MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1082, 15 December 1877, Page 2

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday, December 15. (Before G. L. Hellish, Esq., R.H.) Drunk akd Disorderly. —Hugh Travers, charged with being drunk and breaking a pane of glass at the Cavorsham Hotel, was fined 40s, and ordered to pay 10s value of the glass. John Bradley, [arrested for drunkenness, was fined 10s. Larceky’of Wearing Ait abet,.—-Jor-gensen Rasman alias Hansen Jansen, who had been several times before the Court, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel.—Mrs Martin, [called, stated that about 10 o’clock on the previous night she saw accused go over a fence to Mr A. Cross’s house in Harman street, Addington, and take some clothes off a gorse bush there. Accused was carrying the things avay under his arm, when she challenged him with stealing the clothes, and identified a shirt belonging to Mr Cross and a table cover of her own. A Mr Dixon went over with her, and took accused to the police depot. —Mr Dixon, called, corroborated this evidence, and said that when they had got as far as the railway gates accused made a blow at him with a billy which he was carrying, and ran up the Lincoln road. Witness caught up to him, and accused threatened to stab him, and put his right hand into his pocket. Eventually witness succeeded in taking the man to the depot with the bundle of clothes which he was carrying.—Mrs Cross, called, identified the clothes as belonging to her, and which she had put on a gorse fence about G o’clock the previous evening. Valued them at 10s.—Sergeant Horice stated that when accused was given into his custody the clothes uroiuced were wet.—A charge of stealing *a white shirt belonging to John Wright, at Addington, was then preferred and Droved against the accused. Thera had bean’sin previous convictions against accused of a similar nature since 187-1, -and ho was sentenced to, six months’ imprisonment with hard labor for each offence, or twelve mouths in all. Keeping a House of 111-fame.— Louisa Jane Middleton was charged under the Vagrant Act with keepinga house of ill-fame in St, Asaph street, rhiilipstown.—Mr A. Carov gave evidence oi the anupvaoc* to the

neighborhood caused by the conduct of the inmates of this house, who were in the habit of coming out during the day partially dressed, and rioting with drunken men at all hours of the night, and using most’disgusting language. — This evidence was corroborated by another witness. —Inspector Hickson handed in a numerously signed petition by the inhabitants in the neighborhood bearing out the statements of the witnesses.—Detective Walker gave evidence of the house being frequented by thieves and persons of ill-fame. It was one of the worst places in Christchurch, and the inhabitants bitterly complained of the conduct) of the women. —Inspector Hickson told bis Worship that accused had expressed her intention of not leaving the neighborhood. He would point out that the case could be met under section 4 of section 1 of the Vagrant Act.—His Worship told accused he did not wish to deal harshly with her, and as the house was outside the town limits the Act did not allow of the option of a fine. He would adjourn the case until Thursday next to allow of her leaving the premises in the interval.