RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5356, 28 May 1878, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Monday, May 27. (Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., E.M.) DRUNKENNESS.

Mary Anne Nugent was charged with having been drunk and incapable. She was a young woman, and but for hard drinking and an apparent disinclination to use soap, might have been considered good-looking, y Defendant made no denial of the “ soft impeachment.’ 1 Sergeant Smith pointed out that the defendant was suffering considerably frond the effects of a course of hard drinking, and suggested that it would be a mercy to remand her for a time. His Worship accordingly remanded the defendant for eight days. Two men, named Harry Sellars and John Cook, on charges of having been drunk and incapable, were dismissed, as they had been looked up since Saturday, and no previous convictions being recorded against them. An ancient, Maori , named Ngakara, who seemed to regard his position as a joke, for ho smiled most amiably at the Bench and police, was charged on the information of Constable Stewart with having been drunk and disorderly at tho Lower Hutt. He freely admitted the charge, and was fined 10s., and costs, or fortyeight hours’ imprisonment. Prisoner, turning to Constable ; Stewart, who approached the dock at the time, said : “You pay, and I’ll pay you by and by.” SHEEP STEALING, Louis Henuegwin was charged with having stolen a sheep, the property of Mr. Hill, in tho Tawa Plat District. The evidence went to show that Mr. Hill having missed a sheep, and suspecting the prisoner, he went to a hut in which the latter lived- There he found a portion of the sheep and the skin; which had his '(Hill’s) brand. Looking further, he discovered the remainder of the carcase buried outside the hut.; Constable Ryan was called to prove the arrest, and he added that the prisoner confessed in the presence of Mr. Hill and himself (witness) that he had killed the sheep. The. prisoner said in his. own defence that the sheep came into his garden, and in endeavoring to jump tho fence, it broke its leg. He then killed it, and giving a portion of the body to his dog, buried the remainder. His Worship, having heard the evidence, committed prisoner for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, Constable Ryan being bound o ver to prosecute.

. OITIS'BUSINESS. The following civil cases were disposed of : Kate Chitty v. Rudolph Mirbach; claim of £33 9s.—Defendant was ordered_ to pay £5 pox month. Madden v. Back ; claim of £4s.—Damages for wrongf a I dismissal. Mr. Allan for the plaintiff; Mr. Ollivier for the defendant. The evidence went to show that the plaintiff was only entitled to a week’s wages, and judgment was given accordingly, namely, for £3 and costs, amounting to £4 Bs., making a total of £7 Bs., which the defendant had to pay. There were a number of other civil oases en the list, hut they were either marked paid into Court, settled, or adjourned.