RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3481, 20 February 1880, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAY. (Before James Kilgour and H. M. Jervis, EBqs., J's.P.) BREACH OX 1 THE PEACE. 0. Grant was charged with ÜBing lan. guage towards John Oalder calculated to cause a breach of the peace. The accused pleaded not guilty.' John Calder deposed he knew the defendant, 0. Grant, and saw him on the 17th inst. at the Bank of New Zealand corner. Witness was in company with i Mr Bennett, of Ohiuemuri. The defendant passed and used some very offensive words. Witness was afraid that the lan* guage would be repeated. By defendant: I am a contractor and painter. My last contract was for a building at Whakatiwai for £250. I received some of the material from you. I have' not paid you for them. STou supplied all the provisions for the men engaged in the work. I had giren orders on several persons which had swallowed up the money I got for the building, and so could not pay all my creditors. D. R. Gellion deposed seeing Mr Calder On the 17th inst., and the defendant came up and made some remarks. He did not pay much attention to what was said. He remembered some words like "d——d robber, pay me my account," being used by the defendant. The defendant made a statement how he had been treated by the complainant. The Bench said it was opinion that the defendant had considerable cause for using the language, but itjmust be understood such language could not be allowed. The defendant would therefore be bound over for 3 months itlnisown recognisance! in the sum of £10. ■

BUBGXABT. W. J. Boden was charged with burglariously entering the house of, W. J. Newby, at Tapu, on the 13th January, and 9th February, 1880. John H. Hawkes deposed, he was a bushman living at Tapu. Remembered Monday, 9th inst. After breakfast with bis mates the things were put away, and all went to work. The doors were fastened and could not be opened from the outside by strangers without' violence. About half an hour after leaving it he had occasion to return, and he saw the accused in the house helping himself to bread and, metit. ■' They were not on the table when witness and his mates left the house. When he returned, an iron peg which fastened the front door was missing. They were very careful to look at the fastenings of the door and windows before they left. On several occasions they had missed goods from tie hat They secreted the key near the bouse. He was perfectly certain it was accused he saw inside the house. -- : i ByMr Dodd.—Accused was once working with Johnson, his mate, fte did not remember his fisher having any row with thefßoden family. ',■'»':■'■ By ■- Mr Kenny.-^He was perfectly satisfied that the goods belonged to those in the house. Accused used to coma,to the house both during the time and after Johnston and he had ceased io be mates.

The Court here adjourned till three o'clock^':.:';.':-':-::'.'.x;"':':V:'X'.;'--:'-''