RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 61, 30 July 1879, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, July, 28 1879. v ; [Before E. Wabd, Esq., X.M.] " .:^ INDECENT EX/OSUBE. Andrew Olauseni an 'elderly man," : was. charged with indecent exposure, on the 14th ;'•• instant; v'" . ; :. -*:"'-■ : ; r .'^ The casp was laid under the sth section of the,^h. clause of the , Vagrant Act.!; ; ;<The was defended *by Mjv- : .^aitflv -^p- ' ' v: --: -;'- v / ~ '■-/.• • GEyideiice pf the . offence was, given by -^illiani Wicks, and* that of" Elizabeth, being taken, when the Magistrate said that as" the alleged offence had not; been committed m a public place, or could not have been witnessed from '.a; public highway, the .charge dould not be sustained^ ' and should have to be dismissed. ' ;' , Mr. Staite applied for costs, and an al-^ lowance of £1 Is. was made, - " ■' "■■ ■* - . - ' HOSSE STEAitNG-, ■ ' ■ George Thompson /was. placed m tha dock, charged with stealing, ,upon the 25th, inst, a horse, saddle and' bridle, the prp'perty of Piers E. Wai-burtpn, and Talued at£3o. "~. ■■ '.- ■, ;-/■■. T : : . ;\\ ,'.":"•>. : . " \\: Piers E. Warburton deposed,: I am- afarmer living neaiv Palmerston, and was" "iri town on- Friday last when I rode m- upon an iron grey gelding, about fifteen hands three, witha -white patch on -the.' off leg. The saddle was a heavy English made hunting saddle, I left the horse about seven m -the evening hung up outside the Bank of Australasia. I went into the private; rooms of the Bank for about ten minutes or quar-i ter of an hour, and when I came out the horse, saddle, and bridle were gone. lam quite sure that the Constabls knows the. horse, as he has seen me ride infrequently, and I have no other horse so marked. I reported the loss to the police. ' To the prisoner : The value which I put upon the horse is £25. James Wilson deposed ; I am bar man inthe Palmerston Hotelj I saw the aocusedatthe hotel on '^Friday night. He had a grey horse withvhim, .with saddle, and .'bridfle. I would recognise the -animal. When he, came to th<|. hotS, I*s asked, if he_ could : stop for the night. A/ swag was strapped to the saddle. He next morning paid; his bill,: and departed tjowardß'Fdxton , r The girths on the saddle ware' brown - and; appeared to: be new. • r :■ ■■■■• ■ :- ■;■;•• ■ ; ConstftbJLe Gillespie deposed-':;— I receivedinformation on the morning'of the 26th of a horse saddle, bridle and. dog having been stolen on the the.night previous. The'horse was described as being grey, I was then on .'iny- way. to Bainesse Farm, and, on nearing. there I observed the. accused riding » horse along the/ Foxton road. " I was then m thatrain, about half a mile from- the station platform. I left the'train and; went back to" meet the accused, when he saw m« coming he turned his horse round m a different di-' rectipn'. I obtained a hpi:se from Mi*. Simpson,- and went m pursuit,, and after about ■ three miles' galloping along the road gained upon him, and toW "i^^t ll^ U P or:--"---would-knock him off tui? horse" with the . handcuffs. As he took no notice of me but kept galloping on, and as at' tna|'^inae wo] 'neared a ditch, I drew my horse alongside, ruslied him, and man and bipast rolled to the ground. I then arrested Xir n; upon a cliarge of stealing the horse, saddle,' and "brjdlo: I identified ,bpfch horse .and »addle, as the property of Mr Warbur,tpnr . ;; The case was then remanded until day at -twelye" o'clock. ' -"■;■ ■ .--V-; •;_.■; ■.■.;"',. iakqb?tl „ '^v. ; , ;.-■ .^. John Derritt, upon a charge of stealing a gold watch and chain from Foxtpn, was re-* manded until'Tliursday. ;■"'. : "...