RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 22 February 1864, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Peidat, Pebettaoiy 19th, 1864 ■; .. ; , .(Before . M. Price, Esq., AEAMAy. - '.-A-m FuEroirs RiniJs T &.—J.,'l)airyinj)le was fined B £5, and, ordered tp pay £2 for. costs, in a case Hj of ' furious ridingj ( as it , appeared ; a serious Hj aecid'eht ', to a mail Iwhom'. the defendant's horse H; had khpeked ,'dpwn had occurred ..in con*H? sequence of liis recklessness, yHe stated that H: his horse 'bolted '-with .him'. ' V 'V V • ;■! Violent"; v AssATOT.-7-AiJ i Macpherson AvasHf brought up, on remand, charged with an 'Kj assault on .Donald Morrison, of, the; Accom* Hi modatibn "H6nse^ Behmbre."' Mr. Button ap: Bs peared - for the ypf isoner.' * The ' cPmplaiuani H"j stated that on Wednesday, Jthe = 27th o/H January, tlie prisoher; ! who;had beeii drinkiiijß ,all day hi the house, was arousediby witness ß ■jtp go; to -bed/ ; when',- ashe was f arousmg liinij B • .he- (Avitness) struekhim. - On .turning round ■ the prisoner A stabbed, liimyintthe 'head, w^'B what aftei'Avards turaed out to be a-khife. I^'B, Scott, of Winton, gave medical evidence aa t"B, the nature of ( the;Avp,unds ;receiyed{ by coffl-B. plainant. As there appeared tb be some doubt ■ on the , : mind ,of the magistrate, whether .ths B . prisoner had not committed the assault in H.defending himself from, an.' assaiilfr committed ■ hy. complainant,; the/ case was adjourned to H| thej 24th , instant, . for fui*thcr evidence, bail fo" B| the prisoner's appearance. being'taken.' B; ; Several civil cases i of little^importance oc* H| cupied the Court" until tAvb o'clock, when it H | ; was adjourned. AAA. x AAA. mi Satttkdat,; TtiAmzvAAEX, 20, 1864 B|. ; Ps*cw^]!ri^ss.-— A pCTsbh: was. fined !^**^K? - the offence of displaying;himself in an inf o0 r WA cated state in the streets. y' -j H| j' AssApin^ 'Aißa^^ B| A Avas charged^^ mtli^sauiting Thbma,s O'TooKi g| ah'a^sistaht*MQiinh^^e Kf ; Court. Thp; defendant^ lit^a^pears^is; a storf | ; keeper^s^ ti&> hee" | arrested by;the pbmplainaht^~for rdebt, «nd*' r | the proper authority, of 'the Court, -on the I°® | instant, x Aiccovding, to. theystatemenfc £»P |Vcomplainant, Ithe ; defehdaht "assaulted l*^*- | ' The defendant positiTely' denied that ht> / | so, and ashe said^he. pould j«*bduce eride^ | A to corroborate hisassertion,-£hS;Bench gra I*l^1 * 1^ | f a remand to • Tiiesday-^br, that .purpose. , | . Towk iNsipECTOE's "CHiEGE.— Tlie assists^ | cookatLee^ProyincialMtelvAvassuiiinionj; |y by ihe Town li^]^tbr';fpr tWo^g'P^Af |' mattCTputside the pre^^,^^eli^s* l^ | G?h^;d4fei^^V^ephi^ 6i lix : fr<.j re^tiafebn^he a %aa^nl^b^d^^ tp'T^Wfl | •■".: costs of CovuiAA^'^ - r - t;Ci j A: '' A r A ' | A ':