RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1825, 6 December 1888, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

GißAiDpis—Tuesday, Deo. 4,3888. [Before R. H. Pearpoint, and H. W. Moore, Esqs., J.P's. John Oremin, who had been convicted was charged with having on Sunday, the 2nd December, wilfully lbroken three panes of glass, one front door fastening, and one pewter pot, at the Bush Hotel 4 Geraldine ; uiao with having refused to leave the premises when requested, and with having used obscene and abusive language in a licensed house. Prisoner; who was undefended, pleaded not guilty. Michael Spillane, landlord of the house, deposed to the prisoner coming to the house on the Sunday evening, and creating -a, disturbance. When told by Mrs Spillane to go out he refused to do no, and used abusive and obscene language to her. He afterwards went out with a boarder named Leary, and when witness let Leary in for the night accused burst through the door and broke the fastenings. Witness had a struggle with Accused and put him out, when he threw a pint pot through one of the front windows, and also broke one of the kitchen with a stone. He estimated the damage at about SOs. The other men in the house were perfectly quiet during the disturbance. Mrs Spillane, wife of the previous witness, deposed to finding witness in the nursery on the Sunday evening and erdered him out, as he had do right there. He then used bad language, and following Iter totbelfront door struck the door, post above her bead, and took out his knife and opened it. He also kept walking up and down the passage, makiDg a great disturbance,:; Lawrence Coogan. deposed to Leary and prisoner coming to his bouse on the Sunday evening after he had gone to bed, and Leary askiDg to be admitted. Leary'a fnee W.as somewhat cut, and when prisoner law it WBB so he said he would go and ■mash the house (Spillane's) down. He want away, but Leary stopped at Coogan s. Constable Willoughby said he had tried to get Leary as a witness, but he had gone * w *y- , . Prisoner said ha was in the nursery at Spillane s on Sunday eveniDg, and Mrs Spillane told him to go out. He went out, and did not use any bad language or •reate a disturbance. When the hotel was being closed he left, and meeting luary was asked by him to come back and have another drink. He went back, and when they knocked at the door and were about to enter Spillane struck at him and he struok back at Spillane. M. Spillane, recalled, said be saw prisoner break the kitchen window, but could not swear positively that ha broke the front window. He heard him run firom the back to the front of the house, and than the stone came through. In reply to Constable Willoughby he laid that nobody was about outside at the time, except the prisoner and Leaiy, and the latter was down at Coogan's. D. Connolly, who was in the house at tlbe time, corroborated the evidence of Mr and Mrs Spillane as to the disturbance osused by accused, and to the smashing of the windows, also as to the bad language used. , The accused asked to have the case adjourned in ord«r that Leary might be brought a« a witness. "'.. Constable Willoughby pointed out to their Worships that there were t»o others in the house at the time, but be did not think it necessary to have them present, an they could only corroborate the evidence of Spillane and his wife. Their Worships said they were quite satisfied the charges had been Prisoner was sexjtencad to two months imprisonment on each of the three oharges, the sentences to run concurrently, and ordered to pay for the damage dona, 303. The Court then rose.