PRESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5277, 22 February 1878, Page 3

PRESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Thursday, February 21. (Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., E.M.) CREATING A NUISANCE. John Barrat was summoned for depositingfoul matter on the beach at the foot of Cob - street. • Inspector Monaghan said a new depot had been opened near Crawford- treet. Defendant saia the rubbish 'was dep .Led in tins' water, and washed out by the tide. The Court inflicted a fine of ss. and costs. PROTECTION ORDERS. Norah Spoor summoned her husband, James. Spoor, to show cause why a married woman’s property protection order should not be granted in her favor. Defendant did not appear. . Applicant stated that she was married to defendant four years ago, aud left him eighteen months ago on acoounfof his ill-treatment, but hud subsequently returned. He had assaulted her several times during the course of last month. - The order was granted. ■ , ( Emma Gold applied for and obtained a married women’s protection order, as her husband, according to the testimony before the Court, was of drunken habits, a >1 took away her own r earnings, leaving nothing for the support of her six children. ’ • - ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Patrick Shine, Thomas Mahe ;, Meluish De‘ La Taste, and Howard Mackinder were jointly charged, on remand, with stealing monies to’ the'value of £i from the house of Robert; Elliott, of Pakuratahi. k ' - k , Inspector Atchcsou said that Shine had made a voluntary statement, admitting his guilt and exonerating Taste and Mackinder. Thelpoliee had good reason to believe that those twd, who were employed on one of the ships in harbor, had nothing to do with the robbery, and Je-, sired that they should' be immediately dis- 1 charged from custody. They were accordingly discharged, Shine aud Maher being remanded in custody. ASSAULT. James Smith, a sailor, was charged with .violently; assaulting a : young man named Amelins Smith. 1 Complainant and a friend, it appeared; were walking to the wharf, at about half-past 11 o’clock on the previous night, and when passing in front of the’Pier Hotel t'loy were accosted’by prisoner aiidfourother m :n, who challenged them to fight. Complainant declined the challenge, and thereupon received a blow on the side of his face from on. of the crowd. He went for Sergeant Smith, arid oil returning the prisoner came up aud struck him in the right eye with his fist. : The defendant had apparently : had a stone fin his hand at Ibc time, as complainant’s eye was cut and his' face very much disfigure)!. Sergeant Smith gave corroborative evidence 1 regarding the assault, which ho described as being quite unprovoked. Vames Smith was theu jointly charged with Heury Jones with' assaulting Sergeant Smith whilst in the execution of his duty;

delivers, ing judgment his Worship remarked upon the serious nature 1 i)t ’the offence. On the first charge, be sentenced Smith to one month's 'imprisonment, with hard labor; and on the second, each of the prisoners received a similar sentence) : ■ . . STREET ARABS.' William Thomas Young Cooper, and William - Cooper, two little fellows, were.ou the application of their mother, sent/ to. the, Auckland training ship. : ■ -■ ■ ■ :• CIVJL OASES.... Wellington Gas Co, v. .G. -.S. Budge.— Claim of ,£ll ss. 6d., Defeudant was ordered l to pay the amount forthwith. J. Prentice ,v.- )VV. Cole.—Claim of £8 19s. : 6d. Defendant was ordered to pay the amouut within'fourteen'days. ’, R, Quahoe - y.. ’A. Wynd. Claim / of£29 ,1s) . 3d.’ for )services rendered as. captain' ot the brigantine Sarah Pile. Mr. Ollivier appeared. for (jhe plaintiff, and Mr. Chapman fyr the defendant. Judgment was given; for/£l7 95.; in addition to £2 19s. 9d. paid into Court, with costs. 1 M- Quin v.,G. S. of £2l 14s. Defendant was ordered to pay the amount ■forthwith.; 1 • v- J: W. Y. Jackson v- F. Humphries—Claim of £ls 2s. Id.—Judgment for the.amount, with costs. : : ■ ■ ■ ..