RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT,

Temuka Leader, Issue 997, 29 August 1882, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT,

1 Temuka—Monday, Aug. 28,1882 (Before S. D. Barker and J.' Mendelaon, Esqrs,, J.P.’s] . STRAY CATTLB. Arthur Gibbs was charged with allowing two cows belonging to him to wander at large on the railway, and waa fined ss. IARCBNY. Henry Walltnaa waa charged with hav- , jpg- stolen twe pairs trousers from • the ■hop of Coy and Drummond, on Saturday - night. John William Miles: I am in charge of Coy and Drumond’s shop. About a quarter past seven accused came into the ■hop, aad asked for a cap. Tfheu he was going I' fancied X heard something taken off the window, and when I went ■ out I missed a pair of colored moleskin trousers. » T saw accused going in the direction of Mr Storey’s ahop, *nd; folIptredhina. 1 took the pair of trouier*

produced from him. The value of the trousers is 9a 6d. I noticed another pair removed and communicated with the police, and a little while afterwards the police brought in the other pair. Their value is 9s 6d.

To accrued : When I took the trousers from you, you told me to charge them 10 Mr Essery. I,;s»id I would see Mr Eesery.

Edward Smith, stepson of Mr Eisery, stated : Constable Burke asked him to take a light with him to the paint shop, and wo found the trousers produced at the corner ef it. When I came, from tea accueed wa* ■landing opposite Coy and Drummond’*, and he came into th® shop shortly afterwards. The trousers produced were found under the corner of the paint shop, outside.

J. W. Miles, to the Court : I hardly think the accused could have had another pair of moleskin trousers in Hi* possession when I took the trouier* from him, Con*tabl# Burke said he noticed «om# altercation between the accused, Mr Essery, M t Storey, and. Mr . Mi)es. Ho then learned what had happened, and took the accused into eustody. He made a search for th# mi*«ing trouser*, and found then* underneath the corner of Mr Essery’s paint shop. He had noticed accused about Esiery’s paint shop. The accused admitted having taken one pair of trousers, but denied knowing anything about the second pair. The Court considered him guilty of having stolen the two pair of trousers, and sentenced him to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor. •’’’•*

Htrman Mahnka was charged as above. Me Johnston, who appeared for the accused, asked the Court to take a lenient view of the case. To send him to gaol would be to degrade him in his ow* estimation. The. accused would promise to join the Good Templars if he were leniently dealt with. The Court said it was a very serious charge, and would fine the accused £5, or in default 14 daya’ Imprisonment. CIVIL CASES. T, Swinton r. Wellsratn—Claim £7 4s The plaintiff proved the debt, and in reply to defendant’s questions denied that defendant had don-3 any work in consideration of which he was entitled to be paid. ; The, defendant; gave evidence to the effect that he had paid Mrs Swinton £2 for which he had received no credit, and that he had done work to tha value of £s’los. The Court decided to give judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed and costs, but that it should ; not take,'affect until ;the defendant had time to bring across action against the plaintiff Lost in' the Bush. — Six weeks ago two little Maori children, aged three and four years, strayed away from a party of Maoris who were digging gum on the Kairara field (North Island), and went into a b«sh close by. The Maoris at once went in search; but could not find any trace of them, .On subsequent days, a number , of Europeans —mostly bushmeq—joined the Maoris iri the search, but itill ho trace copld be found; although fully 300 natives joined in searching the bush. .On the morning of the Bth day after the loss of the ‘children,' however, a bushman named Marriners related.to his compiiniohS; arid a number of Maoris that he had -had a dream in which fie had seen two dead bodies lying’ under *a big rata tree, and also, told his hearers the track ho had. followed oVer the ranges, which crossed two creeks and then traversed v spur. A parly at; once set ont: for the indicated spot, and sure enough the dead bodies' of the children were lying within five feet of each other the dog—which was a Maori cur—being nestled up alongside the eldest boy . The body of the youngest .child however, had been half-eaten by this wretched, cur.; -The bodies' were buried on the spot, the Maoris holding a great tangi and firing 400 shots over the graves. ‘Holloway’s 1 Ointment and Pills.—Ever Useful.—The afflicted by illness should look ‘ their : diseases • fully in the face and at, ; opce seek a'..remedy- for, qhem. A short search will convince, the most sceptical that these noble medicaments _bave afforded ease, comfort, and oftentimes complete recovery to the most tortured suffer ere. The Ointment will cure all descriptions; of sores, wounds, bad legs, sprains, eruptions, erysipelas, rheumatism, gout, andskin affections. The Pilis never fail in corre# ing and strengthening the stomach, and in restoring’a deranged liver to a wholesome ‘ condition, in rousing torpid kidneys to increase their secretion, and in re-establishing' the. natural healthy activity of the bowels. Holloway’s are the remedies for complaints of all classes of society.— [Advt.] ' POE‘CONTINUATION OP NEWS SEE FIRST PAGE.