RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2065, 17 August 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIsiDAY. ';;'< (Before W; Fraser, Esq., R.M.) DBUNKJBNNESS. , ' , James Glasgow, on a charge of being drunk and-incapable, was on bail, amount of which he forfeited. John liussell alias Rosser, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Albert street, Grahanistown, yesterday, y Defendant .denied thp sp.ft impeachment, but the offence was proved"so far, as the.drunkenness was concerned, by the arresting constable. . • ■ ••. VAGBANCT. -■„ ;'• _ ■". : '' The same defendant was charged with a breach of the Vagrant Act, having been three times convicted of drunkenness within the three months preceding the. present offence. Defendant said he was a hard working man and not a loafer. He had a few glasses of beer. Mr Bullen said when defendant was last before tlio Court he was in a state of delirium treinensjdnd had been cautioned then that if he came before the Court

again he would be punished severely. There were twenty convictions against him.

His Worship admonished the defendant severely and told him that he ought td avoid drink. as he would poison. He (defendant) had been twice before that Court in a state of lunacy, giving- trouble and requiring medical attendance; . Defendant pleaded hard to be let off with one more trial. He believed, he could reform if allowed ; he had done so once 18 years ago. His Worship said he could go, but he must distinctly understand that if: he came before ihim again he weuld certainly give him twelvemonths imprisonment.