MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2132, 7 March 1870, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor and Thos. Dick, Esq., J.P.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY, The iollowing fines were imposed upon the persons named for being drunk and disorderly :—William Allen, 20s or 24 hours imprisonment ; Thomas M'Kinley, (on bail), bail forfeited ; Alex. Hawley, L 6, or 14days imprisonment; Richard Mills, L 5, or 14 days; Elizabeth Blackford (on bail), bail forfeited ; James Scott (confined since Saturday), discharged ; George Collins, 10s or 24 hours. OFFENCES AGAINST THE BYE-LAWS. Francis Porter, allowing three horses to wander inCaversham, was lined 5s for each and costs, on the information of the Inspector of nuisances ; William Sutcliffe, allowing water from the Company’s pipes to flow across a footpath, dismissed on payment of costs; John Fleming, driving across a footpath, 5s and costs. William Puddy (on the information of the Town Belt Ranger) was fined L 3 and costa for allowing a bullock to feed on the South Dunedin Recreation Ground. The defendant had been twice fined before for a like offence, and the Court thought it necessary to make an example by inflicting a heavy penalty, COMMUNICATING WITH PRISONERS. Thomas Stewart was charged by Alex. M'Donald with throwing some tobacco to the convicts working near the High School. The complainant stated that on Saturday morning, the 26th February, at the High School bis attention was directed by one of the warders to the accused as he had thrown some tobacco to one of the prisoners. He could not say that it was thrown to any one in particular, but it was picked up by a Maori. He did not wish to press the charge against the accused, who was very young, and the only object in bringing him before the Court was that the case might act as a warning to the public for it seemed to be imagined by many that the public were at liberty to throw anything to the prisoners that they chose, fprovided they were not

seen. His Worship remarked upon the seriousness of the offence for the commission of which the law imposed the heavy penalty of L3O. In the present ease as it appeared to have been committed in ignorance he should only sentence the accused to a fine of 20s and costs, but he wished it to be distinctly understood that in future the full penalty would be enforced. CHARGE OF ASSAULT. Jobn Dickinson was charged by Robert Ellis, who keeps a tavern in King street, with assaulting him. Mr Ward for the prosecution. From the evidence it appeared that the complainant’s wife was in reality the assailant, and that although the defendant had taken hold of the complainant’s arm with the purpose of hauling him into the street to punish him ; that Ellis had threatened to murder him with a stick taken out of the tire, and had drawn a knife and flourished it in a threatening manner. The defendant was fined 20s, his Worship remarking that had the complainant been charged by the defendant with assault, he should most certainly have fined him on the evidence before him.