SECOND EDITION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 7, 6 December 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

/ i RESIDENT >mGISTRATO COURT. • :.■-■ , — ■'■ ■'■ Wi '' ■' - THIS DAY, (Before B. "Ward Esq., R.M.) DUUNKENSrESS. , On thjscharge R. Pavt»ige, ; carter, , was fioed'£l and coats 11/-. ' ; ■ ■■•■'"'■■■■■ CRTJELt^ TO X"'kpßß«..; ' - Ellis James pleaded not guilty to this . , Ch^w^s defended by Mr Hawkins. The charge consisted of cruel ill-usage „ oi the horse Causing the animal^ death : V, Wm. Peck knew accused, who owned a Uttlo blabk iuare with one eye; \ x - About fortnight ago saw the accused ; Strike the mare with a kind of a cricket bat, beatirijr the animal for about five riihutey. When witness returned afterwards the horse was, dead. Accused ( ftinii^d jiaving ; been in.a temper when "'Jestrupk' the animal. .• , , ' The witness was cross-examined by Mr Hawkins.and.also by the Court. , ■ A witness named Smith deposed to the ilVusage and?to, seeing the hor«e dead afterwards. He; heard Peck tell •■■■» the accused it was a shame -to- knock •:theh?rse about. Saw blood coming from the animal's nose. < The accused's defence was that he struck the animal an unfortunate blow, but that no undue .cruelty »as used. Accused was fined m the initialed penalty of £5 and 15s. costs, also "Witnesses' fee £1. DRUNK IN CHAKGE OF A VEHICLE. . -fl. McNeil pleaded not guilty to the abo\e charge," the occasion being stated «' ttt'b6 the 20th of November. j ■ ?! - -H. Graffddposed that'on the day be•■'■'•■'lStt^thenbmißatibn of Mayor, he: stopped 'a horso and biVggy from going into the old post office. The buggy vas occupied by Mr and Bait/ He took the howe on to thft'ibad. He believed defendant Mdb^en drinking. [ -' '^Defenaaht here asked if (he present charge was not one of the most absurd -r ever brdiight intdjhat Court. •■ . J« deposed to seeing the : .jq a tmp, ancl: the -bprse 1 ' takW him on to, tl\e footpaths . i >^57fr cn t ODj who was called, foe the defence, stated that defendant got into the trap all right, and drove round the Square steady enough. He took bis eyes off the conveyance for a moment, and when he; looked^ again the horse was opposite the. ..Standard office, and seemed likely -to bolti> i! j. W. Batt riepo»e«L tha^ithe horse ■was fresh, and the defendant was not what you could gal} d,r,nnk. ; J. AllabyhmintjiineU that defendant was sober on ttie day m question. >; * y Charg r e dismissed. '. „, -.■■'.'.:• -'ijtfiKjirK AND DISORDEttLX. ".': ' G. Boydj on a charge of being drunk M and disorderly m the Royal Hotel, was t; ;', ■ ' fA y I ' piLA»GENT. • • ' - J.}.- Jacob; Shapaloski, was charged ntider a ,tjie Vagrant Act/; with larceny ' of a , , coaji fix>tu the Ready Money ; Store. %i [The facts rfi.this case were previ-' ously reported m- the Standard.] Sentenced to receive six strokes of a birch rod m the-presence ot his father. .'•i :. DAMAGE' TO PUOPEBTT. Four, boys, charged wilh lighting a fire in' M,r "Witidegrave's stable, were dwriliased with a caution. '^i'^ 1 ;. -ANOTHER CASE. • I ¥rancis'McMinn, with damaging a hose at the rail way station. Dismissed iWith & caution. i and tet;anothee. i ; &■ lad named Krortpa' waV cKarged with breaking wiblows, damaging a tank, putting a table and boards down ■ * -Wei], and doing other damage to a propeTt y- bolongiiiff to Mr "Walclegrave. '■'■ :: J After con iderable evidence had bepn the 1 de|endan^ who, the police was the" worst ljoy m tbwn, was ? fined lX)s ia each of the three charges, "vie/,1 10s or 9 Jays' imprisonment. The fines were paid. • ' ' *• ' - <r - ' ASSAULT CASE. T. Lowes y. J. Cummins.— Charge of asHatilting complainant and refusing to; leave licensed house. ,'-.• .. ; l.i ■ -Mr J Bakei- for plaintiff, " anil .M j Hawkihs for defendant. , . i After evidence had been taken, WB^ firied SX and costs lls on the second charge' (the 'first being disr missed), counseps fee beiDg allowed m each casei ...-.■ \ 'Jhe Cqjiirt theii adjourned ti11,. 2 •■o*clock. J * ( -' ' )! '\;.' '■' . _ „.