R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1401, 11 June 1883, Page 3

R.M. COURT.

mastertqn-monday; (Before His Worship the Mayor and ; Mr W. H. Beetiiam J.P's.) David Wilkie was charged with the following offences on the 9th inst:— (1), drunk and disorderly; (2), using insnlttog lnngnngetowards Mrs Barlow; (3)/wirffcl damage to property. The accused pleaded guilty to the first charge, and was fined for it ten shillings or 48 hours. On the second and third charges the accused pleaded not guilty. John Barlow, landlord of the Royal hotel, deposed thiit on Saturday evening the accused came to his house and wanted a drink. Witness refused to servo him as he was evidently in liquor. The accused then walked into the kitchen and began to knock tilings about. Mrs Barlow told him to go out. He went out and again tried to enter, when Mrs Barlow stopped him, and he commenced abusing her. Mrs Barlow pushed him out and he struck at her, but instead of hitting her he knocked the window through. The damage done amounted to fifteen shillings. The Cpui t inflicted a line of 20s or 14 days hard labor on the third charge, Op the second charge the accused was fined 20s or 48 hours, and the Court made an order for accused to pay 15 shillings for damages. Charles Collier was charged under the Vagrant Act as an idle and disorderly person. The accused pleaded not guilty! Thomas Smith, laborer, residing at .' Masferton, said he hud known the accused during the past two: months, and during this period he had followed no occupation. He had found him in his (witnesses) house on several occa- . slops when lje returned hoifle. He had frequently told him to go. To the accused: I cannot say whether you have been depending upon me for a living, you had meals at my ! house, sitting down to thera without ] being asked. ' , Eva Smith, wife of the previous witness, deposed: The purse produced . is mine. The Sergeant: The purse contains .ten and elevenpence. In answer to the accused: I gave you the purse. My husband being ] away is the cause of the disturbance. ( The accused; I have been only backwards and forwards cutting woof]. Witness; You've been Ijving there. all the time Smith was away, Sergeant McArdle said: On Sunday , morning I arrested the accused as one of a party which had caused great dis- " turbance in the streets. On being searched the purso produced was found on him. Previous to arresting him the police ordered him to move on out of Queen-street, Frequent complaints had :been made to the police of the conduct cjrte accused. I To the Reused: I did not hear 'you making use of bad language, but I J heard it amongst the crowd you were E with.:.:. E

The accused said he could cull his mother to prove that lie had a home to g0t0..,. The sergeant said he did not dispute that his parents were respectable, Mrs Collier deposed that her son had been living at her house since he was last np-in court and that if he gave up the woman he co-habited, with he had a good feme with his parents. He could carp enough in the summer to keep him jn the winter. ' " ■ Tp the Sergeant: #ehuijnof;bpeii sleeping at home every night, The Court felt reluctant to deal with the case, but it had no option, considering the previous conviction, but to commit him to gaol. For the sake, of his parents the sentence would be as light as possible, viz., fourteen days with hard labor. Eva Smith was then charged' under the YagrainVict with loitering and importuning in the public streets on the 9th day of June, Theaccused said she was intoxicated on the" occasion referred to,, and did not know' what happened, The Court fined the accused a pound or 48 hours. The Sergeant- asked the Court to make an order: for the defendant 1 to leave the town and live with her husband.;ij :„;'.. ;•, ■;.. v ,;. The Court replied that it did not sea its way clear at present to make such an'order; Mr Smith replied that without an order his wife, was willing to leave the town and reside with him. ' :; ' Therejs said to be in a graveyard in Pennsylvania- a tombstone, inscribed "Methuselah Smith, aged one year,"