MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2673, 31 October 1882, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday, October 31

Before J. Ollivior, Esq., R.M., and W. C Fendall, Esq., J.P.]

Drunkenness. John Robinson was fined £2. Elizabeth Price and John Dooley 10s each ; Margaret Irvine alias Evans £l, Orlando Knight 15s, for being- drunk and disorderly. A woman for the first offence was fined 10s, and to be imprisoned for the usual term in default of payment. Child Desertion. —Jane de Malis, alias Thompson, was brought up on warrant from Dunedin, charged with this offence. On the application of the police she was remanded to Dunedin, to appear there on November 2nd. Bail was allowed, herself in .£SO, and one surety in £25. Larceny from a Dwelling. —William White on remand from Oct. 30, was charged with this offence. He was defended by Mr Stringer. Christina Langstreith deposed that on or about the beginning of October she had underneath the mattress of her bed in a house in Addington a silk bag containing a purse in which was £2, and some keys. The prisoner visited her on that day. Two or three days afterwards she missed the bag and contents. She saw nothing of them till about a week since, when prisoner again visited her, and while seated at a table he lifted up a newspaper which was lying on it, and placed the bag underneath it. She saw this, but she said nothing to him about it. He went away, and then she found the things where she had seen him place them. Prisoner had formerly boarded with her at one time tor six months, for which he had never paid her. Cross-examined —There had never been any improper relations between her and prisoner. She had seen the prisoner feeling about her mattress at the first named visit, and missed the things directly after he had gone. She had not seen the contents of the purse for a week before White came. Charles Kent deposed to hearing of the loss of things, and to seeing them found under the newspaper. Ho and a woman named Henshaw were in the room when prisoner cauie on the day the ba<«- was lost. They left it, however, before he did. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr Stringer addressed the Bench, pointing out the improbabilities contained in the story of the prosecutrix. The Bench said that though the prosecutrix had given her evidence in a very eccentric manner, they had no doubt of the truth of her story, and sentenced the prisoner to two months’ imprisonment with hard labor. Rowdyism. —Charges of wilfully damaging the private property of Anne Jerome and Jessie Chambers, against Thomas Denis and Thomas Haddreli were withdrawn. The police stated that accused wore two of a gaug of rowdies who had gone round houses of had repute, and had done considerable damage, besides compelling the inmates to give them large quantities of beer, &c. It was proposed to proceed against them in another form.

Civil) Cases. —King v Murphy (M.), claim £G IGs for board and lodgings supplied to the wife of the defendant. Mr MoCounol appeared for defendant. The plaintiff did not appear, and his represeutive knowing nothing of the case, he was

non-suited with costs and the usual solicitor’s fee. Nolan v Thompson, £2 9s for rent and damages to house. Judgment for plaintiff for 14s with costs. Atkinson v Osborn, claim £4 los for balance of price of a horse ; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Judgments went for plaintiffs by default in—Kay v Biunio, £7 6s ; Taylor v Smith. £9 ss; Gray v Steele, £0 2s ; Piper v Joblin, All 8s 2d; Wallace v Johnston (costs), .£1 Gs; Knapman v Lord, A 3 /s ; P. and D. Duncan v Booth, 9s ; Halo and Co. v Innes, A 1 15s ; Blackett v Williamson, £2 Is 9d; and Bowker and Co. v Pettit. £1 Os 7d. Blackmore v Screwby and Sheppard v Screwby were adjourned till November 7th. P. 'and D. Duncan v Derrit, Hale and Co. v Bovan, and Pnn v Murphy till November 14th.