DENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 23, 30 December 1863, Page 3

DENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, 29th \December. B.fbre M. Price, Esq., K.M.) D nkenness. — Notwithstanding the fese sason of the year, only one offender ii t the laws of sobriety'was lined. T MAJJAGBB inDifficultib!,— John Hol--4 h&Mifaagerjrf the Princess' Theatre, i; arifiMfßelclier, a musician, were charged tlj gin^ttcfing^themselTes so as to provoke in jkjjtft^ peace. The evidence, which c lett'-i- TBry common phase in the history t satricai bickerings, may be summed up 1 i relatsSki of the following ciicum- i lßs: _Onfi.of the defendants, -vßelcher, ormerly engaged as a musician in the ifcra of the Princess 1 Theatre, but had induced, probably by additional pecui benefits, to desert the Princess* for the t . On the previous (Monday; night, it f ■ed, they met in the bar of the Criterion 4, where the occurrence which brought mlbefore the Bench, took place. The y she quarrel, and subsequent battle ik place, was gaihered - from the r ide cc of an eye-witness. Commencing by ml jg together, the manager aftettoards rem ied the musician with listening to the »n ires of Thatcher (of the Theatre-Royal), il lacing him in a difficulty for the.want of isi . .Whether the accusation was followed a itronger tone which jarred on the ear of » msiciah was not elicited ; but it V™B d ltly succeeded by a blow, literally under it lurlcular organ. The now irate^usician n sdiately responded to , the .manager 8 h ing up the music," and £p_ » «^ ntes they waged a battle, which on the P , would have brought down the house, le present instance, however, it only j »ht out the landiord from behind '«b»%tf* I he, clearing the house, ., the combatants . linto the arms of the police, and cooled h ardour by a detention in the lock-m HI bailed out by their friends. EachOt EeuitentS pleaded Justification, whicb -w^ iiecognised by tl\e Kesiotent Magistral 1 fined them £1 ,eacl». .; l( to Honor among THiEV*s.--John Fl#I John Hagerty, and S: W. Quick ytfi led in the dock under the following »r On Sunday, whojai, Ifcr the influence of liquor, was asle<?rf* ! iEmpire Hotel, when. Tlanigan abstradt| i 1 in silver from his pocket. Before P |ld- get clear pff, Qpck, sufflcienlj iscious of the robbery, got up oil | lir on which he was sleeping, and xann« VL after Flanigan accused him ot |c ibery In order to compromise the maf ' gave Quick a nound. 'SomejPe ■' Te afterwards Planigan was goingtow|U Itent when he was overtaken by Ham 1 mate), when, according to the statfPt ihefoimer, Hagerty caiight hold offlp. Mr him, and took his jmoaey— jnc|™g P which originally belonged to Quflf*" pockets. A police constable,! 0 " 1 form^n received, can|e up at tbis» nc/re, Sm took both into custody. W leK ton afterwards arrested Ijy Detectivep^li on a charge of compromising a &W\ n ■Reared that the trio were all Bofff Jiat pder the influence of drink at tl* iale ' Itte charges against Hag*ty and Qu|" wer c llerwards withdrawn, ajid FlaniM *** I Sttenced to fourteen day! ' impriso*"*. i( I Ibbbach of tsp BLahboi Eeoui»W#~ / ichirge of committing 1 a breacw' '& c Itfbor E«gulatipns, prefened by*P. tam Xig, 'the, Harbor Master, & S fdaffi QOT S% Sen, was jremanded. ; W ;. * : m fiw^JiVil caße« of little impor||? w ere WfifeitteilDn. ?' . ; 111 ■■ \ ■

tie/ J^^^^^^^^^^^^H ex. /: j^^^^^^^H thirf mini matfbe ad. to wa *. C the ILawarau~TSp?J|«™ milbeloi the junbtion of the|J^ rivlmen | re working in isolated^ hafe. adling the waah^ ob . taiaid frof the small-spots #-„, ?cl) oq both site « ; the river, they, foossiig over from bdach o beach, by mes ns gtfWff lines sfrejc led across the str% m> a \^ ahh and rdTres; ing exercise cv| ly n ,vj jt and rnornirfg, bi fc somewhat nazai] Ous ffOm , he rapidiwof A "population of this (ferdi nrvj^^Ha^incteasing. although; ,m all probability it wTiJp'j 0V c to new qome-rs little else thar. a mere ' tucker ''diggings. Some miners y or k_ i»g about: ten miles down the Z!arOp nR creek, recently discovered a'qvantitN o *f > Moa bones, imbedded beneath a Id,™ baulder, Weighing aßoiit a ton, vhich tlfty had to remove in forming a tail race. Ofc the Wanaka Lake no new a'itrifirou.4 finds') have been reported, but there is.iowatleast thirty parties prospectingin diffipent directibris.and i number of miners stll steadily at fork di the Malataka riv^L On the ; Tw!elve-irile, mining matters afi quiet, but one' and ail there seem to ha'ilaid down the shove! and pick for a t^je and given themselves up to the>^ibVsugLiaijoyment of Clitist^as festivities ; subscrniions have been freayf giv^h for public ipor«9, an I preparati>D9 have been made fVr; a general [ feast for al|, hands on the cre;L On the Arrow, me! damages causedbf the Jate i floods haxejall been repaired, aad most of the claint are again in full wcriing order. The del*y has, however, showi its disastrous rffect_,in Ihe decrease oi gold sent down tyy fcfiis week's escort, cle amount being jbme 500 ozs. less than the last reiam; it wilJ also probably hssen the anouiit of loose cash afloat during the C)ris;mas >"> weeki but apart fiom this diW'iack, , every one seems inclined to tcp up the good old institution in the osfc jolly manner their/ means ill/ allow. The windows and larders / our hotels and resiaumnts are Qening with good fhingsy bakers" shops ctlibit heaps of cakes and spi^y morsels "»f all sizes and vaheties, and in nearly iviy digger's tent tie Christmas duff will iVpke upon the board, or rather in the nivarsal tin dish. rivalry exisiing between the two 'mpns of our C3romuni(y has caused Hen party, to use their best energies in on /assing for sulscriptions, which hasf xsnlted in^the c<flJection..of nearly_£2oo. If .be expended ia. prizes fot---^i* n:| . es °r 'hUI«. frtiva whicfci it ntß^be safely asumed ! that witl all the u <»itcry of hard imes and dtilnessof tfoJe, Arrowtown is till a long way/jff#om being on its last %3i.wheii .its.- j/iiabifeant3 can subscribe Jms liberally ft one§Ls two daya' ainuse'riieiit; j t 2:' ; _. ; W^, - .'•■•' ■■•'.■" ' The scheme Fqr workic? t\e Township Flat has not yetiome to my tingible issue. . I A| lack of public interest ill the affair, arising, ptopa|»ly, from tlje mi jority of our n]jiners being it present etgag d in mining Vpntures n^eling all ttieir nergies tind resources, suggesting to the promoters of tfce idea, thejxpediency of waiting awhile ftr a more fivorable opportarity ; meanwhile evidewes of the auriferojis treasures af the Flat j;re daily prosecuted, the last act to Hie point being thatjon Tuesday ist, the holers of Hogan's chim obtained soz. ldwt; 3grs. from a piddock 7 feet y 8 feet, j | 1 Mr Hiclcsri having left thfa district for lahuhewk'a Jwe are at present without a Warden, anj anxious miners who there"ore await tibe settlement of theiimanifold ) lisputes a Rsady begin to inquire who the ! lotning rniijiwill be, and when he may be ixpected to puSin an appearance. j