Resident Magistrate's Court.— This morning Walter Hancock, who had been brought from Havelock some time since on a charge of larceny, was brought before S. Locke, Esq., J.P. Mr Scully said the prisoner was evidently a confirmed lunatic. In reply to a question by the magistrate, the prisoner began to mutter in an incoherent manner. He said he had been in prison five years, and had been kept without food all the time. —Remanded for medical examination. Beagley and Stevens v. Dempsey. —(Before S. Locke, Esq., J.l*., and J. G-. Kinross, Esq., J.P) —A disputed claim of 15s for lime delivered, which defendant maintained he had paid for. This case, after occupying the Court nearly an hour, was dismissed.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 960, 7 March 1871, Page 2
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119Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 960, 7 March 1871, Page 2
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