RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5338, 7 May 1878, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Monday, May 6. •/ (Before J. G. Crawford, Esq., R.M.) :i DRUNKENNESS. • ' - James Nunk, for being drunk, was fined 205., or 48 hours’; imprisonment. .. William Roach, for the'same offence, gwas’ fined 55., "or 2-1 hours. Andrew Evans and James Allen were both fined 10s., or 48 , hours. Thomas Borzutskey. and John McLutney were both discharged. ' . ~‘r " * RESISTING THE POLICE; ; Malcolm McLennan and J : JC Willett were ; both charged with resisting and." assaulting the police outside the .Bank Hotel on. Saturday night.,'... - ' ■ V r Both the prisoners pleaded that they knew notliing aboat it.' The police, however, proved to the satisfaction of the Bench that the offence was committed. • Inspector Atoheson remarked to his Worship that McLennan was formerly a member of the constabulary: force "hr Otago, and ought to . have known better. , His Worship fined him 505., or in default seven days’ imprisonment. • The other prisoner, Willett, j was fined 10s., or 48 hours’ imprisonment. ... LARCENY. Henry Schmidt was charged with stealing, on or about 26th April, from J. E. Nathan, the following goods, of ■ the value of £2O, viz.: Two chairs, one pistol, one pocket-book, one tin coffee, two boxes' raisins, two boxes tea, one stone jug, several ornaments, spices, 'matches, 1 'five hoses cigars, two candle boxes, and'sundry other articles.’ _ _ J. D.' INathan, assistant to J. L. Lathau, deposed that .ho knew the prisoner. He was assistant storeman and packman m ms (witness’s) father’s employment,l he wages prisoner received was £2 2s. a week, -but he only worked five:days, a week, as .there was no work on Saturdays. Since the 23nd nnstaut several articles' had gone astray from the store. The pistols, wore ,missed, about five months a"0. Prisoner .usually left the store about six oVlock and came'at nine o’clock. _ Detective Farrell stated that on Saturday morning last he searched the prisoner’s house, and found the articles mentioned in the infermation. „r *; v .a . \ J. E. Nathan, sworn, proved the identity of the goods stolen, -They belonged to lYithoss,

Prisoner, who had nothing to say, was com- — mitted- for trial. '■ A -i ' ’■ BY-LAWS. - Edward Gawo, for, leaving,his horse unattended, was fined 10s_ and costs. LUNACY. Stephen Alpas, a lunatic, was sent to the Lunatic Asylum. : , CIVIL CASES. , P. McLanghlan v. G. Styles.—Claim £3, balance of account for a cow. Mr Eitzhorbert appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Buckley for defendant. The case had previously beep before the Court, when the plaintiff elected to take a nonsuit for the production of fresh evidence. His Worship now gave judgment for the defendant. ~, ,G. Crawford v. H. T. Phillips—Glum £l2 3s. 9d. on a dishonored promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed and costs. .