RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 40, 27 March 1863, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

(Before M. Price, Esq., R.M.) Tuesday, 24th March. Taking it East. — Micha ! Sillivan was brought beCore t" j Co 'rt under the i'ol lowing circamstancca: — It appsared that on the previous n :^ht, notwithstanding 1 the inclemency of the wo ..ther, Michael went out on the " spree," and, m .tin-* a few other blr dea, p ssed a merry evenin;, ' civ' ing in sundry glas-f : of hot gin w" ".at n' r " the h'^tory of a rather chequered error. Aiie.p I? ,On the best possible terms, wit'a his friends, M .• Sr'liv: n made " tracks" towards home, bu; the mud and rain, acting upon a somewhat confused intellect, and Mr Sullivan being of nn easy disposif in, thought he might r s well rest in the mud; accordingly he procured a large stone, and aftsr v ' jly calling for " one more nobbier," laid down, : which position he was found by the apprehending constable. P.'ied 20s or fortyeight hours' : mprisonment. "Weunesdat, 28th Makcit. Inebriate. — John Smith was fined 10s for being drunk. Cattle Trespass. — John Wickie, for allowing his horse to stray, was fined 6s. TnuRBDAT, 26th Mabcit. A Kovtdx. — Jas. Evans, for creating a disturbance in Kelvin-street, was fined 40s or 6 days' imprisonment. Careless Duiviw a. — David Finlay, for leaving his horse unprotected in the public street, was lined 208.