RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 37, 17 March 1863, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, BLUFF HARBOR.

Fjkidat, Klih .MAiiCir. (Ilefore J. N. Walt, Esq., KM.) John Bain was lined ss. for being drunk on the. Itllh insUmt. Willitun Kodgers, seaman on board tho Sir George l'ullock-, pleaded guilty to the charge of stl>a Ii 1 1 lC some ale, being a portion of tho cargo o.i board the. above vesseL 'J'lie Magistrate, in passing sentence, s.iid tlmt if (be punishment awarded to his shipmate last month was not a sutlicieit warning, he must, increase, it, in tho present i Ishinue. Sentenced to t'Tce months' imprisonment with har.l labor. James O won v. A. Van Duyn.— This was a claim for wages, 4'] 4s. The plainli/r' was a soiiman on I board t'ho Dutdi barque Jan Van Schaflelaar, of whii-li defendant was captain. Defendant aduiittod tlu amount, to be correct, but slated that he had a sot oil' of !•_;.■>., which plaintiff admitted, and that he had i-.-tused to p.iy the balance because the p 1 ; i i : i l i ti" bad behaved" improperly, imd caused | iiothiii^ but trouble on board 'the ship. The | Ma^i.-trate said that it' the plaint ill' hud oehaved I improperly, the defendant had his remedy, but ho j hud m> ri^-lit to retain wages due to him. J uJg- ; lacnt tor plaintiff, l'2s. ami costs. Satl-hhay, 11th Maucii. A. TF. VeUhven, second ulTicer cm board the Jan : Van Scliafi'claar, was charged by .lames Owen, seaman on board the said vessel, with pointing a piM"i at him, and lhre;..ening to shoot him. Defendant admitted the eh-irgo but said heonlydid i it to frighten plaint ill'. Who was going to hoist his 1 shirt on the lore yard, which he thought, was an insult to the Dutch ]!:ig, and that ihe pistol wa nut loaded. Plaintiff said ho had been iiitrrnted on board. and was going to hoi-it his shirt to (U ■ foreyard as as-ignnlto the police ; defendant took the pistol trui:i his bjsotn and then tlireatened to put a Iml 1 i tlu'iiiigli hi>n, and on being remonstrated with by another seaman, he returned the jn-slnl to Ins b.->s<.in ; hn (:)hu!itifr), had be-'n illtreated all the | vnva^c, becmse be was a man ol colour. Fined i 20s nnd co.-ts. j Jakgi.va v. A. A'an Dut.v. — Defendent was j charged by Mr OToole, Sub-Collector cf Customs. i wiih un inirin^eiin'-nt uf the .'iClh section of the Customs ]{e_'ulntii.,n AcK IS,")S, in breaking a customs seal, pl.uv.l on certain stores on hoard theI Ja;i Vim ShiJl'elaar, and reniovinir sccrftlv certain | tubucco and final's from tho Jan Van Sh.-Xelaar. of | which s!.i> he i- the muster. j Th<i ilefendent admit ted tliat the sea. ! v.'ns bivikeii, nnd the g'jods removed, but , said that tin; steward had acled in iguor:i7icc, and I thai the person who purchased tile goods was tidd that he would haw to pav diitv on shoro. The | steward was a foreigner, amlo'uid not lCng- ! lish, i'i- he wou'd hnvc brought him int c> Court, | au.l this was his ii'-L-t \o-,:'^>; a< tteivurd. The ite- ■ fend. int wa? ii.-ho!T at the lime, and had no know- ■ kil^-eoi' t'ne nusttfr until afterwards. Hi; knew j to t!.e steward. The steward received ,']i2s. ]>■ r I nioiith, and he begged t!;e Court to lnitinrnte the j p:.'nalt v of £-0, to such an n-nount as could rea- ■ sotiably bd clrirgi'il against hij earnings. On b''ing j i[U(V>i"ned by the .Magistrate. Mr. O'i'o ;le =ai 1 l.'e '■ ; h.. A ciulv this one compliiint t.j m;ike ; that he h:id ; '■ bee:i lcnlered every facility in Ih'. 1 dicchiirge of ■ hi i du'.ies, nnd that in everv otiier r. speet the deI l'e::dai:t had acted quile properly. 'J'he Court ■ taking in* t > eonsitieraiio'i the wh i!e of the eireum- • ftanc-s. the inct of the defendant nnd his crew j bein^ I'orci^ncrs, and the possibility that the • jtc\v;.r-l l : i i _r ! i ', \\i\\ o r.etcil i^norantlv. lined the de- : fe:i-i:int in the niiiig.ite I peailty of £10 and