MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2765, 28 December 1871, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before His 'Worship the Mayor, and E. F. Ward, Esq., J.P.) •PETTY THIEVISH. John P.nsliton and Ualph Fraser, lads, were charged with stealing from the garden of Mr J. T. Chaplin, in Maitland street, a quantity of cherries, and were each sentenced to six hours’ imprisonment, and to receive six strokes of a birch or cane. KUIiBEKV. James Watkins was charged with stealing from the bar of the Eagle Tavern, Stafford street, six bottles of porter and one bottle of whisky, the property of Michael Boland. Detective Farrell stated be bad known the prisoner for eight or nine years ; he had been a carter in the employ of Mr Tomlinson. The liquors were found hid upon the prisoner’s premises, but be had never been accused of theft before. Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he did not know how they came there, lip had only been having sixpeunyworth of liquor at a time. His Worship said if he bought the liquor he had no ,occasion for hiding it ; he considered the case fully proved, and sentenced him to one mouth’s imprisonment, with hard labor,

Patrick Ryau was also charged with stealing from the Anld Scotland Hotel, about the month of April last, a silver watch and steel chain, the property of M illiam I 1 idler. W. Fidler, landlord of the Auld Scotland Hotel, in evidence said he lost the watch produced about the end of March hud, when the prisoner slept in a room at his hotel, along with his servant, who had the watch in his possession at the time. It was missing after the prisoner had lo‘t the room. .7 (low, general servant at the hotel, deposed to having the watch in his possession on the night prisoner slept with him at the hotel. He left it under his pillow, and generally used it for the purpose of Knowing what time to rise. On looking for it soon after, the same day, he found it had gone. Detective Farrell stated how he had traced the watch to the possession of the prisoner, and on searching him found it upon his person. J ~ The Bench complimented Detective harrell upon the skill be had displayed in obtaining the watch, and sentenced the prisoner to six mouths imprisonment with hard labor. DRUNKENNESS. Alex. M‘Donald and Robert Blaekie were charged with being drunk and disorderly, and were each fined ss.