RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WESTPORT.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 196, 17 March 1868, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WESTPORT.

(Before J. Giles, Esq., M.D., E.M.) Monday, March 16. petty larceny. George Knopp charged Jacob Lazaar with stealing a £1 note from him on Saturday la t. Prosecutor stated that prisoner boarded in the house in which he lived On Saturday he went out for about an hour and a half, and left prisoner in. On a shelf he left a purse containing a £1 and two half-sovereigns. On returning, prisoner handed him the doorkey, when ou taking down the purse he missed the note. He asked the prisoner for it, but he replied that he had not taken it ; subsequently he gave him into custody. On the way to the lockup, prisoner told him that if he would let him go, he would give him the note in the evening. No one besides the prisoner was in the house when he left it. Detective Lambert, deposed On Saturday last, prosecutor gave prisoner into my charge for stealing a £1 note. On the way to the lock-up, prisoner threatened to knock prosecutor down, but afterwards told him that he would return him his money if prosecutor would let him go. On arriv ng at the lock-up I searched prisoner ; L found no money, only a miner's right bearing another man's name. The prisoner called Abraham Doodeward, who stated, that on Friday he asked the prosecutor to lend him some money. Prosecutor stated that he had not enough of money to lend witness, but borrowed 10s from him. The following morning prosecutor returned him the money before leaving his house. He believed the prosecutor had a £5 note in his purse when witness lent him the 10s. Witness stated that prisoner and prosecutor were always quarrelling. Nathan Abrahams deposed to knowing prisoner, and to his general straightforwardness. 'The prisoner declined making any statement, and the Magistrate adjourned his decision until 10 a.m. this day. Bail was granted to the prisoner, him--Belf in £2O, and two sureties of £lO each. EMBEZZLEMENT. Patrick Buff, formerly collector for Messrs Reid and Curie, of this town, was brought up in custody, charged with the above offence. Sergeant Williams applied for 1 , a d was granted au adjournment uuul

Thursday next, to enable the evidence to be prepared. The prisoner applied for bail, which was allowed- -himself in £SO, and two sureties of £25 each. ANNIE O'DEA T. M. CALLAN. Mr Campbell appeared for plaintiff, at present in gaol, who sued Matthew Callan, for wages due, and value of property left in defendant's charge. Mr Campell stated that the summons was against Susan M'lnnes in the first place, and Callan had since married her, and he asked the Court to alter the summons to include Mrs Callan as a defendant, as Callan himself was not the party who engaged plaintiff. Annie O'Dea, sworn, said- -I am the plaintiff. In September last I was boarding with defendant and his present wife, when she asked me to go with her to Mokihinui as barmaid, at a wage of £4 per week. I went with her, paying my own coach hire and passage through the defendant, to whom I gave =£4 for that purpose. After staying with defendant three weeks she left, selling me the place, for which I gave her an lOTJ for £ls, with the understanding that the money due me was to be deducted at some future time. She left Mr J. Milne as her agent to collect the money, and to him I paid £3. lam at present incarcerated in gaol for the full amount. Some time since I was at the Grey, when I left a cloak and bonnet in defendant's charge I have applied for it but cannot get it. I charge £4 for them in the present summons. Mathew Callan and his wife were examined, who swore that plaintiff was not engaged by them to go to Mokihinui, but had begged Mrs Callan to let her accompany her, as she might drop into something at the new rush. They both deposed that Mrs Callan had. only been in Mokihinui a week altogether, during which time plaintiff lived with her, for which she had charged her £3 in a former case. They deposed to knowing nothing about the cloak and bonnet, and to never having received an application for it. Mrs Callan deposed to selling plaintiff the place for £ls, for which she had received an lOTJ for £ls, and had been paid £3 on account of such lOTJ, which amount had been credited in the former summons. Mr Campbell left the case in the Magistrate's hands, remarking that it was one of conflicting evidence, and he presumed defendant and his wife would be looked upon as one person. Dr. Giles said that to his mind the fact of the plaintiff giving defendant an lOTJ was corroborative of their evidence, and gave judgment accordingly for defendant. Jndgments were given for plaintiff in the following debt cases, viz.— Colvin and Darcy v. Patrick Sherlock, King and Cowley v. Christian Both, Tonks and Hughes v. Eichard Goldie, in the latter case immediate execution was ordered. APPLICATION. Thomas Dickenson, who had obtained a judgment against Gardiner, (who was successful plaintiff in a case Gardiner v. Martin), applied to have the money paid into Court handed over to him. Mr Tyler had a lien on Gardiner's money for £3 3s, which being deducted the balance was given to the bailiff for applicant, to be treated in the usual way. The Court then adjourned.