POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 1707, 7 August 1875, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Messrs. Maoffarlane and Chadwick, Justices of the Peace). ON THE WHARF. William Phillips was discovered by Constable Sampson on the wharf in a state of bewilderment, arising from an overdose of rum. Fined ss. and costs. Harriet's mishap. . Harriet Podesta, a young woman, who figured prominently in court yesterday as a witness in a case where an hotel-keeper was charged with a breach of the Licensing Act, was charged with being drunk aud disorderly in Queen-street yesterday. It appeared that upon leaving court, Harriet took a few drops of the intoxicating draught, when she became elated and endeavoured to dance a hornpipe in the street. Whilst Harriet was performing to her own if not to the public satisfaction, she felt the cold hand of Constable Axam on her shoulder who immediately trotted her down to the station. Harriet said she would plead guilty ; she was drunk and dancing. The Bench ordered a fine of 205., or 48 hours' imprisonment. VICE AND MISERY. Maria Lysaght, a wretchedly-clad female, with four young children, was, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with having no -visible lawful means of employment. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. .7 THE CHILDREN. '.;;■•';■ Edward, John, and Mary Ann Lysaght, children of the above, aged respectively eight, six, and four years, and in a most pitiable condition, were then introduced into Court by Sergeant-Major^ Pardy, who in answer to Mr. Inspector Broham, stated that the father of the children Edward Lysaght was undergoing a term of imprisonment for larceny, and that the mother had since been leading a miserable life. The Bench ordered the b6ys to the Industrial School until their fifteenth year, and the girl to St. Mary's Orphanage, all to be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, -_, . MAGGIE COX. This elderly female was charged with using violent and obscene language yesterday in Hobson-street.

Maggie said she was certainly drunk, but as for using bad language—that was not her style.

Constable Mulville deposed thatl he wa, in the locality at the time taking an official walk under the trees, when he heard tbe language complained of uttered by the. irrepressible Maaaie. He knew her voice ut a minute he fad heard it times before. Maggies character was not perfect. [The constable handed in a paper to the Bench with the awful words thereon : written in his own Roman hand.] „____-_ i.v„„„ The Court imposed a fine of £10 or three months' imprisonment.

AN UNRULY SEAMAN. William Michie, a seaman on board the ship Flechero, now in port, was charged with disobedience of lawful commands. The seaman said he was guilty under extenuating circumstances. " For he was often tempest-tossed, And oft with sickness sharply crossed, And he would sooner die at sea, (> Than underneath the captain be. The captain deposed that Michie had been a great trouble to him. He was drunken, disobedient, and frequently sick.. He ordered him comforts, and such medicines as his case seemed to demand, but generosity was thrown away upon the man. Prisoner protested his innocence, and was ordered to prison for a month.