RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Kumara Times, Issue 416, 25 January 1878, Page 4

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

f ' -^ — Thukbbay, Januabv 2'4. TBefere M. -Price, Esq., R.M., andE. Earn; Esq., J.E.] Assaums. —Larison v. Kalis.—This <case was adjourned'from last sitting of «the Court for the production of .corroborative evidence. James Wood deposed •that on the day of the assault he heard iprosecutor calling out, and when he ?wentto the spot saw blood en his face; •both men had been fighting. Defend--•antrfined 2Qs and costs. -Emma 3Sonetti v. Lucy Williamß.Mr Hawkins for plaintiff; Mr Perkins for defendant Witnesses were ordered •out of Court. Plaintiff deposejKthat «he was ifee wiie of Baptiste'.Bonetti, residing in Seddon street. On the 10th wHe , c went into her, yard where a man with whom defendant iked was, and .•dked J him whatrhfrwas; doing there; Jhe abused her, and as she was turning vto go into her own house defendant :struck flier a violent blow on theforeihead. smith, a; stick, and stunned; her, gave evidence to the •enectTfthat she saw the assault. Dr. JTeatherstonhaugh -deposed that the 'blowatfnjwfc haye Jbeen„» gevjere one. IFor the defence Mr Perkins called OLucy Williams (defendant) who d^ % with a man who was putting u/the. tfence, and in stooping to pick u/a stone tshe fell, and hurt her head .;*ne never »Btruck,plaintiff.' • -flames Le/w»» miner, •stated' '&at he ' reside/ with Mrs WJitii&ms, and corroborated the evidence *of previous witness, dismissed. Slaughterhouse Kuisanoe.—JPat»rick JEoley was charged by the Inspee- . Hqr of under clause 78 of the Afet-'o? iß76y with having his daughterfhouse in a^lthy,condition. Mr Perkins! .;appeared for the Inspector. George' Stewart, Inspector of Nuisances, pro♦ducecf a -complaint signed by 36 residents relative to the-condition of the: /slaughterhouse, arid deposed that the; -♦state of the place was horrible; it was •enough* tei pollute the whole district. 'Mr " Wylde, Secretary to the Local JBoard of Health, deposed that he thought the placdcould not be cleansed ■except or covering with a (quantity .of lime. Alexander Stewart •deposed that the stench from the place ■vwas unbearable. His Worship in .-strong terms commented upon Mr {Foley's neglect;; but at ihe request of the and upon Mr Foley understaking to nave the muisance removed, Judgment vwas suspended for a week. •Aibusjve jLax«uage.—Ellen Peterson w. Atagaret Clark. Mr Perkins dfor (defendant. Evidence unfit for pubarid costs. Escott, for "being drunk <and 'disorderly, was fined ,;10s; in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Embezzlement.—Avrthur Winter was ••charged with eirfbezzling the sum of baker Dillomatfß Town, his lemployer. Prisoner pleaded guilty; Sub-Inspector O'Donnell -■stated that the»e were two other •similar charges against Winter, one of which he' would,' however, withdraw. "The bench .having expressed adeßire to know the oircumstances of the deposed, s»at prisoner had tho money, and appropriated it. To the second charge of -embezzling another pound prisoner also . ftfSn xi*i x\ >"-/< t> , •■• ■■■£■■' . .'. ■ ~. . pteatfeu guilty. In extenuation «he -said that .be took the money under peculiar circumstances, and if he had --notj>b^Bn/-^kg!^^rhe ; wojdd/have, repaid it. Sub-Inspector. O'Donnell : stated that there were several similar •cases against>the.,pr4Bon,er. Sentenced to three months' Itard labor for the a,nd-sbc months,for the second, the terms to be cumulative. 'lmpersonation.—Joseph Davidson was charged the Returning Officer, W 4 the 40th clause of •the Regulation of'Local Elections Act, 1876, with-having on the 11th inst., at ;an election of a member for the Borough Council <& Eumara, personated another wit, David' Davidson; and ona'second information with having mad&W false answer to a certain ques-rkjin^wiichthe-Retutning Officer was .authorized to put. Mr Perkins for the Returning Officer,- Mp Hawkins for defendant(7 MrJPenMns, asked leave of the Cowrt to withdrawjthe informations. 5e aatd vtfuft j defendant, had made:an ■ explanation the Returning <ofiicer there would prosab|y be a difficulty to jprpvejhat the off^ndbs 1 were <{ wilful." ahdanformations withdrawn?^'-" r '^ rrrv -™' r ' '