RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 27, 8 January 1864, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

•! l vi¥Y EDNEBDAT, t>T,H y ANU&&Y, -*OD*; ?! ■.'• |^eipre»pi P#c|, SE^., l^^l' '' : ; . -- ; IvlJßtr^jkßNNß'^.— Tito* perWiMSSfi^S/ fine** :" ' forsis xipen^i; 1 "^Ss^rs^&^f/ ■■' ■-• - -^v ■■■". -^rifAN^^hree draymen^ nained-Robert'Aitfeen, John Russell, «ndK" Chrißtie^ vwere charged by the police witli furious driving in the streets. It appeared Iha^the aeferidan^^ tempore race .with .their horses, in Tweed" Street,4o.tHe' greatf ganger -of runnijig jnrer the people; in the street. The" Magis'trata ivery i,.- properly^, cautione^d^^tb^^defendante/ against a repetition of the offence, and fined them 40s. each^ " j ~f v ~* =irs "''''fl ....:: ■.■-:., • : Keeping Opek . HopsE -J. Ijang,' of the ■ Golden Fleece; Hotel^ v was suinmqned By; the' police forjkeeping open* his hdtiseaurlrig iii-v terdicted hoursf ; on Christmas CDay. Defen-V dant, it appeared, had-beeninformed: that the day in question would liave--to.be observed aa.. a Sunday, but/replied -tliat '' he jiid not care. The Bench'fiiied him £5 and costs. '; \ ;, , „, , ■\ Illegal pJETESTipN; of Tip? Tpym:'Bjoiini>L BobK3.'-»Mr r 'Marchant,J.tHe^;lateVEnslrieer to 1 " tlie. Town 'Bpard;r'was'yum^iqib^jby,' :^..,Q. ... ■Huriter, ; ;:.ClerkJ.^ gaily detaining several, books, theproperty of . y , the ißoard. r MrrWeston .'appeared Jor^ the^ Board ; Mr 'Macdonaldvfpr ;- : the defendant.. i The circumstances connected with tjhe case; '"- . as detailed by the counsel for the complainant, and elidt'ed by tHeeviderice, were briefly as follow":— During 1 the .apppintmeht of Mr" . Marchant as Engineer to the^ Town Board he had^ in order to keep proper records of pay-f ments to contractors, labofe^ &c^; obtainedthe usual books for the purpose from a bookseller ia Dee-street— Mr Stewart. WhentlMJ--connection- between" the Board 'and their Engineer, "ceased >in: iNoyember; ;last^ "Mrj, ;Marchant was requested- to :hand : overitoithe-. Board all the books and documents he had in ihia possession. He accordingly handed over la number of books and documents, but notall, as the -Board alleged.' Mr Marchant ". affirmed that he had handed overi tothe Clerk |all the books he ever had, and that those, ttier 1 subject of the action before thfr Court, had Sbeen .lost or mislaid b^ the^ Glerjc. .The evidgnce adduced proved the 1 purchase, oiLthe. :books by Mr Murray (in the" office of. Mr ;Maichant)v but the Icomplaiharit's* evidence, failecl" to prove that the,.bopks( were J in tHe possessfon of the defendant at"i.the time'tKe; information specified.: The Bench, theref ore,% consideting that the complainant had not proved the defendant's ; ppssessidtt X 6( the books— only tVeir purchase by Him.—dismissed the case; • ' : .' : AssAxriT. — In the case' of: M«ximillian . Wells, summoned by -^-^ Pullen, for an -, assault, partially heard on Monday, and ad-, jotirhod, the Bench fined .'the defendant)loß. V A Petty Thiep;^^G; Peters, charged -by Detective Thomson with- stealing 1 a quantity " of workmen's Stools, /pleaded guilty. r* It ap? ■ peared>that;the tools ;had/'been:left;iniaH;sori^ finished building belonging toj Mr Jaggers; in Dee Street, on ; Saturday nighty last?; their .' possession by ;the prisoner -being traced -bythe detective officer, who found the prisoner ."planting "them in the flax ,neajr>hisi tent, situated off theNorthlload. The "prisoner aUt» pleaded guilty: to = a secpnd charge^f stealinjr a ladder' from some neighboring premises. v For the two offences he received cumulative sentences amounting to -six "weeks* imptFson- " ment. ; \ : ' ~"i '.*:.["'' V::, '.' , ",'. ■ "'— : .■'."•:■.■'. .'■:". : 1 • r *-^4 ?. - Tati.oii and MAKCHXs-r 1 v. Pope — "For £8 16s. 6d on an LO.U., dishonored.' JVerdict ■by default. - - ; ._ .-.•-»^ sButton v. SwAii l F6r £6 3s for go«d»^ sold.; Verdict for plaintiff; " V ; , ; ; .? :: v £ Bbattox and Co.r-Vi Button— An aci»^t to.recoyer for a quantity of oats tsold- tOiiS^ fendant. The oats, it appeared. *had been sold by an agent of the plaintiffs, but who had - overstepped his instructions : in; diappaing of them to defendant, who had paid him for them.- /Thexplaintina admitting; -that the person selling the) oats,- had, in- the capacity of iigen V received the money "from defendant^ the Bench gave, a verdict for the defendant « :: ; V TIIURSDJIY, jANUAItYV 1864.^ >"y Dkonkenness — -Two v persons had beeacarefully tendted by the police— in the lock-up — --for drunkenness itiithe streets on -the pre-^ vious night. One was fined; 10s,' the. other- v ss ; tlie first offender haying put inapreviou* appearance for the same offence, r -, -....,.,, D isc «ARGED— Jane Hunter, who had ;been under medical troatment for being of unsouud mind, was, on the applicatipn of Mr Com- ; missioner Weldon, discharged, -he^statinjj that .she waa .perfectly* restored to. reaspD. Her temporary unspundness of mind, he had ascertained, was causedby excessive drinking- ' aboard the vessel in which." she. came from Melbourne. The Bench, discharged her.