POLICE COURT.—Monday

Auckland Star, Issue 378, 27 March 1871, Page 2

POLICE COURT.— Monday

(Before J. O'Neill and L. D. Nathan, Esq3., Justices.) Drl tnicenn'E£3.—J. Conolly, Ahirata, and A. Benison were fined ss. and eost3, and W. Benton, for a second offence, was fluei 10a. and co=l?, or to be imprisoned 48 hours. Dp.cnic a:;d Dr orderly.-Mary (an aboriginal) was fined 20s. and costs, or to be imprisoned 13 hours for this offence. Lauce.vy.—J. D. Carter, alias Collins, wi3 charged by D. Yourk with having stolen clot lung to the value of 30s. He wa3 ulso charged with having stolen two shirts from F. J. Benne'.t, valu-j 15s. C^se remanded till next day. Neglected Ciiiivd. —Georgina Boa wright, eleven years old, was brought up as a neglected child.—.Detective Ternahan gave evidence as to the disivputable character of the child's mother. Sent for twelve months to the Home for neglected and destitute children. Lakce.ny.— Arthuv Nicholson and Solomon Lew, two iittle boys, were charged by F. D. Fenton with having pulled down and taken away three palings, riiluo Is , ~from the fence around his property in Jennyn-streel. —F. D Fenton proved the facts of the case, and, on the request of Mr. Broham, the ca.?e was adjourned till day following, for enquiries as to the parents of the children. Destitute Persons Relief Okd"er. —John Cronn, was charged by Ann Cronn with having neglected to provide for her the sum of 10s a week, in obedience to an order of the Bench. —Mr. Wynn for the defence, took a technical objection, and the case was adjourned till next day. Assact.t.—Charles Pike was charged by Samuel Bright with having assulle.l him in the scliooi-rooin at Parnell on the 21st March. Mr. Wynn appeared for the defendant. —8. Bright, deposed that he had gone to the schoolroom when the High way Trustees were

assembled for the purpose of presenting a petition. On going in he was a3ked to retire, as the meeting was a private one. He did not do so, and the defendant took him by the shoulder and threw him down on one of the seats, and threatened to knock his brains out. He also called witness a blasted scoundrel. —In cross-examination by Mr. Wynn, witness stated that he was not a ratepayer in the district; he had not paid his rates for two years. Had never paid his rates to the Parnell Highway Board. Defendant called him a conspirator, and in reply he had called defendant "a " liar."—G. Robershaw gave similar evidence.—Mr. Wynn appled for a dismissal, on account of the trivial nature of the charge, although prepared with rebutting evidence. The case was dismissed. Mr. Wynn applied for, aud obtained, a certificate of dismissal.