POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 416, 11 May 1871, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before J. M. Dargaville and B. G. Wood, Esqs.', Justices.)Dkttxkennkss.—Three drunkard*, and one charged with being drunk and disorderly, wore punished in the usual manner. Laucknv or £26 10s.—Hannah Ropor was charged by Michael Hogan, with having, on the Bth of May, stolen from his house at Parnell, money to the amount of £26 10s. Mr. Wynn appeared to watch the case for the defendant. Mr. Broham conducted tho examination.—Michael Hogan deposed that on the 7th inst., at night, he had tho money. On the day following I went for home, leaving my wife and sister. On returning I found the money was stolen. The prosecutor here stated that he did not wish to press tho prosecutrix, biffc was informed by the Bench that it was not in his hands.—Mary Anne Hogan deposed : I am the wife of last witness. On the night of the 7th instant, I got a purse from my husb nd, contaihing £26 10s, in five £5 notes a one pound note and a half'-sovcivign. I had the purse in the corner of a bos in my bedroom. About half-past nine or ten next morning I left the house, leaving nobody there. Locked the front door. Shut to the back door. Returned at four o*clock. On going into the bedroom I saw tho box open and all tho things taken out. The money wag gone. I know prisoner. She had no business at my house in n.y absence.— Michael Hale deposed : I am a pensioner, residing at P.rnell. On Monday the Bth saw prisoner coming out of Hogan's gate, between 10 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon. She came to me where I was working, and said she had been to the bnck and front of Hogan's house, and could find no person, that she wanted some, wood, and she supposed she would have to go Hogan to the beach.—Detective Ternahan deposed y. I arrested the prisoner on the present charge on the 9th of May ; told her the charge. She at first denied all knowledge of.it, and then admitted that she had taken the money j told what the money consisted of, and where she had spent it; viz., one £5 note at Mr. Fitz's, one at Mrs. Shepherd's, one at Mr. Pope's, one at Mr. Johnson's,- and one at Keesing, Doitsh, and Keesing s, and said she paid all her debts. She mentioned the different sums that she

had been owing in the first four places. On going to the places I found the statement pretty correct. I got some clothing from her, which she said she had bought from Keesing and ; Doitsh, —Catherine Shepherd, Henry Pope, W.'Fitz, Thomas Johnston, and Robert Hale, .corroborated the previous evidence. - This'closed the case for the prosecution.—Mr. Wynn stated that there was no intention of offering a defence in this Court, and applied for prisoner being admitted to bail, in com sideration of her being within a few weeks of her confinement.—Prisoner was committed for trial. Bail allowed in two sureties of £50 each, and her own bond of £100. Threatening- Language.—Kate Cape was charged by Susan Conley with having threatened to put a knife through her heart into her back, on the Bth May.—Mr. Joy for the defence.—Prosecutrix deposed that, having a dispute about a pair of trousers, defendant called her a "superstitions turncoat Papist," and said she would put a knife right through her heart and out through her back. Had had a dispute about a gentleman from Tasmania, who was intimate with both of them. Defendant carried a small dagger.—To Mr. Joy : Had said that defendant had the broad arrow marking her as a convict, on her left arm. [Defendant here offered to bare her arm, and clear her character.] Under Mr. Joy's examination, prosecutrix swore that on this occasion defendant had actually stabbed her through the fence. •—Alfred Roper appear^;! when called on, but declared he knew nothing about the occurrence.—George Hassel's evidence was to the same effect.—Elizabeth Wrightson deposed to having heard defendant say, "The b—b—, she is not game to come out, or I'll put this through her heart."—Case dismissed, each party paying her own costs. Assault and Threatening Language.— Cross Charges.—John Coleman was charged by Adam Orr with having violently assaulted him, and was further charged with having used threatening language.—There was a cross case, in which Coleman was proEecutor and Orr was defendant.—Mr. Wynn appeared for Orr, and Mr. Joy for Colema.i.—Considerable discussion took place on questions technical and of Court procedure.—-Adam Orr deposed : I am the proprietor of the Alexandra Hotel. Coleman came into my place on Saturday with two prostitutes, and demanded to get into a private room. His language was very abusive. I ordered him out, and took him by tho collar and put him out without violence. —Cross-examined by Mr. Joy : W. Hingston, a boatman, and W. Perry, corroborated the evidence as to the violent assault and abusive language of Coleman.—Christina Poole, who was present in a private room with. Mrs. Orr, also deposed to the violent language of Coleman, who, for this portion of the offences, was bound over for three months to keep the peace, in his c wi'i bond to ■: £25, and two sureties of £12 10f, MW&U The Court adjourned at 1 o'clock for half-an-hoi'r.

Mr. Saunders reports Caledonians held firmer, sold at £111; Thames, £20 10s., withdrawn, sellers £21 ; Junction, 40s. „ held for 45a.; Otago, 355.; Central Italy , 275. and 245. ; Kelly, £3 2s. 6d. Belfast, Kelly, Poverty, in demand ; also G-as T Bant, and Insurance shares.