RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1215, 9 March 1880, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

■ THIS DAY. (Before.T. W. Parker,. E5q..,.R.M.) ~.'.. DRUNKENNESS, .....„..„ .' William Terry was fined. 20fe, with tnty alternative of three day's imprisonment,, arid Margaret Clarke waa fined ss, withi the usual alternative-,, four having beerii drunk arid disorderly;. ;:.,.,. IARCENr. _ , . ■ : John Madden was charged on romandi.. with having, at Oamaru, ou the 6th inst-„ stolen a gold watdh and a hair guard ®ff the value of L 6, three Ll-riotes, and 10s in silver,' from one Sarah Gorman, alias White.

j Mr. Newton apperredfor the prosecution. :■■'.': ■ - ,•• ■■■■. •,;.-.■' ' > '..

! Constable Cleary gave evidence to the effect, that he arrested the. accused on Sunday morning, and asked hini if he had.' the watch. Prisoner replied that he had: the watch, and handed it to the constable,. With a brass chain that was attached' to it.'y Witness found the hair guard when he>searched the prisoner. He found some* false die upon him. Prisoner stated tfl» witness that the wateh had been given, to him* He denied having the hair guard,; Witness found it on searching his pockets. '•■ Prisoner cross-examined witness at some length. This closed the case for the- prosecution. ; The prisoner then made a long statement, in which he alleged that t>ie watch had been given to hisa by the prosecutrix, with whom he had been living for the last two years, They-had shared everything. they had to§e ; ther. He had banked imoney foyhei?"; she had given him money,, and he had done the same for her. The* jvyatoh had been given to him by the* [woman,, and she had seen him with ftfc ■during-the evening without making any •complaint, of his stealing it, as he would! (prove by a witness whom he would call. jit was not until after he had gone down, to the house of another that the prosecutrix, ma fit of intoxication and! annoyance, had accused him of stealing the watch. He asked whether it was. possible, if he had stolen the watch, that ha would have remained quietly and given up the watch'when the pohweman canue for him. He had too much experience td do such a.thing as that. ; . The accused then called Jame Paul, but her evidence had very little connection with the charge* Kate Grant was next called, the only points in her evidence being that the prosecutrix had. told her that prisoner had stolen her watch and L 3; ' ' . ;. ■

Annie: Murdoch, was, called by prisoner; but her> evidence was mot material to the charge, except- a statement the reverse of favorable-to, the prisoner, to the effect that prpaecutrix had told witness that she had' given the prisoner into custody f 6t stealing her 1 watchv arid some mori'ey. I The prisoner then applied to have the case remanded in order that time'might ;be given for the production of a witness then out of town, whose evidence was very material. '",'■ A remand, was granted until Thursday!