MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2368, 4 November 1881, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

OHRISTOHURCH. Friday, November 4. [Before G. D. Mollish, Esq , R.M ] Drunkenness. —For first offences, two men were fined 5s each. Jane White, for using obscene language in a thoroughfare, was fined 10s. W W. CHARTERS. Tho above-named was brought up charged with having embezzled sums of £250, £l5O, and £1?0, tho property of tho Sydenham and Suburban Builditg Society. Tho first on December Cth, 1830, the others on January 10th, 1881. He was also charged with forging a bill of exchange purporting to be accepted by Mary Chapman for £147 12s sd. It may bo remembered that the accused left this colony on April 9th last in the ahip Orari, in which vessel he had booked his passage under the name of John Mcßae. His departure was managed very qu etly, althongh it was certainly known to some fow persons, but though ho was the source of considerable solicitude to a large number of friends, there appeal s to have been no effort to detain him. Shortly after ho had loft, however, his business (transactions having been more closely inquired into, serious defalcations were discovored in his accounts with the Sydenham and Suburban Building Society, of which institution he was manager. Prompt steps were then taken. On April 23rd a warrant for his arrebt was issued by Mr J. Ollivier, J P., and on the samo day it was placed in the hands of Constable Brook 3, who left immediately in the mail steamer for England, whero ho arrived on Juue Bth, and lost on timo in getting his warrant endorsed by tho Homo Secretary. On June 28tb, Constable Brooks was informed by tho agents of tho Orari, that she had passed Start Point that morning at eight o'clock. Their news had been received by telegram from Kingswear, a small fishing port, and on enquiries by wiro it was ascertained that a passenger from the Orari had landed tt that place, and gono by train to Bristol. Tho proper machinery was Bet to work, and after some doubling of tho accußed, ho was captured at Bristol on July Ist, and was detained until tho sailing f f the Wanganui, which stip arrived in Port at an early hour this morning. The adventures of Charters from his landing till his arrest were described very graphically in a ruricus letter to his wife, which was published here a little while ago. By some misunderstanding of the details of his arrest, which were first received, it was supposed that a sum of .£ISOO was found on his perron—and his frie: ds were peculiarly pleased to hoar it—but the news was too 'good to bo true ; ho had very little menay with him, the sum total, as exhibited on tho charge sheet this morning, being £l2 12s 4|d. When he made his appearance in the dock, his looks did credit to the good effects of a sea voyage and tho care of Constable Brookß. The charges having teen read over, Superiotendent Broham applied for a remand until November 12tb, which was granted, on tho understanding that ho would then bo further remanded till November 14th. The Wanganui having arrived but a few hours before ho was brought up, the Court was not crowded, although there were a good number present.