RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1741, 1 August 1874, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

- THIS DAT. . ("Before W. Fbaßle, Eiq.| 8.M.) BREACH Or I)OG'ACT«: George Waite was chared with being &c owner of a dog and did] unlawfully mllow the same to attack Francis Harling. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and'said he 'had tried to give the dog away, but lad sine* drowned it. He had made away with the dog directly he heard that it had bitten the boy. ';'. -' The complainant said tbat the dog had iitten him in the leg. , Fined Is and costs. JBBEACH OF THE MUNICIPAL BYE-I.AW:.} William Vincent was charged with

being" the'drivor" of "a vehicle - without reins, did unlawfully ride thereon, there being no person on foot to guide the horses.

! Defendant pleaded not guilty^ j Constable M. Grace sworn said, I Ifnow the defendant, on the 27th I saw him driving a cart on the Tararuroad, He was sitting oh 'the dray. I'-There were rio reins to the leader. No person was on foot to take'e'are of the horses. When he.savr me he jumped dpwn^ and said it waW'tbb-far't^walt^ '-hw^'"- '■ V; . To';.deferidant-~lcantibt say';-how far you'-lulct )ridd eh.: ', There.' -Was 'nothiug: in ypiir h\nd when I saw"-y6a^ *'-" -^ ■ -^'[{ Defendant said he was not in -the xrray with the intention **df' riding he was merely fixing .the. tail board. s ... FinedHds^d Mifc'* **>«i 4U 1

* Defendant refused to pay and was sentenced to three days imprisonment.

[ 6TBAT HOUSE. ' John Eabe wasT^bharged with unlawfully allowed a horse to;wander in Grey-street. Fined 2a 6d and costs. ! Court adjbTijfned". " "-" — "