MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2151, 17 January 1881, Page 3

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Monday, January 17. [Before R. Wostenra, and J. E. Porker, Eagre,, J.P.’s.] Dbttnkbnnbbs. —Herman Hchumacker, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours’ imprisonment, Attbmptbd Suicxdb. —John Thompson, charged with this offence, was remanded to appear to-morrow at Amberley, where the attempt was made. Obtaining Monbt on False Pbbtbncbb. —Patrick Donelly, brought up on warrant for obtaining on false pretences £129 from Adolphus Moore, a farmer in the Ashley district, was remanded till Monday, the 21th inat.

Eemandb. —Grace Crabtree, for fraudulent conveyance, and J. E. Taylor, for stealing a coat, were remanded till the 21th inst. Mistaken Identity.— Patrick Eyan was charged with getting into and leaving the 3.53 p.m. South bridge train on the 22nd December last while the same was.in motion. Mr Holmes appeared for defendant. The offences took place at Christchurch and Addington, at which last place defendant fell and rolled over on the platform when getting out. The guard of the train swore to the identity of defendant. The station-master at Addington detailed the circumstances as above, but could not identify defendant. For the defence, Patrick Eyan (not defendant) swore that defendant was at his place at Shand’s Track on the 22nd, at about the time named ; had been there all day, James Bell gave somewhat similar evidence. Defendant swore ho never saw a railway station on the day named in the information. The Bench thought it was a cose of mistaken identity and dismissed it. Mr Holmes applied for the expenses of the witnesses, and they (two) were allowed 5s each. Sergeant Morice asked who was to pay. The Bench said that was nothing to them. Evasion of the Building By-law.— Sarah Wilkinson, charged with not having erected a party wall to a certain cottage within the “ outer circle” defined in the building by-law, did not appear. Mr Oowliahaw, for the City Council, stated that the cose had been heard before, and the Bench then gave the defendant a month’s grace to allow of her having the house altered to suit the regulations. The time had now expired and no alteration had been made. He supposed defendant preferred to pay the fino leviable rather than pull down and re-erect her wall. The City Surveyor having given evidence, defendant was fined £5 and costs. Application poe Peotbotion Obdbe. — Mary Ann Burmoister applied for an order protecting her earnings against C. Burmeister, her husband, on account of his being an habitual drunkard, and for the custody of her children. Mr Loughrey appeared for prosecutrix ; Mr Holmes for defendant. Before going on with the case, Mr Holmes said that, when retained, he did not know who the parties were ; bad he known them, he would have had nothing to do with tho case. He would go on this time, but it should never occur again. Prosecutrix was then put into the witness box, and after stating that her husband had been drunk lately for many nights in succession, was subjected to a severe cross-examination, which elicited facts as to the relations of the parties, of no interest to the public. The Bench then made an order protecting Mrs Burmeister’s earnings. A cross action, brought by the husband against the wife for assault, resulted in a dismissal of the case. There was nothing said about the custody of the children. Wipe Dbsbbtion. —Henry Larcombe was charged with leaving his wife Emily without means of support. Mr Stringer appeared for plaintiff; Mr Deacon for defendant. Prosecutrix stated that she had boon put out of the house in a cruel manner by her husband. She hod had k a protection order against her husband previously, and had been separated from him, but had been induced to return to him. She had then given him £l3O of her own money to assist him, ho being in difficulties. She had been in the service of Mr Pannott before her marriage, and wont there after the separation. Defendant stated that his wife had been living at Pannett’s for the last eighteen months, and that was tho cause of the trouble. She used to come home for a few days at a time, and ho told her do stay away, unless she left Pannett’s altogether. She attacked him on tho sth inst., on one of her visits, and ho merely held her bands. William Larcombe, son of defendant, corroborated his father’s statement. Mr Deacon said that in the face of the fact | of Mrs Larcombe living with Pannett, the Bench would certainly find it difficult to make an order, Mr Stringer, on behalf of plaintiff, repudiated the statement os to her improper conduct with Pannott, The case was dismissed, the Bench advising the parties to try and live together. Miscellaneous. —James E. Hardy, for discharging a double-barrelled gun in a public thoroughfare, St. Albans road, was fined 5s with costs and expenses of one witness, 6s ; Harry Knight, for allowing a horse with a cart to wander about tho streets, was fined 10s and costs 7s; Jaa. Stevens for driving his horse and cab over a railway crossing at tho Christchurch

station, in the face of on approaching train, was fined 40s and costs. Isabella Craig Perry and Elizabeth Bowen, prostitutes, admitted haying created a disturbance by fighting on Cambridge terrace, and were fined 20s each, with costs 2s, and expenses of two witnesses 10s. Edward Dibble, for driving a cab without a. licence, was fined £l, and costs 7s. Robert Ealloon and W. Woodward were fined each 5s and costs for allowing cattle to stray. .