MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2172, 10 February 1881, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

j OHRISTCHUROH. J ThUBSDAY, FkBBITABY 10. \ £Beforo G-. L. Lee and R. Westenra, Eeqs., J.P.V] Obtain iNa Money bx Falsx Pbbtbnoss. — Isaac Lsvy, on remand from Thursday last, was oharged with obtaining from Patrick Connor, by false representations, the sum of 12s 6d The proieoution was brought under the provisions of the Vagrant Aot. Patrick Oonnor deposed to meeting in Ohristohuroh on Deoember 13tb, with prisoner, who professed to be commissioned by the manager at Oraigieburn Station to engago men lor shearing, showing what purported to be a written authority from that gentleman. Afterwards prisoner engaged witness, telling him to go on to SpringhMd next day, from whence he said a conveyance would take witness and other men whom he had engaged on to Oraigieburn. Prisoner then said witness would have to pay share of ths expenses incurred by him in coming to town to hire men. Witness gave him 12j 6d, and said he would pay more, iE required to make up his share. On the following day witness wont on to Springfield, and finally to Oraigieburn. He found from his inquiries that prisoner had not been authorised, as he pretended, to engage shearers. Another witness spoke to having been, with his mate, hoaxed in a similar manner, although in their case only Is had been obtained. Mr Hunt deposed to having been applied to for work by prisoner. Witness might have said he would employ prisoner and a mate, but had never authorised him to engage men. Prisoner made a ram* bling statement about what had passed between Mr Hunt and himself. The Bench said, after Mr Hunt's statement they thought prisoner might have some exouse for inducing a man to go to Oragieburn, and he woe Id have the benefit of the doubt. .Case dismissed.

StBAIiINO irosi the Pebson. —H. S. Shirley and R. Boyd were brought up, i oharged with robbing John Doritz of 355. John Doritz stated that he went to sleep in a tent belonging to prisoners at Linooln on the night of the Bth inst. Boyd was an old mate of his. Witness was awakened in the middle of the night by hearing Boyd oall out that he had lost his money, £5 or £6. Witness then put his hand into his pocket and found he had lost £llss. Part of this sum was a £l-noto, which was to the best of his belief one that the police produced in Court. He searched about the tent for thj money at daylight but could not find it. Constable Weatherley, stationed at Lincoln, deposed to arresting pri soners on the 9th. He searched them and found the £l-note produced on Shirley, who said that Boyd had picked it up in the tent and given it to him. Some other money he had, he accounted for as having been received from Mr McDonald, a farmer, for whom he had been working. Boyd told the constable the same story, and said having lost money also, he thought the note was part of it. Acoused eaoh made a statement, principally to the effect that the £1 had been found in the tent, and they believed it to be the property of Boyd, who being the worse of liquor handed it to Shirley for safe keeping. The Bench thought there was not sufficient evidenoe to prove the case and dismissed it. The .Elnote was ordered to bo returned to Shirley, on whom it was found.