POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1200, 27 November 1873, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

! (Before Ihomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

DUUHKKNXESS,

. i a /jTAiuoao a •..■•. ? : ■. ■ ; Henrj Kelly,;who appeared ,to be very dieaf, denied being drunk, i Sergoant-Maj or Pardy deposed that he .arrested prisoner in ■ Wyndham-street in a state of intoxication,' when he wished to fight. "":".'■ I Constable Johnson proved that prisoner was jdrunk when brought to the lock-up. ri Prisoner said, that he was,a sailor, out of employment.,, He did not consider that a man was dt-unk when he could stand. Fhied. 10s and costs. ~-, <,i :

! George, Thomas, charged with the same offence, stated that he was a bushman, and h^d^notbeen intown for a very long. time. Hemettwo?oi' three friends and had two or tliree pints of Ibeer, which-knockedhim over. He was, not ; accustomed to ' colonial beer. Fined 10s dhd costs. ' ~? "'' JGeorge Nichols pleaded guilty, to the same offence, arid was fined in the same sum.

- Mr Broham said that a number; of new 'jwaistcoats, about a dozen^' had' been found 'upon Thomas- who could not give any satis-, factory account as to how he came possessed of 'them. -He^had since found the owner, and this prisoner would be brought up in the morning to answer for the charge. Henry Austin 'was charged with being drunk, and assaulting a constable while in the execution of Ms duty. , , ; j Prisoner said he. did not remember the circumstances. He had not as very good memory.i> .\ .•••■ }.-\\•• g[ ~f J [\ \i '- Constable Shiels deposed that about four o'clock yesterday he saw the prisoner in j company with two marines in Qupen-street. He pulled off his hat, and flung i,t into the air, and then pulled off his coat,..danced on. the pavement, and insulted persons who were passing by at the time. He; then put himself in a fighting attitude. He j arrested him, and he went quietly, until he reached High-street, when he wanted to ;know why the constable had arrested him. He! then made a spring, and with his arms caught the constable lightly around the body, j and tried. to bite his ear off. He I then snapped several times at his nose, and bit the tip severely. ' Prisoner said that he had no recollection of it. He was not hungry at the time, and hadj no particular taste for constables' ears. .., Constable Mulville assisted mv getting the prisbner to the lock-up ; a civilian also ,assi^ted. ' --•--■ ~,-., Prisoner, said he had taken' two-pints of colonial beer, which had a wonderful effect upon his nerves and set him. dancing >upon the ! pavement. He was generally a 'sober man, and his employer would speak'in his favour. " ! .■< ""*

i His Worship remarked that has employer I would not speak well of-him if he had made*| Buck an attack upon his nose and ear. Con- j stables must be protected, and' persons ! assaulting them must be punished. For the first offence he must pay 20s and costs, and for the second, namely assaulting the constable, he must be imprisoned for one month with hard labour. This was all the business;