MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1759, 9 October 1879, Page 2

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

OEBISIOHUBOE Thttbbday, Ooroß*E -9i‘ [Before O. Whitefoord, Bsq , R.M.] Deunk and Disoedeedy. —One inebriate was fined 203. Mary Cunningham, charged with disorderly conduct and making use of obscene language in Gloucester street,' was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor. Bbeach of the Peace. — Joseph and Rebecca Hannam were sentenced to eeren days’ imprisonment with hard labor for com* mitting a breach of the peace within view of a constable. Yageanoy.—Peter Cook and Mary Anne Cook, charged under the Vagrant Act with having no lawful means of support,' were sent to gaol for one month with hard labor. Pobgxng and Uttebingk —John Jones was charged with forging and uttering a promissory note for £37 10s 6d. On the application of Mr Inspector Hickson, who stated- 1 he- was unable to go on with the case at present, owing to the absence of a material witness who could not arrive for a day or two from Wellington, the case was remanded i for eight days. Wife Deseetion. —Bverard Stapleton was charged with deserting his wife and child, and leaving them without adequate means of support. Mr Neck appeared for the complainant, and Mr B>. D. Thomas for the defendant. After hearing evidence on both sides,- the Bench dismissed the case. Yageanoy. —Thomas Burns, Ellen Jordan, and Margaret Hartnell, alias Griffith, alias Maloney, were charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Both the women, who were incorrigible old offenders, were sent to gaol for fourteen days with hard labor, and the male prisoner for two months on the same terms.