RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1741, 24 May 1888, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Temdka Wednesday, May 22, 1888. . r [Before .Captain Wray, R. M.] ‘I ; ' OBICENS LANGUAGE. , George Eamsay was charged with having on the 19th instant made use of'obscene language in a public place, and within the hearing of passers-by. : The defendant said he did not know what he said, as he was the worse for ; drink. West Chamberlain: I am proprietor of the Temuka Hotel. On the 19th Eamsay came to the hotel, but I would not let .him in. He called me a fat-headed , and told me to go home and ,-r—. He used a good deal of bad language, and said I was loafing on. my wife,. ~ nT6 the,accused: I did not hit you in'the mouth. I did not get near you. I did not call you a loafer. Constable Morton submitted a list of convictions recorded against the accused, and said he was most incorrigible. The older he got the worse he got. In reply to the pourt, Eamsay said he was a little mixed up, and did not like to say anything for fear of being Offensive. He did not make use of obscene language. He remembered well what he said, and made no use of any bad language at all. They swore it was in the hearing of passers-by. Why don’t they bringthe passers-by ? The E.M. : There is another charge against you. I shall convict you on thiscbarge. The accused was next charged with having on the 21st inst. used abusive and, 'insulting language in a public place in the hearing of passers-by. Eamsay; Who are they. Why don’t yon bring the passers-by ? .)J6hn Angland; The accused came into my hotel on the 21st inst. He

was not conducting himself properly and I put him out. He called me names, and said he would slap me in the face. He was .about as drunk as he is in Court now. On Saturday I had to shut the door on him. Bamsay: Shut the door on me. That is the last time you will shut the door on me. The fact is, your Worship, the police and the publicans work together so that the police may have some work for your Worship to do when you come here. The Resident Magistrate said it was a pity he did not get some work for himself. There were 28 convictions against him for the past few years. Ramsay : They are air drunks your Worship. The Resident Magistrate: One of them is for six months for obscene language. Ramsay: Tes, and the man that convicted me—Mr Beswick— said he had done so wrongfully, and. I had no right to be punished. ’ His Worship then recalled West Chamberlain, who stated that people were listening to the obscene language, and that he noticed two ladies wheeling a perambulator passing by. Ramsay: Who were they ? . Witness: Ido not know. • Ramsay: What did you come here for then? The Resident Magistrate said he was satisfied the charge had been proved. Ramsay was an old offender, and for the obscene language ho would be sent .to gaol for three months. For the, other offence he would he fined 20a, or the usual alternative. Ramsay: “Three months. When I come out I’ll shoot you. Remember, old fellow, what you have done. I’ll shoot you dead when I come out,” and Ramsay was pushed out of the Court by a policeman. CIVIL CASES. P. Coira v. Denton —Claim £1 10s. —Judgment by default for the amount claimed and costs. Mrs Governor v. Robert Lavery— Claim £2 10a. Bdwaid Walker (Kaitai) produced his authority as agent, but it proved to be no authority at all. On being sworn he said that defendant had the land' from 1884 to 1886, and from 1886 to 1887. When the land was given up to Mrs Governor he took charge, and gave notice to the defendant to remove his straw. He took the paddock from Cope. Found Lavery in possession,-and he said be had the land to April, 1888. Cope was the agent for Mrs Governor, and he would not acknowledge witness. . To Defendant: Cope had authority to let the land. Mrs Governor never received the money. Robert Lavery: I rented the land for several years. On the Bth of February, 1886, X made a fresh arrangement with Cope for two crops. The arrangement was two. years at £4 per annum, payable in advance. He produced receipts showing he had paid to last April, when the tenancy terminated, and he gave up the land. His Worship said the rent had evidently been paid, and the case was nonsuited with costs. G. Phillips v. J. Willis —Claim £1 10a,— Judgment by default for the amount claimed and costs. James Winning v. J. McNiven — Claim £5 ,7s Id.—The defendant acknowledged' the * debt, but said he was not able to pay it, as he was out of work. —Judgment for the amount claimed and costs. W. Storey v, T. Mcßae. —Judgment by default'for the; amount claimed and costs. W. Klee v. J. L. Cook-Claim lls 3d.—Judgment for the amount claimed and costs. , 1 The Court then adjourned to next Monday. ' ■ '’ • !