MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2551, 12 June 1882, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH Monday, June 12.

[Before J. Ollivier, Esq., R.M., B. Wostenra, and J. E. Parker, Esqs., J.P.’e] Drunkenness.— Mary Brown was fined £l, or in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. William Campbell, for being drunk and using obscene language at the railway station, was fined £1 ss, and ordered to pay la cab hire, or bo imprisoned for forty-eight hours. James Parr was fined ss, or in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. The Pistol Again. —T. J. Ryan was brought up charged with illegally having firearms in his possession. A shot had been fired in Madras street north about midnight on Saturday last, and the accused was stated to be the person who fired it. On the application of the police he was remanded till tomorrow, bail being allowed, his own recognizance in £lO. Labbikinism —F. S. Hubbard, a well dressed young man, was charged with this offence. D. White stated that accused on Saturday night, when in company with four other young men, deliberately picked up a stone and with it broke a window in the premises of Lightband, Allan and Co. The value of the glass broken was 10s. The police stated that window smashing at nights seemed to be a favorite development of larrikinism just now. Jones, a witness called by accused, swore that he was present, and that some other person of the party broke the window, but on being pressed said that to name the person would criminate himself. D, White, re-callsd, stated that the whole party were acting in concert. Jones was the prompter. He said—“ Let us smash the whole b y lot.” They all used frightfully bad language, but he nad no doubt that accused threw the stone which broke the window. Sergeant Mason stated that the present charge was not the first of the kind which had been preferred against Hubbard. Accused went into tho witness-box and swore that ho had not broken the window, and eaid he could produce several witnesses to prove that. He was remanded for twenty-four hours

Vagrants. — Clara Dodsworth, for having no lawful visible means of support, was sent to gaol for or.o month.—Ellen Q-ullan, for being found by night in an enclosed yard belonging to J. Parker, High street, was cautioned and discharged. The Game Laws. —Joseph Piper was charged with killing game with a dog, having no license. He had coursed with the dog at a match at Sheffield on May 18th, where it “killed,” Defendant admitted the offence, but eaid he had simply forgotten to take out a license for the dog, which omission ha made good immediately it was brought under his notice. Ho was fined ss, with costa of Court and 2s fid for expenses of one witness.— Walter Tetley, Dennis Moragen, Alex. Miller and Frederick Lightfoot, all boys aged from twelve to fifteen years, were charged with trespassing with dog and gun on May 301 h in pursuit of game on the property of B. Amyes, at Broadlands. The boys are employed at Mr Fuller’s horse-training establishment, and earn £1 19s per week amongst them. They had been coursing on the date named, and were caught in the act. The defendants were fined Is fid each, solicitor’s fee £1 Is, and costs of Court, amounting to £1 4s, to be divided among the four.— Mary Ann Hands was charged with telling game without a license. It was stated that her husband was the holder of a license to shoot game. Ho shot everything right and loft, and disposed of the produce in town. The present charge related to two hares left by defendant, at the Shades on May 19th. She was fined £3, solicitor's fee £1 Is. costs of Court, and 2s fid expenses of one witness.— Archibald Hammill was charged with trespassing in pursuit of game ou the properties of James Holmes and James Wilson, at Yaldhurst, on April 7th. Defendant was one of a large party who wore coursing with a great number of dogs, They gave fictitious names. Defendant had only been identified a few days ago j the rest were not yet discovered. He was further charged with using dogs for the purpose of taking game without license. He was fined £5 in all for the three offences, with ccsts of Court nud solicitor’s fee of £1 Is, and expenses of one witness se. Cbss. D.al, for coursing, at a match at Sheffield, a dog without a license to kill game, was fined 10s and costs. — Thomas Langdown for coursing with an unlicensed dog was fined 10s with costs and expenses of one witness 2s 61. In all the above cases Mr Thomas appeared for the prosecution. Miscellaneous, Fred. Williams, for allowing to be at large a savage dog which bit a boy named Bathurst Noel on May 26th, wss fined £1 and ordered to pay costs, with 2afiifor lose of the boy's time.—William Fyke, for neglecting to properly drain his property a--d to provide suitable closet pan, was fined £1. —S. and J. Hunt, for driving a horco and cart over a footpath, was fined 10s.