RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, GREYMOUTH.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 186, 23 March 1867, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, GREYMOUTH.

(Before W. H' ReMl-Esq., R.M.) Thursday, Makcii 21. ;; Wilful Destruction of ..Property.—. /£&£ •John Thomas and Henry Piiigliaih wefeT icharged with having committed a wilful \ destruction '• of property on the 'premises "or r * James Cattle, at the Golden Age Hotel. Th& ? piisouers were drinking- at the l>ar, and were ; very ncisy . aud abusive, and ultimately signalised themselves by smashing everything arouudthem. The offence 'was fully proved* and each was fined L 5 ,; with the option of 14 days' imprisonment, besides being ordered . to pay L 2 as damages. - :" Drunk and Disorderly .—Edward Smith; > : for being drunk and disorderly, was, fined lOa -^ or 4S hours' imprisonment, and for the further- • offence of assaulting the^police in the execution of their duty, was hned L>s, or ordered to go to gaol for 14 days. ■ -.;.■' Abusive Language— Julia Feast was, fined 10s and costs for using abusive lah»' gnage to one Annie Curtis, ; ; ; " ■ '. .-. .- •. civii/cases^ ■ -. ■ . .;#'; [ \ . Irvine v. oswald|7-Clann £.51 13s. Judg- '■■- ment for plaiutiff'^rJia^Ss. "'■;:< °\^-%,. . ' Kennedy Bros v.Heslop— Claim, Lso. ? ' ?v - Judgment for plaintiff. A rehearing was; y however, granted to come off on the 4th of: .:'.■ April.- ; • ■„\-.-; :,:.:■ ; : ; > : ? ■■ ~-,V ■>?/://,- McFarlane v O'Brien and Co— Claim, L 33; - Judgment for plaintiff for L 22 and costs. Proprietors of Grey River Argu* v O'Brien. : Claim, L 2 Bs. Judgment for plaintiffs for LI 3s and costs. ;;v / ■■:■'?'.■■'' }■■■ ■ '■■ Several other cases had been otherwise i sattled or arranged. '_; . ■■' : ,d'.:. ; _ Friday, March 22. Breach of Public Ordinakce— J. G. Barron was charged . with keeping bia door, open after hours. It appears that tha defendant had permission to keep his house open for a ball that night, but with the condition that his front -.'door was closed. He r was fined 20s and costs. ; - '■■■ . Vagrancy— John Dempster alias Yorkey % was charged, under the Vagrant i Act with ' having no lawful visible means of support. It ' appeared from the evidence ..of tyro police con- V stables that the prisoner was (the cpnstant as- " sociate of thieves and: prostitutes- v arid was. never seen to do any workj He'and alot of bad characters were in the habit of resorting to the Sportman's Arms, Albert-street. : .' Mr^--:" Inspector James stated that the prisoner waa^ a well known companion of the criminal clasa^^ 5 He had received ofllcial instructions to place him under strict surveillance^ ;He:knew the prisoner two years, ago in Victoria; '^ prisoner in ; defence denied the charged - He^S said that he came to Greymputh 17- months ! ajo, and worked f or sometime W the Darkie^ terrace, but afterwards left ahi ii>ok the " Coben Hotel, and kept it for three months. '§ '■ He sold out and went to Melbourne, and cameo back to the Saltwater rush. Thiere he put up " a receivingshed for goodsattheilagdou,^ soldi •' - out and went to the .Waimea; where he v bought ahouse for LI O7, but afterwards sold out for L4O. He then went sawirig- on the ; flat and cut 1,200 or 1,300 feet of timber^ ' and afterwards, went to Fox's. sThencte hei v came back to the cement lead, but toot sd c fc £ and came on to- , Greymouth.; - ; fie / poidd " always j)ay v his way and owed no m^anyithing?' The Magistrate ordered himlto find : sureties for good behaviour for three months, ' ' himself in i LSO, andtwo sureties i in L2s£ach in default to go to jaU. T^ locked up.";, ■■•■■:: -■..■. '.', ■.-■•v--.^ ■„:■"■/-■.;■ :, -. '.""•; ."■■■■" - ■■"•■" ■■■:■■ v- ■>■.. -.-. :r- ■•' ■. '■■■■ I;-.-