RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2088, 13 September 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAY. (Before W.Fraser Esq., R.M.) ■ FALSE PKETENCES. William Smith was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from John Uncles of Coromandel. Mr Bullen said the prisoner had been arrested on Saturday in consequence of information by telegram from Coromandel. He had no evidence to offer but a sworn information had been laid in accordance with the facts as stated in the telegram. He would ask for a remand for a week* Remanded to Coromandel. FOUL CHIMNEY. Henry Peck was charged with allowing the chimney of his premises to be on fire.. Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined 10s and costs. A PALTEY CHABGE. John Jams was charged with assaulting one Samuel Martin, jun., on the 18th inst.

Defendant pleaded riot guilty. Samuel Martin,. complainant, a lad of about 12 years of age, said he was a butcher's boy. On Wednesday evening last, about 8 o'clock, he was standing at Mr Jarvis' window. Mr Jarvis was a bootmaker in Pollen street. Witness was looking in at the window with some other boys. Mr Jarvis told them to go away. George McClear said " who ?'' He then ran out and caught witness and hammered hiui with" a stick. The other boys ran away. The stick was a walking stick, which hurt witness. He struck witness across the back, and there were marks left on his back, which his mother saw.

George McClean, a loutish youth of sixteen, told a similar story to that of complainant. James Wade also gave a similar story. Eliza Martin, mother of complainant, said she heard the boy crying and she went over to him and found that Mr Jarvis had been beatibg him. She went to Mr Jarvis, who wouldn't say what the boy had done, but said to her she had better keep him at home or he would give it to him again. She threatened him with > a summons, and he said he didn't care for her or a summons. She then went to Sergeant Elliott at the Police Station, and he told her to get a summons. Defendant said the complainant with several other boys were in front of his shop window and door on Wednesday night, making a great noise and using very bad language. He told them to go away, and they laughed at him. He said if they didn't go he would cane some of them. He had a piece of cane which he used as a yard measure, and as they continued their noise he ran after them and struck the boy Martin twice across the back. There was a lady in the shop and they couldn't hear each other speak for the noise made by these boys. It was a common occurrence for boys to congregate under his window to the annoyance of himself and customers. When Mrs Martin came to him he told her if she would be cool he would tell her the cir-

cumstances of the case, but she was very excited and threatened to make it hot i'or him.

c Hia Worship said he believed every word of whaj Mr Jarvis had said, but unfortunately it didn't justify.him in committing an assault. Mr Bullen said he could add his testimony to that of Mr Jarvis. The boys were becoming a nuisance. The locality of Mr Jarvis' shop was a favorite place of resort.

His Worship fined defendant one shilling and costs of Court. The Court adjourned.