PETTY SESSIONS.—Tuesday.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 248, 25 October 1870, Page 2

PETTY SESSIONS.— Tuesday.

Present—Messrs. J. O'Neill (chairman), Por-

ter r Taylor, Owen, Turton, Thornton

Drunkenness. —E. Smith, W. Fisher, Mary Doran, A. Fielding, and J. Gfarland were punished in the usual manner. Breach of Post Office Act.—George Mundle was charged by S. B. Biss with a breach of the above Act, in detaining on board the Samson the mail-base for the Bay of Islands, for nine days.—Mr. Brookfield appeared for the prosecution.—Captain Mundle pleaded guilty, and explained that during many years no one had come for the bags during his trips, and he had always signed for them on shore, without seeing them. On this occasion he was not aware of the bags being aboard —The Bench ordered a fine of £5 for each bag, with costs. gJ? Impounding Act—Elizabeth Byan, for allowing cattle to stray, pleaded guiity, and being an often repeated offenc-v wa. Sued lOj. and costs.—For a similar offence, John Southcoat was fined ss. and costs. -MM, Municipal Police Act. —CTPeterson was called to answer a charge of allowing a horse to stray. He did not appear. Constable Clarke, stationed at Newton, deposed to the facts of the case, and a fine of 20s. and costs was inflicted, or in default 48 hour_' imprisonment. —W. Potter was charged with having allowed nightsoil to flow over Wakefield-street. Mr. McG-reggor appeared to prosecute. Mr. Young, Inspector of Nuisances, deposed to the offensiveness of the nuisance. Fined 10s. and coats.—William Parker and B. Hill were charged with the same offence, and fin .d 53. Perjury. -— Wirihana . Tewhiwhi was charged by J. Shearer with perjury. Mr. J. Sheehan appeared on behalf of the prosecutor, and said he did not wish to proceed with the .case.. It was accordingly .withdrawn. .

Licensing Act. —William Bacon, of Chan-cery-street, was charged under the Licensing Act, with having no light burning outside his house on Saturday night. Fined ss. and costs.

Larceny.—William Burns was charged with stealing from the premises of Mr. Jenkins, in East-street, Newton, three blankets, valued at 465., on the Bth of August. The prisoner pleaded not gudty. The owner of the property gave evidence and identified the property, and Mrs. Catherine Bare stated that she has purchased the articles .for 10s.— Prisoner was sentenced to three months' hard

labour

HousE-BBEAKiNG.^-John Coffey and Charles Harris were charged with feloniously stealing from the premises of Mesai _. S. Cochrane and Son two cases tobacco, weighing about 2501b5. —Mr. Joy appeared for the prisoner Harris. —The case was adjourned till Thursday pest.

. Frank Campbell, Robert Field, and Edgar Field, three boys, were charged with throwing rotten eggs into the house of J. Wendall, in Drake-street. —Campbell pleaded guilty, the other two not guilty.—Mr. Joy appeared for the plaintiff.—The facts of the ca?e were fully proved, and each of the lads was bound over in the bond of his father for £10, to be ot good behaviour for three months. AssaU-T. —Jiobert-Haekett was charged by Curelon Bunsen with assaulting him on the fa<_- with a whip on the 17th instant.—Mr. Joy, L.L.8., appeared for the complainant. Mr. Hesketh for the defendant.—The witnesses in this case were ordered out of Court.—Tho complainant dep.>_ed that on the 17th iustant he was in the house/when the complainant came up to the door, and demanded payment for a milk bill which was owing. The complainant said he would pay the account as soon as he could, to which the defendant said that he would wait for him, if it was ten o'clock at

night. Subsequently the complainant went out, when the defendant followed him, and struck him several times on the face with a whip which he had in his possession. The complainant gave no provocation -whatever. — The complainant, cross-examined by Mr. Hesketh, said that he had given no provocation whatever. Did not taunt the defendant that if he summonsed me for the amount owing he would get nothing as the complainant w;is under age.—Sarah .Kullen, wife of Thos. Bullen, deposed that on the morning of the 16th instant, the complainant was going his round with his millc, the defendant was also following quickly with, a whip in his hand, on coming up to complainant, the defendant said, " I have you now and will be the death of you." He then struck him several times across the face with his whip, leaving the marks and blood flowing. — Cross-examined by Mr. Hesketh : The defendant struck the complainant behind the back with a whip. Did not see the complainant throw a bottle at the defendant.—This concluded the case for the prosecution. — Mr. Hesketh addressed the Court for the defence. —There being a cross action the Bench reserved their decision until hearing the same. Complainant was then charged by Eobei - Hackett with assaulting him on the 17th instant. The dispute arose out of a sum owing for milk. The complainant said that the defendant had "used most abusive and insulting language towards him, which had led him to strike the defendant. The complainant said that, the defendant was the cause of the dispute on the first occasion.— The Bench dismissed the second case; the defendant Hackett was ordered to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of £10, each party to pay his own costs. —The Court then rose.