MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2205, 21 March 1881, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHUBOH. Monday, Masch 21

Bafore B. Westenra and J. P. Jameson, EBqs., J.P.'s.]

Dbumkbhness.—Mary Ann Cook, who had been let off on Saturday because she had then only just finished a term at Addington, again made her appearance, charged, as usual, with being drunk and disorderly. The evidence showed that she was picked up, being perfectly helpless, on Saturday night. The Bench thought leniency was not appreciated by her, and sentenced her to six months' imprisonment with hard labor. David Anderson and Matthew Benjamin, who had also been up on Saturday, and who got drunk as soon as possible after paying their fines of ss, were now fined 10s. Catherine McDonald, alias Sullivan, who had been discharged from Addington Gaol on Saturday evening, at five o'clock, where she had been serving a term of two months' imprisonment, was now fined 10a or forty-eight hours' imprisonment. James Standevin and George Bennet were each fined 10s, Sarah Bowman was fined 20s, two first offenders were fined 5s eaoh. John Parker, described as being a lunatic through drink, was sent to Lyttelton Gaol for eight days for medical treatment.

Yaqbakcy.—Elizabeth Ann Andrews, an inmate of the Armagh street barracks who, having been very violent and abusive in that institution on Sunday, had been turned out, was now brought up charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Mrs Wills, wife of the c ire taker of the barracks, and other witnesses, deposed to the general bad behavionr of prisoner. While in the dock she behaved in a most extraordinary manner, muttering threats against the witnesses, and making loud allusions to her hard luck, &o. She was remanded for twenty-four hours, to allow of her case receiving consideration by the authorities. Mary Mclntyre, oharged with a similar offence, was dismissed with a oantion. Fiohtikg.—John Cochrane and William Storey, for committing this offence at the Palace Hotel on Saturday night, were fined each 20», or forty-eight hours' imprisonment. Ohae. White, who fought with the policeman who arrested him for obicene language, was fined 50s, and ordered to pay expenses of witnesses, 6s, and cab hire, 3*.

MiacKiiAMBOTJS. John Jackson was charged with a broach of the Hackney Carriage Ordinance. The complaint was that he ao placed his horae at the stand at the railway as to make himself first for hire, while by right he should have been last in tuna. Mr Holmes appeared for defendant. The Bench thought tha*; the by-laws were too vague to allow of a conviction, and dismissed the case. Hugh Long was charged with reckless driving. The evidence showed that defendant, at eight o'clock on the night of March 3rd, while driving a milk cart without lights on the wroug side of Colombo road, ran into a buggy, which had lights burning, and was driven by Mr Mills. The damages done by the collision amounted to £4 10s. A witness named Dorrity, who was with defendant in the milk cart, stated that the collision occurred through .Long pulling out of the way of a carrier's van, which cime up at the time. Mr Long made a similar statement. He was fined 10s, costs and witnesses' expenses. John Buxton, a builder, for not giving notice of his intention to erect a building, as required by one of the Corporation by-laws, was fined £5. A case against J. Bates, for creating a nuisance by smoke and sparks from a chimney, was adjourned for fourteen days.