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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2582, 17 July 1882, Page 3

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CHRISTCHURCH. Monday, Judy 17. (Before J. Ollivier, Esq., B. M., and R. Westenra, Beq., J.P. Dbunkhnnbbs.—Five firtt offenders were fined 53 each, and in two instances Is 61 for cab hire. Petty Laboeny. —John Bell, Frederick Mitchell, and Annie Hasaett, were charged with stealing a brush, value 2s, the property of James Miller, an exhibitor at the International Exhibition. Detective Grace proved the offence, stating that the prisoner Bell had secreted the brush in his hat, James Miller deposed that the brush produced was his property, being a portion of his exhibits at the International Exhibition. The prisoner Bell was sentenced to be imprisoned for twenty - four hours ; the other prisoners were discharged Miscellaneous. —H. Allen, P. McDevitt, and John Barlow were charged with neglecting to keep the lamps alight in front of their respective premises. They were fined 3j and 2a costs. —Christian Klingenstein was charged with keeping his licensed house open after tan o’clock on the night of July sth. It was stated that on the evening in question the licensee gave a dinner to his friends, but that no liquor was sold after hours. After evidence had been adduced the Bench remarked that an hotelkeeper had sn equal right with private individuals to entertain his friends. No breach of the Ordinance had been committed, and the case would, therefore, be dismissed.—O. P. Hulbert and G. L. Beath for not having notices of working hours posted in their females’ workrooms wore fined each 3s and costs. G. L. Beath was also fined in the same amount for baring employed females on a Saturday after two o’clock p.m. —Henry i£napp pleaded guilty to working in harness two horses which had sore shoulders. He was fined £1 and coals.—Fred. Strouts, for allowing a chimney in his house to take fire, was fined 10s. —Denis O’Callaghan, charged with allowing sheep to wander on the railway at Ellesmere, obtained an adjournment for one week to produce witnesses.— Edward Brittain, Alfred Mole, Alfred Day, and H. Mole were fined for allowing horses to wander ; the first 10s, the others 5s each, —An order was made reducing the contribution of Antonio Juris for the maintenance of his two children at Burnham from 10s to 5s per week, and, on aooouist of his excessive poverty, arrears of £6 5j wore remitted. John Gilbert and Joshua Gorkin, in arrears on a similar account, were ordered to pay, the first £5 in one month, the other £5 within fifteen days, or, in default, to be sent to gaol for the usual terms.—Thomas Bates, charged with having constructed a building in High street, being within the "inner area,” of materials other than prescribed by the city ‘by-law in that behalf, stated that since he had been summoned he had commenced to pull the building down. The case was adjourned for a week to give time to clear it away. James Greig and Wm. MoOoll were similarly charged with regard to buildings in Salisbury street west. Mr Loughrey appeared for defendants, who pleaded that they Were acting under] permission from the City Surveyor, Mr Garrick, who prosecuted for the City Council, urged that the City Surveyor had no fight to give a permission, the acting upon which contravened the by-law. The Bench did not agree with him. They thought, moreover, that as the buildings were still incomplete, the information was premature. Mr Garrick then obtained leave to withdraw the case.—The following fiaes were inflicted for having offensive closets, and using improper pans :—Thou. Bates (2), £1 ; Job. Perka, 10s ; El za MoOaldon, John Darker, 15s ; and George Mapleatone, 2s. On the application of Chris. Deadley, publicans in the Lincoln district were prohibited from supplying intoxicating drink to Maurice Fitzpatrick, tho son-in-law of the applicant.