MAYOR’S COURT.
This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor, and Thos. Dick, Esq., J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. John Gately and Henry Reynolds were fined ss. MINOR OFFENCE. Edward Robinson, a man of color, was fined 20s for wilfully breaking two panes of glasq the property of one George Smyth, and ordered to pay the complainant 7s 6d, the value of the glass destroyed. As he refused “to pay a ha’penny for what he never did,” he was sent to jail for a week, CHARGE OF STEALING. Mary Ann Harris was charged with stealing sows clothing, the property of Edward Robinson, the defendant iu the last case. All that could he gathered from the evidence was that the parties had at one time cohabited together, but, having fell out, the woman went to live with a man named Smyth. Certain things were afterwards found in her possession which Robinson claimed as his property, because he knew she could not have bought them as he never gave her any money. The case was dismissed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18700823.2.12
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2276, 23 August 1870, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
170MAYOR’S COURT. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2276, 23 August 1870, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in