RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, GREYMOUTH.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1284, 10 September 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, GREYMOUTH.

Monday, Sept. 19. (Before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M.) Selling Liquor without a License.— Peter White, South Beach, was charged with unlawfully selling spirituous and fermented liquors without being duly licensed. Sub-Inspector Hick son said the defendant's license expired on the 3rd of August, and on the 4th of this month the police found liquors exposed on the premises and parties drinking. There was a former conviction against him. In October, 1869, he was fined L2O and costs for a similar offence. Since this charge he had made an application for a renewal of license. The defendant admitted the charge, and explained that the licence had been pulled down off the wall, and he had no idea that the license had expired. It had happened entirely through oversight, and from no intention to defraud. As to the former conviction, he had held a spirit license, but had no accommodation for a retail license, and he applied for a conditional license when such licenses came into foi.ee. On this occasion he had received no intimation that his license had expired, and had overlooked the fact. The Magistrate said it was not the duty of the police to inf 6rm him of the expiry of his license ; it waa his own duty to see that he had a license. Even though an application was in for a renewal, he would be liable to a penalty. It was necessary that his application for renewal should be in and granted before the expiration of his original or former license ; otherwise he was legally bound to have his premises closed. His Worship 1 inflicted a fine of LlO, with costs. -'■'■■ A Pattern " Professional."— Dennis O'Driscoll was charged by Eleanor O'Driscoll with assault; The complainant, in her own statement and in reply to questions from the Bench, said : My name is Eleanor O'Driscoll, but 1 was married to him in the name of Eleanor Osborne. He took that name on account of his being a "professional" — on account of his dancing on the stage. When I was a-lying in bed on Friday night, .about three o'clock in the morning, he came home rather the worse of liquor, and set to beating me most unmercifully. He cut me abour, the head, and set me up in the nose. Dr Morice had to strap up my head, Sirjust as you see. He kept kicking me, and Bplit my small toes into two halves. 1 tried to prevent him kicking me in the face, and he kicked me right in between the two toes. I was fast asleep in bed when he came home and did this. This is the first time for seven years I have fetched him to. a police court. Yes, he has ill-used me before this. Six months ago Dr. Smith had to sew up my lips. Please, Sir, I don't want him to be anything but only bound over to keep the peace on his recognisance, for there is not a gentleman in the place who will become Buieties for him.— The complainant added that she had no witnesses, and immediately left the Court, wishout waiting to hear the Magistrate's decision. — His Worship made an order for .the defeudant, who did not appear, to find sureties to keep the peace for six months— himself in L 6, aud two sureties for L 3 each.