POLICE COURT— Thursday.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 226, 29 September 1870, Page 2

POLICE COURT— Thursday.

j_Before J. O'Neill and G. B. Owen, Esqrs., Justices.]

Dhttnke_._.esß. —D. Davis, J. Jones, T. Pearson, for first offences, were each fined 5s and co.ts, or to be imprisoned sJ4 hours with hard labour. J. Wiliiams, for a second offence, was fined 10s and costs, or to be imprisoned 48 hours.

VaGkanct. —W. JJoinsley, a discharged soldier from the 18th, was charged with having been illegally on the premises of G. li. Edwards, of the Army and _S avy Hotel, on ih« ms;ht of the 28th instant.—Prosecutor ■ teposecl to having discovered, prisoner at midnight under a bed above stairs, an i adjoining those room 3in which ladies were sleeping. He had no authority to be there.—Constable Price deposed to having arrested prisoner, who ha 1 been drinking for some time. —Sentenced to two month's imprisonment with hard labour. —Bridget Hawkey was charged tv.th using obscene language in Chan-cery-street. —Constable Jeffery deposed to the .acts, aud prisoner, who had oeeu already 19 times convicted in futir years, was sentenced to a fine of 40s and costs, or to be imprisoned lor one inenth with hard labour.

Siu__.i> Ad.—John Lynch was charged by F. C. Lewis, Inspector of .-beep, with having on 22n i .September, permitted scabby sheep to go v , property not his own.—Mr. Lewis ex-plait, d extenuating circumstance* that this was the iirstcase brought before the Court, that there h ..1 been general disregard' of the regulation , nd th_t he desired merely to draw public: ul tuntion to the matter, as the law wouiil hi future be put in force. On his request ;!:j case was withrawn. T . ' ourt then rose.