POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1655, 8 June 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Gustav Yon der Heyde-and Geo. "S. Graham," Justices).

UOBLEKIZERS

. Thomas Holmes, Jane Whitaker, Jamss Macdonald, Joseph Penton, John Flaherty, Timothy Eogers, and Porena (a native), were charged with drunkenness, and were - 'fined 5s each. . [ A SCOTCHMAN _ ABILITIES. . Murdock McLeod was charged with being drunk and disorderly last .'night, and, while in that state of effervescence, striking Constable Moor in the chest. Prisoner, whose face was in a terrible condition, Baid he was drunk, but did not insult constable. -<»_■.. ! James jMo&r deposed that he. saw tbejprisoner on the wharf at -half-past one this morning. 'He wa'at ib __ 'beastly state of ; drunkenness, and thinking the prisoner might fall into the water,-he-persuaded him not to go. He said he would serin spite p£ all tbe police in Auckland. ' He then i/truck him violently on the chest. Prisoner remembered nothing of the circumstance, and the Banch sentenced him to 20s for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and 40s or a month's imprisonment for the assault. A GENERAL SMASH. 1 Martin Willis, Aaron Bowers, John Mills, and Thomas Luckey, alias " Lucky Tom,.", were brought up on a charge of wilfully... destroy ing thirteen panes of glass, value £1, the property of Mary Skiffington, of Auckland, on the 7th inst. -.. Prisoners pleaded not guilty. Z "■■ " \ Mary Skiffington, a single woman, a dress-* maker, of , Wellington-Btreet, deposed that one of the prisoners knocked at, her house last night and enquired for a certain person, jbut no such pet;_on was in the house. Bowers thien pushed by her and "rushed into'the rohm-; a-scuffle-and arow followed, and she 'saw thfelwindows smashed. " ' (Bridget Kelly, a smart young woman with i a /cavalier hat^ deposecHhst she opened the dobr to Bowers ; her friend," Mr Macaleer, put Bowers out; the men were total strangers to her and had no business there. There was a great row. X Joseph Macaleer deposed thkt he was a connoisseur, in paintings, and was at the a house of Mrs -Skiffington* when the parties It- was about nine o'clock. He enquired f»r a ijictitious name, ;. '■ Thia-witnesaes's evidence was corroh'oraJtive of that, given by Bridget Kelly. f. Bowers said-that" he was _infonned_that a j ..friend of his was at the house, and he pimply ' called fo* him, when he was knocked down and kicked - on.. ~' TH W ' WdßWir .^re^th'ebsmashed ; that was all about it. Mr "Broham-aid the prosecutrix and the young-* woman, Kelly, were people of respectability. . tt .|,.,, '.„ t .^ ...,. ... f« : nr-The prisoned were sentenced' to pay-the. ' damage : and 20s each, with costs, or be itipieo'ted to one month's imprisonmentwith ■ 4ard labour. ~ .*" . ~ .AX OLD; feANto.^*1 _*■« yj* Bichf-rd Sarsfield, a well-known character, was charged under the "^agrantj^-t with, using' obscene language^m^William -"street, Chahdery Lane, to tbfr annoy an a\ of the inhabitants'thereof,.,on> the ( evening of the, Ist instant. '"*'"' ",;,,'' * ■-. - ~' ......The prisoner* began-.o_b.akeV long speech .iiV.his defence, not a word b_ whic_ could be understood by the Bench. . ' ' taS Mr stated-thatt.prisorterjwa-tiAing shocking language, which could be heard by Sergeajnt O'Goifhor at- the .tatipn. T> -As prisoner was a very bad character, he was ordered to pay-_r"fine"_f; £10^or go-fro" prison for three months. - -A NATIVE BTJRGLAR. ... ; jj i Thomas, a' Maori, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr . McDowell, at -Mahurangi, on the Ist inst. The Bench expressed its surprise that this case could not have been dealt with at "Mahurangi. - " Jtfr Broham said there' was no place theret.o_ keep prisoners in custody, and probably i_te Justice of the Peace did not care to deal with the case. Mr Keati y appeared for prisoner, and asked for a remand until Friday. Prisoner, through an interpreter, Mr Brown, wished to have the case tried now ; ■ suspense to him was painful. As the case could not be gone on with, it was remanded until Friday. NORTH SHORE PEOPLE. Mary Ann S<veetman was charged with felony, she having appropriated the sum of £3, found in the pocket of Mary Ann Denby, at the North. Shore, on the 3rd instant. • Mrs Sweetman pleaded not guilty, and the case was remanded until to-morrow. DOUGLASS DTOP'S HORSE. Douglas Duff was summoned for trotting too fast ronnd a corner. |Mr Duff avowed that he was as careful as possible......

Mr Broham said that his instructions wem quite the reverse. pll| The Bench fined Mr Duff 20s and costs. Thomas Lupton pleaded guilty to plyina his horse and cart for hire, within the limits N of the city, without a license. >^ Fined 13 and costs. ■' n\ -U_UCY. • ■ ~~~Jy Charles Hall waß pronounced ,to be of mind bf-Bri Eec and'Kend-rdine. an.d .committed to the Lunatic Asylum. ( This wae-all fEe business. j