R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1166, 31 August 1882, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

■———•———■ '■■ MASTERTON-THIB DAY. . (Before His Worship the Mayor and W. Lowes, J.P.) John Myers,.uharged with-being drank in the pnblib streets, said, ('I admit the charge; it is the first time and'it' will be the.laat." Dismissed with a cautionThe four OpaH aohpol bpya then re-an-jpeared in the dock, ' ' 'a'ttendlnceV ' ; '" J . ''>• K ' '' .■Mr Skipper, who appeared on their behalf, said (hat though they had.taken the articles, tliey had not been guilty of _ any felonious intent. The goods had been left in an unoccupied whare, and ■■'. yMttotfrclainjejl them^they,,returned;a portion; of them, and did not conceal their knowledge uf the others. r ,The ooiifinementVtßey WP*\ , already 'suffered, ! though if the \mo" , possible character, was more than/iiuffiI cient punishment for their offenoei The > , artioles'iin question were not worth a pound, and the bench could dismiss cases utider that amount ■ There w«B/nc|avi- ,' dence to ahow that the accused had I broken into the whare. 'Mr Lowes; They pleaded guilty to -. .diiiDg-ip.;- -.-i v-.T/r-.: .!'■:-'!,•;■;}[,j^/ ■ Mr.Skipper .rl must, ask ; leave to with- , draw that plea...;:; i ;The Mayor said ihat in the opinion of the Bunch ihe ewe vw a trival one, and the ladß would have been sent'home the previous day. bal it nut been for the in- .. humanity of their parents who left (hem to . the meroy of the law, and the police, and t to a liability of Bix months imprisonment. I The ease was adjourned to teaoh the 5 parents to take a little.mora care of their j children, The bench were fullv aware of I the trifling value of the goods and of the I olause whioh enabled theiu Mismiss.the ■ oase. '■ '• '■ - '•■>'» ''.'v,\.-.-.a .Mr Lowes said he concurred with'the* ■ remarks of his brother Justice. Thl , parents had only themselves to blame for ' the incarceration of their children for a second night. The bench had, but for this been prepared to dismiss the case on'* the previous day, '"he Native proprieior of the eel weave, then gathered up his goods surf chattels with a serious expression, of cuunteniinoe, B and left the Court a sadder and a wiser , man,