POLICE COURT.— This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 1705, 5 August 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.— This Day.

(Before J. M. Dargaville, Esq., and Jameg Baber, Esq., Justices of the Peaoe.)

j/ethe's stream. William McLeish, Thomas Edwards, and George Parker, were drunk last night, and forfeited their bail. A SEA FIGHT. Horace Chandler, Martin Kenny, and William Wood were charged, the foarner two with fighting, and the latter with dig. obedience of orders, on board the barque Robina Dunlop, on the 4th instant. John Graham, master of the Robina Dunlop, barque, deposed that the three prisoners were able seamen on board ; yeg. terday at one o'clock, while at dinner, Chandler and Kenny commenced fighting over a bone, and the latter was so drunk that he could not' join in the fray, and stood grinning ; he tried to part the combatants but without success. They refused to go to their work in obedience to his orders. Wood had been well behaved up to the time of coming on shore Alfred Wyatt and Henry Russell, proved that prisoners were disobedient. The Bench sentenced Wood to 24 hours imprisonment without hard labour, and Chandlor and Kenny to seven days. WIND O.V TKE WHARF. William Henry Judd appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with using pro. yoking language towards Robert Brown on the 3rd day of August, and with expressing an ardent wish to attack his nose. ■ Mr Laishley appeared for complainant. Robert Btown deposed that he was delivery clerk on the wharf, and as such he superin. tended the delivery of cargo from vessels. On Tuesday at noon Mr Judd came to him from the Hero and said he was specially desirous- of giving him a ; punch, on the nose. He was anxious of having big moneys worth out of his bones. On passing from him, Mr Judd called out in an audible voice in the presence of thirty people at least, "Mr Brown, you are a ' ; thief and a loafer." Ec himself was not a professed pugilist His reputation as an honest ' man was at stake. He had been called a thief, otherwise he should not have brought the charge. To the Bench : He must say that unless Mr Judd is restrained he feared for bis nose.' George Alfred Bell, chief officer of the ~ Hero, deposed that he heard Mr. Judd.use the language towards Brown. He did not say that he would punch Brown's nose. He only aaid it would give him pleasure to punch it. Mr Judd stated that a few words had passed between him and complainant in relation to some fruit, but he had no intention of damaging Mr Brown's nose ; it was merely a gust on the wharf. Mr Brown still reiterated' his belief thai his nose was in imminent danger. The Bench ordered defendant to find sureties for his good behaviour for three months ; himself in £20, and two friends in £10 each. This was all the business.