RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4331, 5 February 1875, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Thursday, February 4. (Before J. C. Crawford, Fsq., R.M.) drunkenness and stabbing. H. Gardner was charged on remand with attempting to stab George Trimmer. The prisoner is employed by the latter in the sale of muffins and crumpets, the proceeds of which he did not satisfactorily account for one day. Gardner being drunk, Trimmer suspected that his muffins had been used as a convenient exchange for beer, and having intimated as much to Gardner, the latter picked up a table-knife and made “a dig” at Trimmer. His only excuse was that he was drunk, and his Worship, believing that there was no felonious intent, although the charge was a serious one, let the prisoner off with a fine of £5, with the alternative of a month’s imprisonment. contrition. Margaret Kane, Margaret Knight, and Harriet Reeves, the three'oTd women who were remanded for a week on charges of habitual drunkenness, were brought up yesterday and dismissed with a caution, each expressing in very fervid terms the greatest contrition and regret that they should so far have forgotten them«elves. ASSAULT. Hore Tepnni was charged with assaulting Rangi Tepnni, but the prosecutor failed to appear when called on, and the charge was not proceeded with.

BREACH OF THE PUBLIC DOMAINS ACT. E. England was charged with a breach of the above act. Mr. Bramley, gardener at the Domain, stated that one day this week he met the defendant in the gardens with a piece of a paper plant in his hand, which he admitted having cut with a knife, stating at the same time that he was not aware the plant was of any value. In court he also pleaded guilty, and told a similar story in defence, adding that to him the plant seemed no more valuable than a thistle. His Worship animadverted upon the thoughtless action of the defendant, and fined him 10s. and costs. A DISORDERLY CHARACTER. August Limbergh was charged with drunkenness and fighting in the streets. The prisoner being very drunk came across a Rosario marine in his peregrinations, and feeling a bit pugnacious pitched into the marine. The latter, however, was too many guns for his assailant, who found to his cost that he had caught a tartar. Feeling keenly the ignominy of defeat, he drowned his sorrow in the “ floeing bole,” and finally found a resting place in a gutter. He was removed thence to the lock-up, and was yesterday fined ss. and costs. AN OLD FRIEND. Sarah James, familiarly known as “ Sal Slarks,” renewed her acquaintance with Mr. Crawford yesterday, having just concluded a three months' visit to Mr. Micaiah Read. As she had only been one day out of gaol, his Worship considered a “ booze ” a venial offence under the circumstances, and let Sal off with a fine of 20s.