MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2697, 9 October 1871, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor.) DRUNKENNESS. John Williams was fined 40s and costs for being drunk and diso-derly in George street. Prisoner bad on Saturday been discharged at the Supreme Court upon a charge of habitual drunkenness. He was then brought up from goal, having been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for that offence. G. Theodore was fined 40s for drunkenness. THEFT. John Travers was brought up on remand Avith stealing wearing apparel of the value of L 5, the property Of Jane Hawkes, in Walker street, and Was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor. ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES. J. Vincent Morris was charged with being illegally on the premises of Charles Goodall, on Sunday week last, at Caversham. The Commissioner of Police said the charge against the prisoner for an indecent assault had been withdrawn, but he was now brought up for being on premises illegally. Charles Goodall gave evidence that, after the affair on the Sunday evening with his children, he warned the prisoner never to enter his premises again, On the Monday morning, however, he found him lying on sofa ; the door of his house having been unlocked, he came in during the night. Prisoner denied being on Mr Morris’s premises illegally. He agreed to pay 15s a week for board and lodging. His Worship said he had no doubt prisoner was warned off the premises after his disgraceful conduct to Morris’s children the previous night; and he should fine him LlO or one month’s imprisonment, with hard labor. OFFENCES AGAINST THE BYE-LAWS. John Welsh was fined 10s and costs for suffering his cows to wander. D. Hill 2s Gd, for suffering his chimney to be on fie in Canongate. H. Bryan 2s Cd, for leaving a horse and cab unattended in Princes street. J. Iveson 5s and costs, for furiously driving coach and horses in the neighborhood of High street, endangering the lives of passersby. John Tendevolt was fined 5s for driving a horse and cart across the footway in Cumberland street. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON, Joseph Connor, alias Mark Owen, was charged with stealing from Robert Jenner Archer three L2O notes and two LI notes on the 28th of September last. Thomas James Martin, teller of the Union Bank, identified Robert Jenner Archer as

the person for whom he cashed an order for L 75 sent from home. He gave Mr Archer three L2O notes, one LlO note, L 4 in gold, >nd one in silver, on the 25th of September, j He knew Archer was deaf and dumb. The ’ notes wore on the Union Bank, and he remembered a man coming in there a few days after, who asked cash in exchange for a L2O note. He gave the person forty half-sove-reigns, but he could not identify the prisoner as the man, although he appear., d to be about the same height. He did not notice that the man who came to cash the note had any peculiar marks on his hands. Bobert Jenuer Archer, who is deaf and dumb, bad to give hia evidence in writing. He stated that on Monday, the 25th of September, be cashed a draft at the Union Bank for L 75. He put the money, which was in notes and gold, into his pocket-book. On Wednesday evening he went to Allen’s City Buffet Hotel. He w'ent upstairs, and met the prisoner with another young person. He asked the barman to bring a “ shout”-for all round, Avhich he did. After that they left and went to the Glasgow Arms Hotel. There he asked Mr Aikman to provide drinks. Afterwards he weut to the Criterion Hotel, where they were served with some drink. He then Avent to Smith street folloAved by prisoner, and not being sober, he fell down at the top of the street, when his pocket-book was snatched from him. No other person but prisoner was Avith him at the time; but he could not exactly recollect his face. When he paid for drinks at the hotels he took the money from his trousers pocket, and did not touch the notes at ail, which were in his c< at packet. He did not open his pocket-book containing the notes at all that evening. When he found his money was lost, he went late on Wednesday night and gave information to the police. The prisma- was remanded till to-mor-row.