RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

West Coast Times, Issue 165, 29 March 1866, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Wednesday, 28th March. (Before G. G,FitiiGerald, Ejq.; K.k^ DBUNk.,ANiDia6RfiK6k^— -Barnes Godfrey and Edmund Draper were fined 20s, or 4d hours* imprisonment. Drunk and Incapable. — John Niles was fined 10s, or 24 hours' in gaol. Robbery from the Person and Rape. — Michael Cain was brought up on remand. Mr Oakes, on behalf of tho prisoner* said that the charge was a very grAVe one, and as be had only jtiit Wei) inducted, to 'appear, he .^ottld tieg that the Ms'e Be ad^ iourn'ecUn oVder thai h& fright look into, it Mr Broham, on the part of th» police, did not object, and the Magistrate granted the application. Prisoner will be again brought up to-day. 1 ■ Labcent as a Baimbk.—^George vtfarau- ' har Smith wa.s, charged. by l'MMr, Ann M'L^rqpXvtth unlawfully and fraudulently converting the sum of £12 Is 6d to bis own use ; the same having been entrusted to his care. Tho police in this case applied for a remand, iv order to produce the necossary witnesses. Application was granted, and the case remanded until the 3rd proje. FORGBRY AND UTT«RTNQ.--ThOB. Reflßty, vrho had been remanded frdin Blenheim for this offence, was remanded until the 4th proximo, as tjje., policy, were not propared 'to go on with too caso. , t ., 1,. 'ckyji& icAssb. . , LeVi V, Lang — This was an action to recover the sum of £11 4b 4d, due for goods sold and delivered. Mr South appeared for the defendant and stated that he had an "ad-interim order of protectiou'Mfrom the Supreme Court. )tf r Abbott, the Regis* tran, df tlte "S'up'ireme Court produced a tie'ed of Composition under the " Debtors and Creditors Act," and the plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited with costs sa. Potter v. Wagner — This was a claim for £12 12s, the amount of a baker's bill. Judgment by default for amount claimed and costs 9s. Smith v. \Vagner~T.hia wao a)i action to recover th 6 Brim of $ft ids 6d for, prcttavjijgWan^.artu specincafjond of an hotel. A.-medical cerltfi'catii Ib the effect that the diefena&hfc was uwhr medical treatment and unable to attend the Court. The case was adjourned till eleven o'clock this day. In the cases of Meyer v. Mulligan and Salmon and Ramsey v. Knight there was no appearance of plaintiffs and defendants. The following list of civil cases are set dr ■? v f\*> hearing this day. Q.r •■y.v. WhitwßUftj.c»»e\ Ahderadn v. Tanernian 5 Smith v. \W#ftr \ Sh'ciphe.riu ,V, , Wilker \ Jack . v. Mendelsohn ; Turiibull t. Mendelson ; Tufcnbull v, Millar ; .Jsawk,eß.,and Strouts y. Kcclesfield ; Millar v. , Mowatt ; Mjller v. Sm^hers ; filler v,A,n.th6ny arid Erner»> son ; Wieir v. Drake and Sellers ; fieving* bn V. Wilson, Burnell & Co ; Taylor v. M'Clintock ; Cassius &Co v. Crisp Bros ; Jones v. Bright ; Chesney &Co v. Miller.

An investigation into tho circumstances attending tho losb of tho bag of gold, whioh was dropped when under escort from tho Waimoa on the 22nd instant, was held yesterday by the Inspector of tho Union Bank, tt resulted in tho acquittal of the troogofp who.form'od tlio offc'otfb (Win nil blame, and tho paoker was also exonerated. But we believe that M'Farline A Co., who contracted to carry tho gold, and who gay» a receipt on its delivery, woro hold responsible, and that an action to recover tho valuo of it is to bo instituted against them. Tho following occurred at tho recont declaration of tho poll in Dunedin. We quota from the Evening Star* Mr J; S. Grant said :— • " Ho would, liowerer, gWo expression to his feeAitog of surprise— : that was hardly tho word, for ho was panio-striokou — at the result of tho election ) . abd. jf ho had lost his t«m'ppr, hb was sorty for it. Ho wiihfed U lay another thiug td tuo great body of working men iv Dunedin. no had supposed hitherto ( thab ho had ropreBeutc'd them, aud ho knew, that he nad worked for thow j but ho saw them twavmrng in to vote, and even plump, 'for Pat«rson and Reynolds, not fifty of tncnii voting for him, as 'neither did t\i c small fry and storekeepers. Ho therefor©, considered that ho was abovo thoir intelligence, and— (at this raomont a little girl drovo a large number of turkoyi into the greon in front of the Hall, and tho speaker's voice was drowned by tho gabbling of the birds, and tho Joud laughter ftf 'all p?eßorit, ocoasionod by t& e father umusing interrup\i6&)\ Mr Grant continued — that it was plain that even the turkey-cocks had como to express their diiappvobation of tho apathy ot tho absent candidates. For himself, ho would wash his hands of — (A voice — ' Nonsense 5 will you P') He would appeal to the Returniug Ofllcor, but Bupposod that ' if a man choose to mako a buffoon of hirasolf, ho could do so.' (A voice — ' Of course fas, con ) you do 5 and it's a frco country.) Tho Returning Ofllcer having suggested tho propriety of a hearing being affordod to tho speaker, and havina naiti'y pointed out that unless ho wero listened to, what he had to say would not be heard, Mr Grant continued — It hud been generally supposed that tho Review had huen supported by working mon, but ho was now compolled to disgorgo tho confession that not fifty copies of Iho work had boon bought on tho Saturday by that oln«8j although thoy would always have got vuluo for thoir nionoy. Tho bulk of tho oopies had boon purchased by members of tho othor olassos— by mon, upon whose toss ho had froqwontly boen impelled by a sonso of duty to tread. The working mon did not want to 1)083088 an noro of laud, nor did they caro for tlio intorcßts of those who would coino nftor thorn. Thoy had surrendered their privilogoa, and voted and plumped for Putorson and Roynolds." Tho .Otatro Daily Times of tho 20th, has tho following i— " Ainidat tho bustle of many visitors pur Goldon Ago, and tho many pasßungers to Molbourno par Albion on Sunday last, an incident took place of some intorest to tho publio gonorally, tnl particularly to tho mining community. A suspicion boing entertained by the authorities that parties havo boon convoying small parcels of gold from the Provinco and Colony without paying tho export duty for some time past, an officer has beonwatohing parties leaving the Province, and, on this occasion, two diggers being pointed out to him, with tho aid of tho police, the men woro detained, and some 15 or 18 ounces of gold found in the possession of one of them which was seized by the Customs. The man was brought beforo the Resident Magistrate at the Port yesterday, <md remanded until to-day, when the Customs authorities will proseoute for the offence. The surveillance by the officers of vessols leaving the colony with, pwaeugorahas never boen discontinued at this Port, and parties endeavoring to evade tho gold duty run very considerable risk of do^eotion, detention, and punish* m*»V' ~ ' *