RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
•Saturday, June 17. (Before C. Broad, Esq., E.M.) VAGBANCY. Maria Jennings was charged, under the Vagrant Act, with fighting and creating a disturbance in the public streets. The prisoner, who appeared in most disorderly attire—with hair dishevelled, complained that she was suffering from injuries receiyed while in gaol. His Worship asked if the prisoner had been attended by the medical officer, and, learning that such was not the case, declined to proceed with the charge. POLICE T. WEBSTER. Elizabeth Webster, similarly charged, pleaded guilty, and stated that she had no recollection of the circumstances. She regretted her misconduct, and promised that the offience should not be repeated. His Worship asked if the case were one of ordinary drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and was informed, by Sergeant Kiely, that the defendant was fighting with another woman, that both were using very abusive language, and succeeded in gathering together quite a concourse of people. The circumstances in connection with the affair were of a more than usually disorderly character.
The evidence of Alexander Russell and other witnesses was taken, from which it appeared that the defendant and Maria Jennings had been drinking together, in another woman's dwelling, and had commenced to quarrel. The defendant house first and was followed by Jennings. Blows were exchanged in the street and for fully a quarter of an hour the two women were rolling in the drain, in Lytteltonstreet, struggling with each other and using very disorderly language. One of the witnesses states that both the women were bedaubed with mud from head to foot so as to almost render it impossible to distinguish their sex.
In reply to the Bench, Sergeant Kiely stated that the defendant had never previously been charged with any offence, and.his Worship inflicted a fine ot 40s, or, in default, four days' imprisonment.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 827, 20 June 1871, Page 2
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305RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 827, 20 June 1871, Page 2
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