SUPREME COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 176, 9 June 1862, Page 4

SUPREME COURT.

l!f B,VNCO. Saturday, 7th Jiws, ISG2. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Gresson.)

IN RE AKGUS m'DOX.VLD,

Mr. Howorth addressed the Court in support of the conviction in this ease, anil cited a passage from " Archbold's Crown Practice,'* totiie efibet that nothing can be returned excepting therecord, aud maintained that the Court could judge of nothing but the ground of appeal laid in the affidavit. The learned gentleman held that the Court should confirm the conviction.

Mr. Cook replied, and argued that the information and conviction which lie had asked to be b.'ought up had not been brought up. ; Ho contended that justices have power to amend, and may issue execution, before a conviction is formally drawn up; but thut where a conviction \% dnly signed arid sealed, no magistrate can alter it. The learned gentleman quoted Lord Kenyon's judgment i:i Hex v. Barker and one East,rep. in .Tar vis's Acts. He further cited Paley on summary conviction, 246 and 243, to show that only one offence had been committed.

Mr. Howorth contended tluit his learned friend had fiii'.eil to make out a cass to warrant the Court in granting a, writ of certiorttri.

Air. Cook having declined to a.ldress any further observations, to the Court,

His Honor remarked that he would.not dispose ofliio ciiss nt present-, but would take time to "look into the authorities further, and asked to be supplied with the original information aud conviction,and the two new convictions.

His Honor said, he would deliver judgment herein ar. 12 o'clock noon, on Monday (to-day).

Tiie .Court rose at ten minutes, after one o'clock.

A Scotc.i Courtship.—ln the Small D-jbt. Co:irt, on WeUiifiil.'iy, buf.)i"e Sheriif T'eiui.int, I'jlba Jkown, st ryd-uiipokutl, good-looking fcmnle saed Mr. M;iUlknv Scott, former, Grtiigeudji-Donniston, Kilmataolia, l'ov £J 10s., as wages .and board wages up till \Vhils'.mUay town, she having been dismissed from his sjrvio:\ Ao evidence was heard, but Uiu allegations on bol/li skies ui:idu it appear that liliza is engage:! to 1,0 inonwlat the expiry of i!re ouiTeufterni, tli.it her hiilroshu'1, who is a carter in G!.i>gow, had bu^n iv the luibit of coining occasionally to the farm en Saturday afternoons, audstayi:it; about the house over Sunday morniii.ns. ' Mr. Scott Jr.id ottered no objections to the intended husband's visits,. but ilisuppravod of the length to which they wore protracted, and ordered them ■iv future to bu shortened, or lie would be obliged to part with Eiiza. Oa the other lm:id Eliza contended that a girl in her interesting position was entitled to a very larjje hititmle.1 On S;,tu:\!a,y the Ist inst., the " woos'/' made his appearance, and passed the afternoon in the ; kitchen with his charmer, aud at nightfall* was understood to take his departure. It turned out, however, that the bttrotl'.od couple had passed the night together iv the byre, for Mr. s'catt on going into the byre at five o'clock on rit!!K<av ;iioriiin^. found the " wooer*'rishijsj up from a snug 1.V.1 wlm-h had been improvised -with his plaid around f;:c stva-.v ; and Mr. Scott kept his word by parting with Eliza on Monday morning, and she brought this action. These foots being admitted, the Sheriff said there had evidently been great indiscretion on the part of the girl, tlionph her position might to somo'extent palliate this; yet Mr. Scott was quite entitled to discharge her under such circumstances, but his lordship suggested that perhaps Mr. Scott would agree to take her back (provided she were wining to go back) on her promising not to protract her interviews with hersweetheart to such unseasonable hours for the future. Mr. Scott having signified liis willingness.to acevde to his Jordshiu's suggestion, Eliza was c-siced if she wns willing tn promise accordingly^ and go back; but she fust asked the important question—" How often am Ito te allowed to see my iaud '}" Mr. Scott said, he had no objection to allow her " laud" to visit bar on any week night from half-past eight till haif-past ten . o'clock. This satisfied liliza, and all parties H"fc the __ court in the best possible feeiibg^Jokn O'C'rc/uif Journul. . , -,—'•'

A Glasgow paper records that " Jio fewer thr.n CO, 740 teleprraphic messages were, during la.st year, forwarded from Glasgow, and 95,033 were . received.' In other words, there were forwarded every lawful day from this city tn different parts of the world some 200 messages daily, and 300 were received." What will the Uctfgow folks think of us when wo tell them that the colony of Victoria, with a population not exceeding that "of the city of Glasgow alone, transmitted no frwer than ISI.OSS telegrams uiinng the same period? The ci(y of jiielboimie itseli. possessing only a small proportion of the entire population of the colony, transmitted — and, we presume, r"eeivecl a much larger number, though the figures ars not given in the returns —no fewer than (53,42;! meseaaes, being 2,082 more than the City ot Gia^ow durinjr the same period. They must certainly set us down for "fast" people out hereI — A ye.