Magistrate's Court

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 5, 25 June 1898, Page 3

Magistrate's Court

The Magistrate's Court, adjourned from Thuisday, sat yesterday morning. J. M. Gilchnst was charged with stealing a pah" of boots value 17/6 from F. Hughes store. A. Hughes deposed to hanging out eight pairs of, boots and taking in only seven* S> .Butcher corroborated this. S. Cambell saw prisoner walk up to Hughes door, take the boots - and put them under his coat. J- H. Blake saw, prisoner put something tinder his coat, but, did not see him take the boots. Constable Gough said that the prisoner denied being near Hughes that day. The magistrate said there was no doubt of the prisoner's guilt and sentenced him to 30 days hard labour at Timaru gaol. There were 15 previous convictions. The police charged J. O'Leary> licensee ofthe Empire Hotel that on Sunday May the Bth he supplied liquor to two residents. Both of these, swor», denied being served. They had gone in on business aud saw no liquor. Constable Parker deposed to seeing OfiS of the witnesses the worse of liquor, in th* street and to finding the other on the licensed premises. Spoke to the landlord, who ordered the man off the premises. Constable Gough gave corroborative evidence and the case was dismissed. P. Hanley, a prohibited person, was charged with being on licensed premises, the Junction Hotel, on 19th May. Accused admitted the offence. He had no liquor but went to Bed Mr Cosgrave about the stabling of hia horses. He pointed out that this was the fourth timft he had come-to have the case tried. In consideration of this, the accused wash dismissed with a cautioa, and ordered to* pay* cost of prosecution. - jS. ,J. Adams v^ -Robertson; *claim'llss r 9d, balance of account. No appearance of defend* ant. Case adjourned for a month to allow of payment. - " .. ~

Scientific Temperance Lessons for Band of Hope meetings aie now receiving a good deal -of attention. For eight or nine months past Mr G. Dash has attended the Hannaton Band of Hope for the purpose of giving such lessons, •.and has commenced at Makikihi. At Waimate the Wesleyan Band of Hope has the services of Mr H. G. Wake for scientific instruction. 'This is a much better plan for such meetings than the merely entertaining method so long in vogue, and woikeis m this field deserve credit for their pains. Taylors " Alcohol, its .effects on body and mind," issued by the -Church of England, is the text book used. A Fkiendly Gkitic the other day pointed out to an honoraiy member of our staff an alleged error in the word specialty, which ■occured in two of our advertisements. The H. M. insisted it must be right or it would not be in the Advertiser four issues in .succession and as further proof that the .-spelling is correct instanced cruel, cruelty and novel, novelty, therefore special, specialty. Not to be beaten, the critic adduced real, reality; national, nationality; therefore special, -.speciality. An Irishman was once called ■upon to settle a dispute between an Englishman and a Scotsman as to the proper pionvmciation of e-i-t-h-e-r. Said he from north -of the Tweed "It's ee-ther, isn't it?" The man from the south declared it must be i-ther. "Yerboth wrong," said Paddy "its nayther for its ayther." We are however, in ,a happier position than our Irishman, for in deciding the momentous question between our friends we are able to assure them they are both right. ¥c use the shortest form of the word, for these days even a syllable saved is .something, to say nothing of the advantage it anay happen to be when the stock of ty_pe is limited.