RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 232, 25 July 1885, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

WkdnivSDVY 2in,l JULY, 1S8•">. (Before Frank Bird, U.M.) ' C. Weeks, charge of drunkenness ; for | which ;i flue of 19s and 7 s costs of Court, were inflicted. A caution that a similar i offence would meet with heavier punishment, was also bestowed. J. Breau, charge of using obscene j language in a public place on 9th July, ! last Constable Bowdeu applied to have the information amended, so as to read j 44 disorderly conduct " instead ; to which j charge, defendant pleaded guilty, but alleged having received great provocation, j Fine of 10s, and 7s costs of Court ; with | a caution, it being the second offence. | Fennell v. W. Meates. —Judgment ! summons. Order made for payment of j 30s per week, monthly, or in default, i imprisonment. I Cr<jesus Company v. J. B. Thompson j (Duuedinl. —Defendant, against whom a | judgment for certain calls had been given at a previous Court, applied for a rehearing ; but as his agent, Mr M'Coy, was absent, an adjournment was made J until next Court day, sth August, proper notices as to the re-hearing to be lodged in the form prescribed. 1 WARDEN'S COURT. A. Accolino v. United Aloine Co.— Claim for <£l93 Os 8d for alleged extras ! &c. in connection with a certain mining contract. Plaintiff applied for an adjourn--1 ment to next Court day, as his counsel, 1 Mr Ilaselden, was engaged in the District Court, at Westport. Adjourned to sth August. The other business consisted of some applications which were of no public interest.