MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 2819, 1 March 1872, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. {Before his Worship the|Mayor.) DRUNKENNESS. Duncan M'Crare was fined 3s. FRUIT STEALING. William Eadie and Thos. Quin, two boys whose ages were about seven and four re* spectivoly, were charged with stealing a quantity of plums from the garden of Mr W. Reid, Duke street. It appeared from the evidence that Mr Reid’s garden has secured the attention of boys for some time past; and that the robberies of fruit have been frequent and extensive, his losses this season amounting to close upon LIO. These boys he caught in the act; they left the trees immediately he saw them, and when caught had the fruit in a handkerchief. The father of the one, and the mother of the other, appeared in Court, and said that the boys stated that they had been induced to steal the fruit by older boys. The father said he had Beverly whipped his boy when he learned what he had done. His Worship said if the boys had been older he would have ordered them to be whipped. It was perfectly monstrous that gardens should be robbed in this way, and he could not help thinking that greater blame attached to parents and guardians of the children than to the children themselves. The boys would be discharged with a severe caution. SLY GROG SELLING. Dumb v. Davidson was adjourned till tomorrow. ASSAULT. W. H. Arrow v. Samuel Jamieson was a charge of assault. Mr M'Reay appeared for the de r enclant. The assault, which was a trivial one, -was admitted, but it was pleaded 1h it there bad been great provocation, which consisted in the fact that the complainant had held L 4 belonging to defendant, and had allowed him to expend it in 96 drinks in one day when in a half drunken state. To this allegation the complainant stated that he could not prevent the defendant from obtaining the drink. OFFENCE AGAINST THE BYE-LAWS * ormau wood was fined 5s and costs for neglecting to keep a light burning over building materials.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM GKEVILLE’s TEI.Et.BAM COMPANY, keetek’.s AGENTS.) Wellington, March 1. The Independent to clay advocates the appointment of an Otago member of the House to the Cabinet, and suggests the ne* ceadty for a legal officer, as Solicitor-Genera 1 , in the Mini-try. The Maori prisoners, on their release frrm gao), will be settle 5 on the West Coast under such conditions as will prevent them doing any mischief. Hokitika, March J. Mr Archibald Bouar, father of the Hon. James Bouar, died last night.