RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1543, 22 January 1887, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Tbmuka—Feidav, Jan. 21 j 1887.

(Before A. M. Clark* and.K.' F. O ra f) Bsqrs., 'J.PTb) -’• j TAGBANOT, Mrs Laura Mead was.baought up charged with being an idle and" disorderly having no lawful or viaible means of support. The, accused pleaded ,hqt,guilty. \ | Constable Guerin gave evidence i to‘ J the effect that he knew VacbtiMd. She hudonly recently come put of the Timaru, : gaoli where she had served a month for a J similar plfejaco,.L,On-the.i9th iostu he (the coB»tablo). , went in company with Constable Morton'to a house occupied ,by ;Wfiham ; Bryant,!. and through a split in-thp door apd a broken pane of. glass they could see what, ,was going on insidei (He th’eh’ desoribad. what he saw.) Op , the following night he wantiwith. Constable. t Morton to the. house, arid |.artested the accused. He had neyer.been iaja filthier place in his life. ~. . .■ ] : C/onstable Morton gave corroborative evidence, and the accused having nothing to •ay, only that she .was .sorry .for whjat had • happened, was sentenced to!thr.ee months’ imprisonriient, with hard labor, * ‘ IKEPING A VISOBDBBIiT HOU3B. . William Bryant was charged with being the occupier of a, bouse frequented by idle and disorderly person?, having no .lawful or , visible'means of support. , i ;■ -j- ---• The defendant pleaded. Pot guilty. | | . The evidence of‘ Constables’ Morton^.'.and Guerin was te the effect that the house “Was; I the resort of all the drunken rogues arid vagaboride that came into, the district. (The details of the evidence were not fit for pub : lioation.) The accused said that the L woman Mead paid for what she had. She had no other place to go to. There was only one man there. Constable Morton said he was waijbing for the Resident Magistrate to get the- children 1 of the BConsed committed to the Industrial School. Neither their father nor their mother was fit to look after them. [~i Mr Clark said that the Court had come to the conclusion that the case had beep 1 clearly proved. It-would have been better ,for the accused had be made a clean breast of it, and admitted his guilt, instead of attempting to deny it. They were determined to put a stop to such houses in 'this town. 'He did not know what the house was like from the inside, but it was disgraceful froxn the, putaide. It was a disgrace to the town,land the Court was of opinion it ought to be removed. The accused was one month’s imprisonment, with hard labor. The Court then rose. ■ , j.