MAYOR'S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2153, 31 March 1870, Page 2

MAYOR'S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor G. G. Bussell, Esq., and Capt. Fraser, J.P.'s.) CHARGE OF VAGRANOV, John Flanagan, alias George Mahoney, alias George Mulvaney, alias George Wilson, •was charged by Detective Barrel with having no visible means of support. The detective stated that the accused had several times been convicted in different Colonies of various offences, The prisoner said he had been working on the diggings fur some time, and had merely come down to the races. Detective Farrel said he was a companion of notorious and known thieves. The Bench considered a residence of live days was not suffice nt to sustain a charge of vagrancy, and dismissed the prisoner, with a recommendation to leave the Colony. drunk and disorderly. Fl'en Dufty, for drunkenness, was lined Lo, of 14 days’ imprisonment. Wm. Brown, for drunk and disorderly conduct, was lined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprisonment. OFFENCES AGAINST THE BYE-LAWS. E, Galloway was fined 10s and costs for allowing impure water to flow into ihc public streets. J. W. Hutchison and Co., were lined 10s and costs for opening the streets without permission. D. Calder, allowing a bullock to wander in the public streets. The defendant said it was a sucking calf of 12 mouths old and had broken out of a paddock to get at the cow. Mr J. M'lndoe said he saw the animal lying on the ground at Mr Calder’s close to the gate. Case dismissel. —Forbes, allowing throe cows to wander ; fined 5s eacli and costs. Bobert Jackson, for three head of cattle, 5s each. Sam John Jones, negligently driving a horse and buggy at the junction of Princes and Eattray DD streets, was fined L 5 and costs. From the evidence it appeared that he had nearly driven over a gentleman, who with oreat difficulty contrived to get out of the way, and that the win el scraped against Iris clothes. Jones tried to pull up, but could not, the pace being too rapid. Ah Pan charged Charles Wilkins, a boy, with throwing stones at his house, and breaking one window. He had been subjected to the annoyance for two months, Mr Ward, for the defence, said the boy had been to see the dogs and monkeys, and as he came near the Chinese residence, two boys were throwing stones at it. Being pursued by two Chiuese, Wilkins turned and ran with them. Evidence was given to show that the Chinaman who stated a stone thrown by Wilkins had broken bis window had not sp'okeu the truth, as the window had been broken some time. The Bench did not consider there was evidence to convict the boy, but that it was morally certain he had committed the- off'nee. The Commissioner of Police said the p dice would have instructions to apprehend boys throwing stones in future.