PIGEONGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3070, 17 December 1878, Page 2

PIGEONGRAMS.

, OSHTEMTOI. (ibom omt owv oobuupokxiivx). Pamoa, This day. E.M. OOUET, PAEROA. : ; : (Before Colonel Fr-aer,**.) y ' ' OBUBMT TO 4.NIMAU., '\\ i • John Murphy was charged with cruelty i to a horse, at Paeroa, on the 2nd iast, by letting it for hire, he well knowing .that'} the said horse was unfit to > beTtddea*^ owing to sores. . - . i - -':!'' Defendant pleaded not guilty. He siid^ that the horse had an old; sort, bat' had healed. ' ' ' ;> l>''Sergeant Bussell stated .the. ouroiia* ''Tstances of the case, and called-'- ' '!\, Constable Menzies, who deposed tfasit^ he got the horse ready saddleda,t 4 o'clock; in the mornintc. Did not then.see *&**] sores on it. Went down to the Thames'! to get a coroner to come up. The l\rerj stable keeper at the Thames- (Sfr, NichoiU) pointed out the sores when he.: went to get the horse for the purpose off returning, and said that the horse wa»not r in a fit state to be saddled. ' Mr Bullen r afterwards saw the horse, and ordered ,witness to return by steamer, and to leatfft ' the horse in a paddock. It was by Mr Bullen's instructions that the infotnatioa : was laid. '-. ,'.i Defendant, in reply to the Court, said that he thought the horse was. all right* He had been put to great expense, having ' bad io go to the Thames tor the horse, and to pay paddock fees. , .

The Court held that the Coostable'a evidence was not direct. He had got hie information from Mr Nicholas and fcubInspector Bullen. Under (the - Ciroum> stances, he would dismiss the case, but he warned the defendant that he had narrowly escaped a £20 fine. DBUNK AND INCIPATO*.--' -' •-

Alfred Boyer, charged with hetn^ drunk and incapable at Paeroa oa th#> 11th instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10i and costs, or, ia default, 21 houra* imprisoument. Fine paid..,.

LICENSING COURT. /V" OHUBMcrju Spxciaii Liciv.em<i Djs« TBIOT. ' '- + i. ' - >. i'l

(Before Col. fryer, 8.M., Liewitaf Offleer.) Nxw Application.—August Morgan (natire), Hot Springs Hotel, Te Arona • . George S. O'Halloran, Waitoa JttoWl, ta" Aroha.—Col. Fraser aaid that these -tt plications did not come within the Ohinemuri Special District, bat wej*«: » thi Hauraki Outlying District. r£ ae Sntliti been dealt with at the rf Uae« and k* ]Jr Mn?H yiithat.he °?» W not no* «"»' Mr O Halloran s anulieation KKNBWAU.-Philli P Benuet, driterion Hote, Paero*j John Mahoney, Belmont Hotel, Paeroa; Maurioe G. Power, All Natioua Hotel, Paeroa; James Migfit Coote. Eobm Hood Hotel, P«eroa: Gixv SKSTj,. Pftero* Hotel. Paeroa; Johl McWUliams (iuur.), Ohinemuri Hotel. sJ*rt*#? wn i Geor«e A' Smifch» Junction Hotel, Waitekauri; James CorbetLTramway Hotel, Waitekauri.—The abore were all granted, as there were no objection* o» the part of the Police— Col. Fraser aaid that he considered that the number of hoMea in Paeroa was iv excesa of tha requirements, and, he gar<aJiotioe thai only two licenses would Qe^auted next year at the full fees. The Criteriqa license (12 o'clock) would be granted at £26, and the remainder (10 o'clock) at £20 etch. The pjvaib of the Bobin Hood Hotel is to be changed to the. Commercial. The Court then rose. 7.\. : ''