RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

West Coast Times, Issue 292, 30 August 1866, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before G. G> FitaGeruld, Esq., R.M.) Wednesday, August 29. Breach of the Canterbury Police Ordinance. — Alexander Mcc, of the Golden Age Hotel, was fined lOs for obstructing the footpath in Revell sti'eet. Larceny. — William Thomas; on remand frohi the 28th, churged with stealing four shovels from the schooner Maid of Erin, Was discharged. Assault. — Robert Mills was charged with assaulting Mary Fishvvick, on the 18th instant. This case had been adjourned from the 25th, to allow the complainant to attend. Mrs Fishwick .stated that she did not wish to press the chai"ge» The information was accordingly discharged. Conspiracy to Murder. — William de Lacey, on remand on this charge front the 20th instant}, was further re.inanded; af the request of the police, until the 7th of September. . „ Wilful Murder. — James Wilson, alias Murray, on remand,, from the 20th. indt.; was also remanded till 7th September, at the request of the police. Larceny from the Person of L4l Is. — Margaret Anderson was charged by Thoa. Smith with this offence. Mr Button defended the prisoner. Prosecutor, being duly sworn, deposed that he was a miner, realdhij? at the Kanleri, and that on the night of the 27th inst. he was in Hokitika,

where be ,met the prisqner in a public house in Bevell strefefy between ten and eleven o'clock p.m. They had some pies together, and the prisoner then left the witness to speak to another man. Witness again met prisoner near the old hospital, and accompanied hey to the house at its rear. .They Shortly afterwards wlsnt td the Lytteltbn Hotel to get some motley changed; biit did not do so. The prisoner wanted the witness to give her a ten pound note} B sy m £ slie would retiirli hits! the bhdrige; To this wit* noi,^ demurred, and was about to leave the house, when prisoner stepped between him and the door, and while he was talking to her he observed his purse in her hand. Witness took back the purse and putting his hand into his pocket missed his purse, which had contained L4l-. .lie afecused the prißdiißr df having taken it, but she denied it. The witness then hold ' the prisoner uiitil the., police catne up, she s'creaniihg aijd crying But "MurcLr" the while; On the arrival of the police he gaVe the prisoner into custody, and saw the police search the house aud find the pocket.- book which had been stolen from him. Me had that morning drawn from the Bank of New South Wales fifty pounds in notes, and the Hlohey" that was In his pocket- botik consisted of, four ten-pound" Bank df Hew S.duth Wales ndies Arid a dhe-volivid tiote in thß ptirse. The witness had felt the money in his pocket during the time he was in the torisoner'Sjhouse and abotit hulf^an-ih'our before he misled it; The witile^s could nßti&Jiitify the notes, but those now produced

were similar to those stolen from him, and the purse now produced was the one which WM* stolen from him, In whioltte kept the notes, and Which Was found by the police under the* prisoner's tent. Cross-exam-ined lj>y Mr Button.— Witness admitted 1 that he bad iVAd a little td (Jrink, ,anjl .wdj not Sdber eiidugh to recu\l»?et aH fcbinjta that ofcc'ufreU thlt.Highl. f ljte might have promised to pay. for a bottle of brandy which was, .called^, for by, the . prisoner in his. prepuce', at the t'-ytteUon Kutel. lie swdre positively that he did not give her any LlO note to change, or any money at all. There was no person besides the prisoner and the. witness in her house} ajid he did not drink any brandy there. lie had shdwed her a kid note; and,9hfe bad offered him \& iti change* tlb JMI had the E3 in his hand", and prisoner had snatched it out .of his hands", and tor.n- the corner , off one of tbenoYes., Ridjjdrd "ityjiite being duly. ihVbrh', deposed that he was a Sergeant of Police, and. was on duty, on the morning of the, ,28th.. At;;abo,ut .2 o^clpck, when in , eompauy with, Constable Ma'guiiy; he hfeard dci'eath'S proceeding from the rear of the old hospital, and on going there found prisoner and prosecutor struggling together outside prisoner's hoitso . THe prflseauior accused the. .prisoner .b| ; rdbbvig jaiin of fqtfr ten poiind nates in a Mr*e, am Itiled that he had iiad the purse in his pocket a few minutes before missing it. He described the purse as being a Drown leather one, sewn at both ends with white thread, Wituess then demands! of thy pfis6ner what money she had, and she proddeed t(8 14s iftupteSj., silver a,nd gdki{' stating tliat \Va:i alt tlie niotiey she had in the hbxise. On searching, the purse produced, which corresponded., with „ th,e .prosecutor's description,, v^as.-foun^ wndpt .jpria:oner.'s be<L. ;fy con tawed a Srifc t»oi)ud note arid & Shilling. Witness arrested the prisoner, au4 took her to tbe lock-up. He handed her over to Mrs M'Myn, the female searcher. The four ten pdttfid notes now produced were handed to witness by Mrs M'Myn, MfcrV M'AlyjK b«iug duly swam, -said the was wife ot the watchhouse-k'eeper at the Hokitika Police station, and on tlie irtorn* ing of the 2Sth , she searched the prisoner at the watch-house. She found Ll4 4s in her purse, and observing something Under her feet, directed her to move. Prisdner not doing so, witness lifted her foot, and found under it four LlO Bank of New South Wales notes. To the best of witness' belief those now produced are the same found by her. George Fowell, being duly sworn, deposed that he was teller at the Bank of New South Wales, and on the 27th ii.bt., hud paid to a man named Thomas Smith LSO on a deposit leceipt. The money was paid in live LlO Bank of 2s T ew South Wtilcs not»-. The prisoner, after receiving the u-ijl r\v <>n. i said "I am not Guilty." Mi Ui^i . ,m- ''■ sidored it useless k> ,iddu -- tV «vi>. ». *' Magistrate fully ooniunttc] >!.--" :^. 4 - IR '»*J for trial. ' -' " -K^ Jjl

King v. i!;iv ti -It. v ' ''- w ages. Mr ltec- uj) ( , } - •■■ Judgment ii;r L; j ks^&'&e'&^^M?*' M'(Jec v, Jgffi^^y-y^^ 0 - «Tudgment Petef^3*^^^^^^^"~'i> a " I«J'1 «J' Judgment ? S^|^%^ lc!<son -~ Tlliß case had '-^^^■^^^ from the 28th. Judgment amount claimed (L 7) and 'V- , ' ~~' * ■ v - Vole. —For rent. This case v- v< v aujounied from the 28th instant. .-3 -"i3ut for the amount claimed, L 9, and .•i.,u v yi\.. x. HardiiiK.— Judgment j^takwi k, • ti. tf amount paid into Court,

Fisher Bros. v. Donaldson —For goods supplied. Judgment by consent for LlB 12s, and costs.

Hyan v. Knight. — For goods supplied. Judgment by default for L 4 3s 6d t and costs.

Jones & M'Glashan v. Miller, —For, sheep. Judgment for 1 the full amount* claimed, ,L9; and costs'. Wheeler v, M'Ketterick.— Adjourned Until the 31st inst.

In Miller & Co. v. Griffith, Moran y. Hiscocks, Brandham v. Needham, Dee v. Wise, there was no appearance of plaintiffs or defendants-

The Court was then adjourned until eleven o'clock to-morrow (this day).