RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT GREYMOUTH.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 173, 21 February 1867, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT GREYMOUTH.

(Before W. H. Revell^Esq., R.M.)^| Monday, Febj^ary 18. "' '-^ e % Larceny as a BAit,EE-'£janies' Patensonr was brought up charged|j^itli havinsg^irt; guilty of larceny as a 'bailee. It appeared that the prisoner had.been a mate or oo|ip pairion of a man nanied VJames Francis wntt V recently broke his leg; ;by ? a: fall from Jacob's ■■■ Ladder at the Mikoi^Cliffj- and who was - brought clown to Greyltipiiih Hospital. The prisoner had been entitjistfcdby Francis with a quantity of pr6perty%'onsisti!ig' of a tent,! clothes, watch and Main, several rings and some gold, in value amouiitipgin all to about L4O, for safe custody durl^g-his coulinement hi the hospital. Patersonjvhowever, betrayed. the trust of his coinrtuU^ajid^sold^the goo^p and decamped \vith thepro&gfls. . The owSf! was made acquainted ; witi£ih^:ci»-cunistance 1 and the aid of the police was:calle(l in -fG^iEhc aiTcstofthe offender. The'base waa not gone into to-day, beiiig acljonrncjl ;unti2 Thursday to enable, further and "more*bomple ;eyidencQ to be obtained. - Obtaining, a valuable. iiiETTEFt^ifSDEit false pretencks— Daniel Mulligan' was remanded until Thursday on a cli^ge of having by false represeniationg^tained^a; certain letter containing a, baiffiidr^t^forLlS, the. : property of : one Butler|S; ; T^p^idulars of this case are as follows :^Thie prisoiietispmetime ago called at Sheedy's;Briari Born hotel, and representing himself to, l*e one Oharles Butler, stated that h_e;expect^a c letter cout.iiniug a draft of money froiu his father ; and enquired "if any letter to hia address* was there. A letter so directed|t^:ihliuidea tohun,:ahtl he opened it and -li^k^qtVavbaiik^raftv/fpr Ll 3, which Mr Sheesdy^«wj^d. afterwards the r^iUtMiSimoh Pure" up and applied if or' !; the ; lfet fcer, f onndto his. amazement that it hat.l been claimod and taken away. T^poii<^B:wer& communicated with, and the esult was' the apprehension ofthe prisoner, w^^t|^m?' hj^^be^i in the : employ of Butler-' arid had 'iransactetl his correspondence, and^tJUus^becam witlithe expe^d^ainount in the letter! •: Assault—^Mei!Cra#ford, junr., . waa .charged by hisi^b^r wth hjayiug assaulted him and used threateriirig language. Whilst the .prQsecutar|^s?delivering his. evidence, the son contimied to interrupt the Court by laughing and'pa^sing remarks not' quite sotio voce. In thf. ''^d.''ii|;;:hecaine/pece^iy/;to eject him in cusiwdjKpf the police,. and he was sent, to the IQcK-upfor;24 hours for cpn- ' tempt, of Court. Before foally removed from, the Courii the prisoner kicked «md struggled agjiiristthe police, satha^jit vwas with great difficulty he was ejected|v > ■■■'■' I , ; ' Tuesday, February JO. . Assaulting the PppcE^Ghiaries Crawford for assaulting the jxflice' pn the prieyious day was fined L 2, or in' default seutenced to one weeks' imprisqinneht^|li-hard:labpiv; . : . CIVIL CA^^iK; :; ;;v^.'^*;. ; ; - . Judgment for the plaintiff svwasjpyett vi the following cases :— FtS^ : l^wte;yv:-L3 • Affleck v Phillips, Ll7 : 6s Mj^ffleck v Wright, LL3 5s 7d. Several other: cases were dismissed for, non-appearance^ ; J> s > : ■ :