MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1615, 24 April 1879, Page 2

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday, April 24. [Before G. L. Mellisb, Esq.] Drunk and Disorderly. —One drunkard was fined 10s, and another one for drunkenness in a railway carriage was fined ss. Forging and Uttering. —James Whitehead was charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £ls 16s Od on the Union Bank of Australia. The prisoner at the request of Mr Inspector Hickson, was remanded to Timaru where the offence was committed. Embezzlement. Charles Greenwood, arrested on warrant was charged with embezzling £3 12a, £7 2s 9d, and £5 ss, the property of 0. F. Barker. On the application of Mr Inspector Hickson, the prisoner was remanded until Wednesday, April 30th. LYTTELTON. Thursday, April 24. [Before Dr. Bouse, J.P.] Breach of Railway Act.— John Beaton was charged with jumping off the train. The guard stated that the accused was a passenger by the 2.40 p.m. train from Christchurch on Wednesday. That witness was informed he had jumped off the train, and he at .once had it stopped and picked him up. The passengers in the carriage told witness that Beaton suddenly exclaimed “ I’m going out,” and at once went out of the carriage and off the platform. In coming through the tunnel alter the occurrence just stated, the accused made towards the platform to jump off a second time, and was prevented from doing so by force. The arresting constable said tbe accused was drunk when given in charge at the station. Accused said in defence, that his hat fell out the train and lie jumped after it. The Bench attributed the conduct of the prisoner to the influence of drink, and said that he had been twice before the Court from the same cause, the sentence this time would, therefore, be the full extent provided for this offence, namely, a fine of £lO, or tw» months’ imprisonment. Drunk and Disorderly. Mary Davis was charged with being intoxicated in London street on Wednesday night, and with creating a disturbance. George Davis, in the employ of Mr Hill, at the Mitre Hotel, said his wife was a complete slave of drink. He could do nothing with her, and he implored the Bench to place her out of temptation’s way. Sergeant Major O’Grady stated that the woman had conducted herself in a manner that led him to believe she was soliciting prostitution. Fined 10s, or forty-eight hours ; the Bench recommending her husband to take steps under tbe Lunacy Act, and have her incarcerated as a person unfit to take care of herself.