Magistrate's Court, Foxton.

Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1896, Page 3

Magistrate's Court, Foxton.

(Before R. L. Stanford, Esq., S.M.) Saturday, January 25. prohibition orders. On th"- -.i'piLation of Constable G;ie^>i_, the following persons had prohibition orders made against them : — Samuel Wickliffe, as regards licensed houses in Shannon. Philip Reir. Walter Alzdorf. Edmund Battersby and John Ahem, to "apply to all licensed houses in Foxton. In the case of John Spelmnn, Mr Ray appeared for him and showed he was a man of means and in good health and pleaded that if the order was granted it would interfere with his business as hd did a good deal of work for the hotels* B. Spelman, a brother, and Constable Gillespie gave evidence as to the necessity for the order 1 . The Magistrate adjourned the ap« plication for 8 months oja Spelman paying costs 7s. 1 Charles Mair, for getting on a railway train while in motion at Longburn, pleaded guilty and was fined 2s 6d, costs 7s. Henry Bradcock was charged with being drunk and behaving in a violent and offensive manner to the annoyance of others on the Foxton Railway Station. Pleaded guilty. Fined 40s, costs 7s. James Gilliem was charged with the theft of one pair of trousers and one vest, valued at 15s, at Foxton. The accused pleaded guilty, and stated he had been in the colony near 40 years, and bad never been before a Court before. Constable Gillespie explained the police knew nothing about him, and he had already spent 48 hours in the lock-up, and he considered the storekeepers were a good deal to blame fcr exposing goods unprotected on the footpath. The goods had been taken whilst the accused was in liquor. The S.M. convicted and discharged the accused.