MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2360, 26 October 1881, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

OHBIBTOHHEOH. Wednesday, Ootobkb 26. t [Before G. L. Hellish, Esq., E.M.] DkdnkennbSß. — Elizabeth Mason, for being ' drunk and disorderly, was fined 20s. For being drunk, his first offenoo, a man was fined ss. Failing to Peoyidb.—Neil McPhee for his wife, and Thos, Coleman, for his four I children at Burnham, paid instalments in the usual manner, and their oases were formally adjourned for four weeks. Tbansfbb of License. A temporary transfer from Devery to Dillon of the license of the Garrick Hotel was granted. Yaobanoy.—John Irvine, charged with this offence, was brought up on remand. The Magistrate said ho had seen Mr March, who stated that it was quite impossible to take him into the Old Men’s Homo ; he had been a nuisance to everybody while there. He could not be allowed to starve, and it was evident ho would not work unless compelled. Sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment in Lyttelton gaol with hard labor. Assault. —Peter Chick [was charged with having violently assaulted Annie Cartwright. Mr Spaokman appeared for plaintiff, Mr Mr Stringer for defendant. Plaintiff deposed that on Saturday last, while feeding her fowls, she noticed defendant making faces at her. She threw two eggs at him, and ho threw them back at her. Ho thou attacked her with a gorsa knife, striking her with the flat of the blade and with the handle. She was knocked senseless and suffered serious damage. Cross-examined She said that after the interchange of the eggs, she went into the garden of defendant intending to strike him. She was led to this because he was provoking her by mimicking her. She called him a low-lifed scamp' but did not strike him with a shovel. William Cartwright corroborated the evidence of hia wife. Dr. Prins deposed that plaintiff came to him on Saturday last. Sho had marks of severe blowe on the side of her head, on her side and on her arm. Defendant stated that after the eggs, both the Cartwrights broke through his fence and chased him for three chains with a stick and a long-handled shovel. He had taken np the gone knife in self-defence. Ho did not use tho blade of the knife, only the handle of it. He had been prosecuted before for assault, fined 40s, and bound over to keep the peace. Mrs Chick gave her version of the melee , which she said was brought on by the Cartwrights, The Magistrate said the provocation seemed to have come from tho defendant, while Mrs Cartwright had no business to throw eggs at him or invade his premises, and there was still less justification for his use of the gone knife. He would be fined Is and costs, 9s j solicitor’s fee, £1 Is, and surgeon’s fee, £1 Is. All the husbands were also required to enter into recognizances in £2O each for themselves and wives, to keep the ooaoe for six months, individually and collectively. Civil Oases,—Scrimshaw v Hamilton and Willis. Mr J. 8. Williams for plaintiff, Mr Stringer for defendants. Plaintiff is an undertaker, and this was a claim for the value, £8 10s, of a pall lent to the propertyman of defendants’ theatrical company for stage purposes, in a performance of Biohard 111. Tho pall had not been returned. It appeared, from the evidence, that it had been stolen from the Theatre on the day after its use there. Mr Stringer said he was instructed that the propertyman, and not defendants, was liable for the cost. The case was adjourned for throe weeks, to allow conneel to communicate with bis clients.— Judgments went by default for plaintiffs in : City Council v Holman, 6s 6d ; Stringer v Orr, £4 4s; Ballantyne and Co. v Schroder, £24 19s 6d ; Nathan v Bussel, £7 ; Cooper v Rogers, £1 sa; Stratz v Baven, £4 8s; McCormick y Butler, £2 12s 6d j Mating and Co. v Glow, £7 4s 5d ; Handers v Patrick, £1 7s lid ; Wilson, Sawtell and Co. v Evans, 9s ; Langdown and Co. v Koran, £1 ; Dunn v Howarth, £6 2s 5d ; Lilly v Wilson, £2 10s. Sexton v Bowden and Baynes v Brown were adjourned till November 16th, Milner v Henry till November 2nd.

LYTTELTON. Wednesday, Ootobeb 26. fßefore Joseph Beswiok, Esq., 8.M.l Neglected Ohildbbn’s Act.—A charge under this Act, preferred against the children of Mrs Bobinson, was dismissed, the Magistrate inclining to the opinion that the mother was deserving of another opportunity to take care of her family. Lunacy feom Dbink.—Thomas Lambert, on remand for this offence, was reported to have recovered and was discharged, with a caution.

A Disturbance at Hbathooth Vablet. —J. Constable, H. Flavell, G. Collier, and T. Kelly were charged with participating in a fight at the Hoathoote Valley. Mr H, N. Nalder defended Kelly, who, with Constable, was further charged with using obscene language. A large amount of evidence was adduced, tending to show that a disgraceful melee had taken place last Saturday afternoon outside the hotel at the Valley. Kelly, in defence, said that he was coming out of the hotel, when the other defendants, without the least provocation, pitched into him, kicking him and knocking him about unmercifully. The keeper of the hotel, Mr Maraden, came to the rescue with a stick. Flavell, Constable, and Collier, in defence, said Kelly was drunk and insulting, and they chastised him. The Magistrate said it appeared that an unprovoked assault on Kelly had taken place, and Constable would be fined £5, the other 40a each.

Stone-Thbowing.—A lad, for throwing a stone at a window, was discharged with a caution.

Civil, Business.— Charles v Laurence, £2 3s 6d, for balance of board and lodging; judgment for plaintiff. H. N. Nalder v P. Cain, claim £3 3s ; judgment for plaintiff.