RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT

West Coast Times, Issue 164, 28 March 1866, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT

(Before G. G. FitzGer^^KcEfß.M.) *- Tuesday, MARca^!(@|ttj' Lunacy. — wolin Hamil^-'sj^chgrgea with being of unsound PH^'vj^S 6 na^ been remanded from the^EsreP.'fl&stant. The evidence of Dr Ryley shp^eHrthat his mind was 6ane and he was attm&jgly discharged. t*3^ Assault. — Patrick Conn'o^:was "4 ,next charged with as ulting Mire^O^onb, on the beach, last evening. MBfes<]ssta objected to be sworn, as she ha&ntweivtqken Sn oath in her life (!). She sftß?|*ra9.? the prisoner had gone into' her hap^Sj|Ki^behaved in a most disgusttagHm«lnter, : -and lifted a shovel to strike her. mis S&f-de-posed that prisoner offered hinl^raiißQiind note to go outside the house ; ne~oi xfarase declined, and told him that hisjfgo^igj: gjas 4 not, a prostitute,, upon which; taking out a knife, threatened tiPllllfSi, Sergeant Clements happened to be passing at the time, and saw the prisoner lift the 4 shovel as if he would strike the boy. The prisoner entered into a long rambling y statement about his wife and family, in no isvay connected with the case, and the Court - sentenced him to fourteen days imprisonment with hard labor. Druxk and Incapable. — Robert Bayley ■pas fined 10s for this offencej of in default to be imprisoned 24 hours; ■ Larceny.-^ John Feeney was charged by Archibald Hinds with stealing a violin. The prosecutor admitted having been hasty in laying the information and expressed a wish to withdraw the charge. The Magistrate objected to his doing so. The prosecutor then stated that he was a carpenter. He knew the prisoner. Had known him three weeks. A fortnight j|ince had lent him a fiddle, which had been duly returned. He had always returned the fiddle when he had lent it to him. Upon the occasion of his fiddle being taken he was away. When he returned to his tent he found it. Case dismissed. ' , Breach or Pollce Ordinance. — Thos. Ching was charged with obstructing the footpath. Sergeant Clements' said he had seen a handcart belonging to Mr Ching on the footpath. Upon requesting Mr Ching to remove it he declined, saying that he had a right to keep it there. Case dismissed. A similar charge was brought against Mr Ecclesaeid, by Constable M'Guire, and dismissed. Robbery trom the person and rape. — Thomas Cain was brought up for this .offence, but the police applied for a remand until to-day, which -was granted by the Court. Disorderly Conduct.—--AlexanderMac-namara, in reply to this charge, stated that he had been most severely maltreated by the policey-and had had a visitation from the gaoler's baton. The Magistrate asked for his witnesses, and prisoner was about to induce a lunatic to support his statements when the Magistrate informed him that he was fined 20s. or 48 hours imprisonment. crvn. cases. Berndt v. Fama. — The plaintiff sued to recover the sum of £8 10s., due for professional services. Judgment by default, for the full amount claimed, and costs, 7s. "Wagner v. Everest. — This was a claim £16 65., for board and lodging. Judgment by default, for the amount claimed, and costs 9s. Higgins and Meynell v. Wilkinson.— A claim for £4 7s. 6d., for board and residence. Judgment by default, for full amount claimed, and costs ss, Oakcs V. Reid. — The plaintiff sued to recover the amount of £19 19., for professional services. Judgment by default, for the full amount claimed, and costs 9s. Bracken v. Moran. — In this case the defendant had backed a bill for £15., accepted by Mr Haukins, and dishonored by that gentleman. Plaintiff was nonsuited, as due notice of the bill having been dishonored had not been given to defendant. ** Andersou v. Tallerman. — Plaintiff in ' _ this action sued to recover the sum of £4 < 95., being amount due for work done for .* defendant. Defendant having stated that ' he had only that morning been served with " ■ the summons, the case was adjourned until the, 29th instant, to allow time to file a set-off. Connor v. Caulfield. — This was an action to recover goods supplied to defendant and his mates, amounting to the sum of £15 Is. Plaintiff stated that he had supplied the goods to defendant and his mates at -" Queenstown. By defendant : When they separated he did not remember giving each a separate account , defendants were all working in one claim and living in one tent. Defendant said that at the time they separated there were three of them working in one claim ; the plaintiff made an arrangement with two of his mates, by which arrangement defendant's brother and the remaining &mate agreed to pay his bill, he (defendant) agreeing to pay the butcher's bill. Had £ offered to pay plaintiff his brother's share. Judgment was given for the amount claimed, with costs 15s. Graham v. Jones. — The plaintiff sued to recover the sum of £14, being balance of purchase money due for a billiard table. An agreement was handed into Court showing how the purchase money for the billiard table (£100), was to be paid. Defendant confessed owing the plaintiff the money, and stated that he had paid the ,-, same into Court, and wanted to file a setlll 1 - off. The magistrate informed defendant that judgment would be given against him in the present case, and he could then take out a summons for his own claim against plaintiff. Judgment was accordingly given for amount claimed, with 6s. costs. In the following cases there was no appearance of plaintiffs or defendants: — M'Carthy v. Hepburn,. Holdaway v. Tonkin, Broadbent v. Albert, Homer v. M'Guinness, Wells v. Matthews, Kennedy v. Smith, Heyman v. Mendelson. Donnolly v. Palmer, Cassius and Co. v. Muir. The list of cases set down for hearing this day are — Levi v. Lang, Newton v. Smith, Brown v. Barnard, Potter v. Wagner, Salmon v. Knight, Smith v. Wagner, Meyer v. Mulligan.

a 1 - ' *Tlie excitement in town occasioned by the reports of the rush to Bruce Bay continued throughout yesterday, and largo numbers of miners are preparing to leave town for the new field, whilst Okarita has become almost deserted. No specific intelligence has been received, justifying this great movement southward; but we are informed hy Captain TurnbuU, who came up yesterday by the William Miskin, that the beach for miles to the south of Bruce Bay, from Peringa Bluff to the Onimeka Eiver swarmed with diggers, who formed a black line on the coast, and who had followed the track of Hunt, the explorer.