RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—Nov. 24.

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RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—Nov. 24.

November 30

(Before H. "W. Robinson, Esq., R.M.) E. T. G-orge v. \V. L. Bailey.,—Claim £3-. Judgment for amount,with costs 9s. C. A. dT Lautour v. S. Brown and \V\ M'Credie.—Claim, £2l 3s. o|d., for goods supplied. Judgment against William M/Credie £l3 3d., and costs, £l Bs. Police v. John Einlayson. Charge of being of unsound mind. Beinanded for seven days. November 27. Wm. Hunter v. Thomas Creightori Claim for £2 lis., commission on sale of property. Judgment, £2 is. Costs 10s., and ss. expenses. The Queen, b v Police, v. John Ewing. —Charge of having unlawfully and maliciously wounded one Ah Cheow, on the 2Gt.li of November, at St. Bathuns, by discharging a loaded gun at him, with intent to disable him, and do some grievous bodily harm ho the said Ah Cheow. J Jr. M'Cambridge gave evidence to the effect that Ah Cheow was suffering from the effect of a very severy gunshot wound in the right arm, armpit, and pectoral muscle, and that he considered his position a very critical one. Ewing was admitted to bail in £2OO, to appear on the 29th instant, himself in the sum of £ LOO, and Messrs Stratford aud Holland being bound in the sum of £SO each as sureties. (In this case the medical evidence being unfavorable, an ad interi > deposition was taken by 11. W. Ifobinson, Esq., in the lock-up, lest the injured man should die before the arrival of Mr. John Alloo, the Government interpreter, who is stalioned at Queenstown, and vvho had been telegraphed for, should arrive ) The Queen, per John Ewing, v. Ah Cheow.—Charge of feloniously stealing

• i* • • n a quantity or auriferous earth from the tail race of the said John Ewing, at.St. Bathans, on the 2Gth of November, 1871, valued at £2 sterling. Adjournedto YVednesday, 29th November. Sanie v. Se Nui.—lTaving no lawful means of support. Remanded to Wednesday, 29th November. November 28. M. N. Cooj)er v. "W". J. Millar.Claim, £6, for damage doue to crop in garden by a cow, the property of the defendant. Judgment lor £3 15s. and costs. November 29.

Mr. Ewing surrendered to his bail, when the Magistrate consented to enlarge bail till three o'clock. In the absence of Mr. Rolland (one of the sureties), Mr. John Breraner consented to be bound as surety in his place. The Court then adjourned till three o'clock, for the arrival of Mr. John Alloo, the Chinese interprerer, who had been telegraphed for to Queenstown, and who was expected to arrive before three o'clock.

At three o'clock p.m. the Court reassembled, Mr. John Alloo, the Government Chinese Interpreter, having only a Rhort time before arrived from Queenstown.

Police v. Se Nui.—Charge of having no lawful visible means of support. Sergeant M'Clusky appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. liowlatt for the defence. Mr. GK Purton, Manager of the Scandinavian Water Itaca Company, St. Batbans, gave evidence to the effect that the accused had been, to his knowledge, for seven or eight months resident at St. Bathans, and that during the last three months he had frequently seen him in the company of Ah Cheow, the wounded man. He had long suspected them, as he felt sure that they did not do work sufficient to keep them honestly. Though they had a cradle, it was often unused for months together. He felt sure that, from the nature of the ground in which the accused was making a pretence of working, he could not be making a livelihood by lawful means. This evidence was corroborated and enlarged hy that of Mr. John Ewing and Constable John Morton. The accused was sentenced to three months imprisonment in edin gaol.

Regina (on the information of Adam John M'Cluskey) v. John Evving.— This was ail information against John Ewing, of St. BatL.ans, miner, for .un-

1 lawfully wounding one Ah Cheow, a c Sup!ace Hill, St;. Baihans, by discharg" ing a"gun at liim on the morning o* Sunday, 2Gth inst. Sergeant M'Cluskey conducted the case i'or the prosecution, and Mr. Rowlatt appeared lor the accused. From the evidence (which is too lengthy for publication) it appeared that during the night of Saturday, the 25th, and the following Sunday morning, John Leonard, of Nt. Bathans,. miner, was working as wage* man in the accused's claim. Whilst on the morning shift, between two and three o'clock on Sunday morniug, he (Leonard) observed a man come down the bank and proceed to a tub on the claim wherein Bwing was in the habit of washing the cloths ot his boxes, and which at-the time contained a considerable amount of gold mixed with sand. He.observed the man to stoop over the tub as if in the act of taking something out of it, and immediately gave chase. .Tust before lie reached the man he saw him drop something, which was afterwards discovered to be a dish containing sand and gold similar to that contained in the tub. He overtook him, and a struggle ensued, which resulted in Leonard throwing the man, whom he then discovered to be a Chinaman, and tied hi in up with a leather strap and his own pigtail. Leonard theu left the man tied, and rushed off to the accused's hut, distant about 100 yards,, opened the door, and yelled out 'Chinaman," at the top of his voice, and then ran back to watch the Chinaman he had left tied. . When he reached he discovered that he had succeeded in getting himself partially loose, and was making away. •He seized the Chinaman again, and commenced to drag him towards accused's hut, the Chinaman resisting. When doing this the accused canie running towards them with a gun in his hand, and when within a few yards of the Chinaman slightly raised the gun and fired. The charge struck the Chinaman under the right shoulder and on the right breast. The accused then gave information to the police at St. Bathans, and the Chinaman was removed to the Naseby lockup the same day. On the evidence being takeYi the accused said he would reserve.his defence, and was committed to take his trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. Bail was allowed the accused in £2OO, and two sureties of £IOO each. Inconsequence of the inability of the Chinaman to be removed, a portion of the evidence in this case was taken in the lock-up yesterday afternoon.

Retina, per John Ewing, v. Ah Cheow.—This was an information that he (Ah Cheow) had, on the morning of Sunday, 26fch instant, between two and three a.m., stolen from a tub on the claim of the said John Ewing, and in which he was in the habit of washing his gold cloth, a quantity of auriferous stuff to the value of £2 sterling. Upon the charge being interpreted to the accused by Mr. John Alloo he pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Diinedin gaol, the Magistrate remarkihg that the small amount (£2) set forth in the information compelled him to deal with the case in a summary way, but that he should have passed a much more severe sentence had it not been for the fact that he looked upon his wound in some measure as a punishment for the offence. Had the sum been over £5 he should have feltjt his duty to commit him for trial. In consequence of the accused being unable, from his wound, to attend at the Couit the case was heard in the loclc-up.