POLICE COURT.—Friday.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 537, 29 September 1871, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

i (Before Thomas Ritchie and A. Beetharn, Esqs., Justices.) Drunkenness.—Four males and one female wore punished in the usu d manner for first i offences.

Ukkanines of Municipal Powce Act.— \< F.dwnrd L. Hnll, George Ashby, William ' Q-rabatn, anJ John Harrison were charged 1 with maliciously disturbing the inhabitants by knocking at doora, Sic, in Uio neighbourhood ,' of Hobson and Albert-streets. They pleaded ; not guilty.—Sergeant Walker deposed that ' between two and three o'clock ho \va3 on duty in Lower Queen-street, and, hearing a

noise, went up to Albert-street, where he j joined Constable Naughton, with whom he j found prisoner, and followed them up into j Upper Lfobson-street. Prisoners were ham--1 nierinc nfc the do-»rs nlong the afreets with i thick .-udgfls (produced)- They then appreI bonded prisoners after some considerable ■| amount of alrugitling. The noise could bo ; heard in Freeman's Hay.—Constable Naughton j Muled that lie had accosted prisoners in ; Victoria-street, where they were making a I noise, :iu<\ requested (hem to go home, j which they promised to do. They, how;j ever, went c.n into Hobson-street, and re- | commenced hammering violently at tlie doors. I Upon this lie and Serjeant Walker appreI liended them. Prisoners styled themselves the 1 " Rollicking Il'iius." —Both these witnesses 1 woro e^pstj-examined at considerable length by M prifcdnera, but without shaking their testimony. sj —Prisoners ata:,cd that they had only knocked Hat their own door. — the Bench said that this r; " Rollicking Kam" business was becoming | serious, and required to be put down. As, I however, it wae the first case brought under s.nouce, they would not visit, the full amount . of penalty, but; fine each £5, with the alternaf tivc of one month's imprisonment without. {'hard labour. I YaGEANCT.—ifary Minninix, charged with : iving no visible lawful means of support, had j on frequently before the Court on previous oiisionH; and on this was sentenced to three 'iiths' imprisonment with hard labour.— \T.uia Lilio/, another old offender, pleaded h fjuiity to a similar charge.—Detectives I fery and Ternahan proved the correctness V the charge, and sh« was sentenced to a like t \ hod of jtenal 'Servitude. ' VVltT.vicii'AL Police Act.—John Batger was fed ss. and costs, for nil,wing a cow to aider in a public thoroughfare. SItKACHES 0!' LMPOITjfJHNO ACT. Jane ii-j.- was also fined five shillings and costs ■ *"w«Mlar ofiencc—John Grady, charged Wii rescuing a goat from T. B. Hill, which I been J aw fi,ly seized for the purpose of . ng imponridf :■[, failed to appear, and prose- ,; UiT a.ho negated to answer to his name, c case sran t h,-o(bre dismissed PoßOiHa anj) UTTERiNu.^-Kdvvard Lewis 3 charged,with forging-and uttering an . , ,ier for the delivery of goods to the value of j £5. —Richard Jiobbs, draper, deposed : I know prisoner. He came to my shop yesterday, bringing a letter which contained an order, signed by Joseph Craig, requesting me to give bearer £5 worth of goods on his account. The order now produced is the one. I know Joseph Craig, carter, but cannot; swear to his siggflfrare. .From the spelling of the name T suspected all was not right, and sent for Mr. Craig, in the moan time supplying the goods. On Mr. Craig's arrival, he said the order was a forgery. Thereupon I gave prisoner into custody.—Joseph Craig denied having signed the order in question, and said there was no other of the same name in Auckland, lie believed the writing of the order to be prisoner's. Had never given him any authority to obtain goods on his behalf.— Constable E. .Shannon deposed to the arrosfc of prisoner. On being apprehended, he said ho knew ho was " sold."—Constable Xyran Brennan deposed that on searching prisoner yesloi'day he found on him the piece of paper j and envelopes produced. The paper is precisely similar to that on which the order was written, and tho envelopes the same as that enclosing the order. —Prisoner was then charged wi;h having, by a similar forged order, obtained goods from E. Porter and Co. James Hardy, partner in the firm, deposod that prisoner came to the shop and presented the order now produced, purporting to bo one from Joseph Craig, carter, for two axes and a saw, which were delivered to him.—Joseph

Crais gave similar ev;denec to that in tho preceding cise. He had not signed the order.— Prisoner was fully committed on both charges to stand his trial at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court.