POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1660, 14 June 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

[Befere J. Cosgrave, Esq., J.P., (Chairman), and Chas. O'Neill, J.P.] THE DAILY BILL. David Cleary, William Hawkins, Martin Mey, James .Lambert, Thomas Murphy, John Swan, William Laverty, John Barrel! ( alias Burns), Charles Hopkins, and James Brown, were ordered to pay the us"ai penalty. Lambert and Murphy who added "disorderly" to a wrong doing, mulcted in 20s and costs Lambert complained that " a man couldn't move now about Auckland without being dropped off by a ' Bobby fP The defendant's language m and behaviour were, shewn to be.too ejn on" strative, and his plea that he was "j«*9' v bidding good-bye to a friend" did not ayau him. THE BOW AT THE COSMOPOLITAN.^' Eliza Leatrange was charged with being drunk and disorderlyand wilfully destroying two decanters, one full of gin, 1 bottle old torn, and 1 pint measure, of the total valae of £2 153., the property of Ruby R. Campion M of Auckland. , : ■ . This was the case arising out of tn?_?j*'T: t in Queen-street, described in S&tttT'" /} Stak. thPt~~~^£* Eliza loot ell epentan*, and pleaded guilty. Inspector Broham said that this was a very bad casa. The prisoner had been 4& tUnMj,,| convicted, having commenced her career in J |

1866, and had been before the Court regularJv_fljJf»V since. f# ; 4;, v'V imposed a fine of 20s and costs fCi. I^s 3nik and disorderly, and ordered her \ W*fJ for the damage she had caused, and \j-■ her 40s and costs, or a month's imj>rijFf ient for her behaviour. *■? : IESERTIO.V.

Thomas Griffiths was charged with deserting from the ship Emily McLaren, at Auckland on the 6th inst.

The captain proved the case and prisoner was sentenced to one months imprisonment with hard labour.

The captain said that the prisoner had also stolen his pocket book containing £3 10s and some valuable papers, and a charge of larceny would be preferred against him.

VAMBOSING WITH CLOTHING,

David Power was charged with stealing two blankets, 1 coat, 2 pair of trousers, 5 Crimean shirts, 1 hair brush, 3 pairs Eocks total value £2, the property of Edwin Nicholas from the Manukau Hotel, at Onehunga on the 16th May. The prisoner pleaded that he took the clothing in a swag in mistake for one he had left at the hotel.

Inspector Broham asked for a remand to produce witnesses to prove felonious intent.