the parents were more to blame than the girl. His Worship read the girl's stepfather, who was in Court, a severe lecture, and told him he seemed to care very little whether the girl was sent to gaol or not. He would, however, touch him through his pocket. The girl would be sent to the Industrial School for twelve months, to be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, and he (the stepfather) would have to pay for her support.