RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT NASEBY.—Feb. 26.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 57, 4 March 1870, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT NASEBY.—Feb. 26.

(Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M.) Elisabeth Joneswasbroughtupin custody of the police, charged with being „ of unsound mind It appeared from;} the evidence of Sergeant Major Moore that the accused had been brought over from Hamilton Station that morning, having been found wandering about on the ranges, with two children, evidently in an unsound state of mind, Dr.

after examining tlie ac certified to her being of unsound mmd. The Magistrate stated that as it was not competent fo.- him to deal with the case, except on the certificate ot two medical practitioners, he must remand the case to Waikouaiti for further medical testimony. Frederick William David Jones and Caroline Janet nones, two children of Elisabeth Jones, were then charged with beinoneglected children within the meaning o± the provisions of the Neglected and Criminal Act, 1865. Sergeant Major Moore stated children had been found with their mother, wandering about without anj visible means of support, and that there father resided at Waikouaiti. The Magistrate remanded the case to Waikouaiti for hearing, as the circumstances of the parents wculd be better known there. 'Thursday, Masch 3, 1870. Breinner Bros. v. George Weiss. — Claim for £3 13s. lid. No appearance of defendant. Judgment for full amount, and costs 6s.