R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 5 January 1883, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MASTERrN-THISDAY. -- \ A PBOHIBITM OA8&V;' ■ Mur'o Messrs A, Bisii ; and rW; Lowks, ••• : - I -J. : .P,'i: ;i ■'•■'-■' : ' : ' '

' Edward' Jones.appeared id answer to a; charge of beiui> drunk in tlio public stroot 'at inion. ; !■;; -''.••■ ;.-;.:" ,V- ■;"•!.Ij' 1 i

. ..;Mt Beard said - ho'- had .been juaf ia>. struciod to defjnd 1110 accused iii another case preferred by Mr Fiel.tiugwhioh bore on the p-oai'Uf one, arid -asked for id idjiiurnmesil»». that both aims'.-could be talio:i "■'! ' V; : '."' • /''

Sf}»'irkiiv -Pji".;«.'.bjeoted Ip IheicM.'of drn.ike'n'ftiiiKiil'i'ivKich was; a Vejy'i/iinjile, owe, b«ii»(f fp'.»,|iy>4t;rt'." : -,; ■,;. v^,;,;--;;-Hr HoardaUteil that the ..accused. wa.B; inore'f.itfed.iivci'tbe other.charge than' drunk on,;the. occasion roferred'to. He brought some parcels from the railway, anl liti -iohsequenco oleovtain terms addressed 'lo- mm became 'excited 1 and. .abusive,. - ; ';. : ; ~';;•''■'',■ '.':< The;Bergeaht said the,police were not eonducliuj["(ho'.'cas'e of obtaining money under false pretences. If they wore it. would be a move.serious charge than . i|S was. 1 .. '•'■'"'

Mr Beard: Not murder, I suppose? ;■; r The Sergeant: but it would be' 1 an; indict»blil;otfeficbi'•'' ■ V',' : y c ;: Thej^Ben'ch',djrecled?tho .bhsriie of drunkenness to be proceeded with. Constable Leohy deposed that he knew, the accused, and arretted him at half-past eleven a m, on the previous.day, whenJie was drunk in the street, ...He had,. More arresiinp; him, cautioned him to go home. ■-The aeonsed: Whei) yon arrested me where wan It ■;' r ,- : .■U;J;..f ■ .-Wifne*a: Sleeping on the verandah at BriggV store, ' ' ; ■ ' ;The accused (indignantly): On my own .property.'■ What jromavk .did make! when ynii' searched' rae J' Did il tint ait you for a 'drink/of water in the cell? Did I not ask ynu to get bail I Did you not serve me at three o'clock with a summons, which I read leuer than you could do, Was I drunk when I could remember all this. ■.. >;, / f:'■■,"• .;. The Court intimated that'tho string of. qnealions put hy the accused led it ta a conviction that ho wus drunk on the occasion. .', The accused: I was nut- drunk but excited, and I was taken off my own private property. . •■'.Sergeant'Price deposed to seeing aocußod arrive at the station in a drunken state. The accused: When the summons was served was I drunk ? ; Witness:No,ynu had been four and a-half hours in tho cell then. ; A. P. Fflildmii deposed that ho saw the drunk on the provious day. The accused: Did you see be iu auy publiohouse? ' ' : ! • Witness: "No!" hut I saw you go by my shop slavering drunk, ; Sergeant Price stated that he hid ascertained that Mrs Jonta waa.in (he habit iof Betiin!» beer from a brewery'. Probably Jones helped himself at home and this aocouwed for his not being in a public: house," ' •.^Theaccused: "You have.no right.to., interfere with my family-matters'at all I" Tho Court; As tliis is your first offence we.will ffne you five shillings. •j'Tbei Sergeant: I *bef{ your Worships pardon, this is the. second conviction. ' TheCuuri; Thenwemust.ineyou.ten shilling), the. minimum penalty for a, .secondoffence. s,'.-V I ;.;'../., ii ; ,"" ;

The accused: I paid my fines when I was summoned 'last year, why should I have'to.pay for that nfjain now,l',\ ■. ; , ;

fALSE.rRETEMCEB,

; Edward Jonea wa«.. then charged w the information of Mr A. P. Fielding with obtaining money,, under false pretences, from jiim.'bv'chirjfng him nine ah'ilfingt, and threopeheo on i railway! parcel (or* which; the correct /chartswe;'four ihilliuifi and threepence'.. .■,:>.',. (. <; . .; Mr Beard: I appear for the defendant who pleads not guilty. • _-.'.■ ;\Tlißi defeiVciant j I ailT liiyTplSa'on interested in. this case to leivo the Oourt t .•.uA't. tha request of,Mr, Board .tho, Court adjourned'the caso'lill lOa.iu. to-morrow. •