POLICE COURT—Monday.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 575, 13 November 1871, Page 2

POLICE COURT— Monday.

[Before E. Isaacs and T. B. Kenderdine,

Esqs., Justices.]

DrUaS'kexness. —Seven drunkards were punished in tho usual manner. Breaches op Municipal Corporation Act. — Frederick Brooks, charged with netting tire to inflammable matter in Upper Queenstreet, pleaded guilty, and was (mcd 20a. and cost*. —George 801 l on, a little-.hoy, charged with doing a similar net off Grey-nirvet, said it was Guy Fawkes' Day, and did not know he was doing wrong. Fined Is. and cost**.

Breach 01* Municipal. Police Act.'— John Luplon, for trailing a log up Queenstreet, and (hereby doing injury to the road, was lined 5s and costs.

13i*i*ach ok Public Domain Act.—Mary Bewick, charged by John Hodges with com milting a breach of the by-laws of the above Act by taking a dog into the Domain, pleaded guilty, and was lined Is., with costs. Larceny.—Catherine Douglas wis charged by Alexander Ban- with stealing from the Globe Hotel a decanter, value ss. She pleaded guilty, but said she did not remember it.—ishe was also charged by Willi im Ilamley, of the Wynyard Hotel, with committing a similar offence. There were no less than eighteen convictions against her for petty larceny.— Sentenced to six months'imprisonment with bard labor.—Robert Hay was charged by James Palmer with stealing two trays, value £1, from the Duke of Marlborough Hotel, pleaded guilty and was ordered to be imprisoned for one mon'.h with hard labor. —Christopher Hanson, accused of stealing a Government rille, was remanded till Wednesday, as it appeared he was of weak intellect, and it was (bought desirable to make some enquiries respecting him.

Malicious Injury to Property.—Patrick Ryan was charged by Captain Lyre, Governor of the Gaol, with irjuring a quantity of clothing, itc, while undergoing sentence. — lie pleaded guilty, hut said he was sorry for having committed the offence, and if given a week's lime, would pay the amount of damage. —Fined M)s and costs, and ordered lo pay f>r tho goods at once, or in default undergo one month's imprisonment with hard labor.

Lahcent. —Susan Mahony, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing Gt from her employer, Alexander Ban-. There was another charge of stealing 6s. Mr. Kees appeared for tho prosecution, and Mr. Joy for tho defence.—Mr. Rcea explained that Barr had lost a number of small sums lately, and on account of baring purchased great quantities of clothing, &,-'. , suspee'ed her of having supplemented her wages from his till. He, however, would not have taken proceedings against her had she not, threatened him with legal consequences on account of his baring taxed her with tho thefts. —Catherine Hindi, a girl of thirl een years of age, deposed that about six or seven weeks ago she obtained a pint of beer from defendant, Cor which she gave her sixpence. Defendant put it, in her pocket with her eight hand, and opened the till with her left, took twopence out. and pave it, 1,0 witues-*, who then said, " I'm watching You," and went away with the beer. She mentioned it some lime afterwards lo Mr. Barr. —Alexander Barr deposed that, having missed considerable sums of money, ho suspected the defendant, who had made some extravagant, expenditure for clothe-*. He accused her, and she said she had got the money for them from her hr ither at the Thames. Ho communicated with her brother, who said he had never given her anything. —Elizabeth Barr, wile of the last, witness, deposed that on Friday, the 21st ultimo, she hoard her husband accuse defendant for taking money from tho till. He found the key of her chest opened the til. He said, " This is how my money has gone;" and she replied, that if such was the case she knew nothing of it. Considerable sums of money had been missed. The witnesses were cross-examined at length by Mr. Joy.—Tho Bench thought that, although there were grave grounds for suspicion, the direct evidence being only that of the little girl, was not suoh as to warrant them in doing anything than dismiss the case. They hoped tho present narrow escape would be a caution lo her in future. —The second charge was then withdrawn by tho prosecution.