Police Intelligence.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 854, 31 January 1866, Page 2

Police Intelligence.

THIS DAY. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT. (Before W. Mason, Esq., J.P., and C. Logie, Esq., J.P.) Robert Henry Forman was charged, on the information of Thos. H. Sincock, a sub-inspector of Police, stationed in Dunedin, who stated 4 ‘ that, from information received, and other circumstances within the informant’s knowledge, he hath’ just and reasonable cause to believe, and doth believe, that Robert Henry Forman, Sheriff and Queen’s Bailiff for the Province of Otago, did, as such Queen’s Bailiff as aforesaid, on or about the 21st day of March, 1854, then being the bailee of the sum of £123 4s 6d, a deposit receipt on the Bank of New Zealand for £lO, watch, ring, pin, nugget, and trunk containing clothes, ahd thereafter, to wit, on the 20th day of September, 1865, the sum of £79 (in Newcastle notes), ring, pin, medal, and cheque for £1 5s of the monies, goods, and chattels, the property of her Majesty the Queen, unlawfully and fraudulently convert the sa d sums of money, goods, and chattels to his own use, and thereby did feloniously steal the same, contrary to, the provisions of the Fraudulent Trustees Act, 1860.” The prisoner was defended by Mr W. W. Wilson. Mr Kenyon, who appeared on behalf of the Crown, applied for a remand until Tuesday next, which was granted. As to the question of bail, the Bench took time to consider it. . (Before A. C. Strode, Esq., R.M. CIVIL CASES. Thomson and Barlow v James Briggs, claim of L 9 2s lid for calico, &c., and printing materials. The defendant paid L 3 18s 6d into Court, and disputed the balance. The plaintiffs claimed for a quantity of calico, paper, painting materials, and labor, employed in executing certain work at the defendant's house. Several items in the account were disputed by the defendant, who called two witnesses to prove that the quantities of calico, &c., charged as being supplied, were excessive, but their evidence did not materially affect the case. Judgment was given in the sum of L 7 17s Id, inclusive of the amount paid into Court. James Me Tndoe v James Miller, John Lazar and others (members of the Southern Separation League), claim of LlO 18s 3d for registration claims collected, The plaintiff was nonsuited, having accepted paid payment from one of the defendants, and having erased his name from the bill of particulars, which course the Magistrate held sufficient to absolve the others from further liability. In the following cases judgment by default was given for the amount claimed and costs :—M. V. Hodge v James Turner, claim of LIS 2s 4d for professional services; and Jones and Co. v O’Grady, claim of Lll Is lid. In the case of Clarke and Co. v Ketterer, a rehearing was granted upon the application of Mr Ward, on the ground that the goods sued for, had never been sold or delivered to the defendant. The rehearing was fixed for Friday, 10s costs being allowed to the plaintiffs. MAYOR’S COURT. (Before W. Mason, Esq., Mayor.) OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Eliza Wood arid Jno. O’Neil, each charged with this offence, were fined respectively 40s and 6s, and costs. .

A correspondent hands to us the following specimens of epistolary communications extracted from Indian papers “ The Bangalore Herald , —We have been much amiiseji'by some,.letters that have appeared in, the "Bombay papers about native letter-writing ; but, after all, we think.Mysore has gained the prize. What we givei below is certainly unique of its kind, and,we have no hesitation in averting tlxat our correspondent has gained the palm for excellence. The allusions are so choice, the parallels are so opposite, complete, and rich, and the knowledge of military matters which our correspondent (who is a law agent) shows is so extensive, that we may fairly hold him up as an example of what ‘ education in India ’ can achieve. ‘To the Editor of the Bangalore Herald. Sir,--I am surprised to give these few lines to your spreaded journal for insertion about the -equability of a junior officer with a senior in general. It is not proper for a senior tb allow a junior to be equally with him by which the junior makes a senior to be awkward in his mind as well as junior entangle in his mind; and it is not proper for a senior to allow a junior to transact the employment which a senior is. bounded to do, with which equability the junior wags his tail as a little monkey burnt Lunka, and undoubtedly depends on . certain sum of silver-bits and strengthens a simple action into greater, and greater into a simple by tempting the senior and envying the opposing parties and instructing the senior to hate the opposing parties as well as he do. The inhabitants of cantonment are trembling and Vomiting blood to obscure such a monster who appears daily in tha Cantonment Bazaarstreet, and jxraying Almighty the Creator of Heaven and earth, and expecting to see when such a monster will be seized in the net or snare. l am, Sir, yours obediently, A Studious Man of the Acts.’ The Sholapore correspondent of the .Poowa Observer (F. N. C.—fat native contributor) has acquired an extraordinary mastery of the English language, as the following illustration will show ‘ Distressing winds still continue to flow broadcast over the land, without any vestiges of downpours of the essential element; and although these watersheds do take place circularly all round, they do not encroach nearer this town than some distance off. In consequence of this absence of the liquid, the sprouting of the grass does not concur, and husbandry and agrihorticultural purposes do not get any instigation.’ ” The Dorset papers record the death of Captain Patey, at ,Canford, in that county. He was a midshipman on board the Mars at the battle of Trafalgar, and was by the side of Captain Duff when the latter was killed. The Mars lost 300 out of 500 men on board of her in this famous battle. The Dunstan Times states as a fact that:—“ Arrangements have been madsin M elbourne with the Panama Steam Shipping Company for the ■ conveyance of three thousand Chinese to Otago. The presence of even that number of this industrious class among us will add considerably to our reduced escort returns, while the benefit to be derived by the business people is too well known to need comment.” A Correspondent of the Lyttelton Times has the following :—“The coach came in last might from Wanganui ; but we have no very important or fresh news from the front ; however, I forward you the last Wanganui paper. General Chute is universally considered to be the right man in the right place ; and the “Wild Irishman,” as he is called, is very popular among his people. There are some very good stories being circulated now about him, of which the following two are vouched for —At Orepawa he was well to the front, and was twice hit, one bullet taking s away a button off his coat, while another divided the string forming his hatguard. Nothing daunted, the General is reported to have qxiietly said to an officer standing by that ‘ ‘ that black beggar was a deuced good shot.” The second story is to the effect, that when a Maori murderer was brought into camp a few days since, the General handed him over to the 57th, who were requested to put him out of the way in a summary manner. To this the Colonel objected, on the ground that it would be a disgrace to his regiment. Whereupon the General suggested that “it would be as well, then, to take the murderer outside the lines and make him commit suicide.” Dr., now Colonel, Peatherstone, the fighting Superintendent, has been doing great things with the Maori contingent, and, at the urgent wish of the General, is going to remain with them. Mr Waring Taylor has, in the interim, been appointed Deputy Superintendent.” We learn from the Wahatij'* Mail of the 27th inst. that—“ The Scandinavian Company, Skipper’s Creek, crushed five tons of stone, taken from the new reef or leader found near Miller, Pinkerton and Co.’s claim. The result was seventy-five ounces ; or at the rate of fifteen ounces to the ton. The quartz was not picked, and the width of the reef is four feet.”

The same paper says —“ Mr hT. Chevalier, the celebrated artist, arrived in Queenstown on Thursday, and yesterday proceeded up the Lake, for the purpose of adding to the list of his many admirable views of the most striking scenery and prominent features in the Australasian colonies.”

One of the most popular exhibitions of St Petersburgh. just now is an English sailor, who professes to have beentattoed when in captivity among the savages of one of the Pacific Islands, and who appears in what is called ‘ ‘ the costume of a cannibal.”