RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3192, 13 May 1879, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAY.

! (Before Colonel Fraier, E.M.) I. , ' KESHJBCTINa TO SUPPOBT. ,; Hugli Mackie wai charged with re-" fusing <~to contribute to the illegitimate" child of Martha Leatham, of which he was the father. ";, ]Mx Brassey for defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr Miller for complainant. ( ,l. Martha: lieatfawm, a stoat; fresh;colored; 4att^,|s|rorja,, deposed. J,am,thfl; complainant, and know defendant and stage all'witnesses were ordered out of CoU|t), 01-FS? 'peeping company w.i.tb;hin»\ upito the" end of 1877. ,/jl'he child in my arms is my child, and Madness the, fatjier. I knew Mackie. rv'^j-,' At this point Hi* jWorahip;-asked Mr Brasseyif^e, th'puKh't it would-, be better to aifow him. to confirm the previous order of the Justices whicb was a very small one. If lie found that Mackie was the putative fatjier hewouftd make:-a larger,ord«e. or -.;; ■' After conferring with the defendant," Mr Brassey, said he ,wo.uld agree f to takp ihe Justice's order.; ' ; '"' ':''-J'' 'l H:s Worship said -that, its wo.vild: v .fbfe necessary for him to take,evidence boration of the complainants testimony. JToseph Leatham, deposed,;that:he was the fatber.of. complainant, and .knew. )tjbat r Mackie had 1 been keeping company"with' his daughter before the birth of the child. HU Worship then made an.order for 4i. peri week t(> be paid weekly, commencing on jMpnday next, and to £ay the eo^,ta.pf obtainirf^tbe order amounting to £3; 'J!-'- ---' °Court adjourned.,^ ■'.■ ■;,'. ,; ,'cAisU)