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Otago Daily Times, Issue 299, 4 December 1862, Page 5

ItLSIDENT MAGISTRATES* COURT. Wedjjksday, 3rd December. (Before A. Chetham Strode, Esq., R.M.) '.-.- Drunkenness.—jolm Lyan was fined 20s and costs for beinjc drunk, or iu default of payment, to toe imprisoned 48 hours. Suspicion" op Stealixg.-George Aslworth, charged with having fb-e woojen buckets in lu3 pos- J session, which were supposed to have been stolen was discharged. ' ■ -. Deserting from a Ship. t George de Silva ! brought up on r. mand, charged with deserting from the ship Llx Whitney, waa sent to gaol for two months. Charge ov Deserting a Wife ahd Family •—Peter M'Murtrie was charged (on remand) witli deserting hia wife and family. The Magistrate decided that tho evidence proved that tlie wife left her home without reasonable cause, and was not deserted Ho therefore could not make any order for mainte-: nance as asked. ■- . • . ffiCIVIL CASKS. Kerr v. Hutchinson. -Mr Wilson Gray was for the: plaintiff, who claimed £p> for the wrongful removal of a fence, and Mr Cook for tlie defendant. Verdict for £1 ss. Tim decision led to an driangemerit in Johnson v. Hutchinson, and Ciarkson v r the s-ime.' Anderson y. Daniels was a claim for £3 for dismissal without notice from-'the situation of auctioneers' clerk. Verdict for the amount claimed. There were other casesheard, :■■:■■■ ;%