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MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before His Worship the Mayor and A. J. Burns, Esq., J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. James Carse and John Murphy were each lined us. FIGHTING. Hetty M‘Donald and Clara Heath, two recent additions to the demi mondt, were charged with fighting in Walker street. The witnesses called by the police, while testifying to a most disgraceful scene having occurred, were unable to identify the two women before the Court as being those who t.ook part in it. They were accordingly discharged, the Bench remarking there was no moral doubt about their being the offenders, and promising to give them the full punishment allowed by law if they were again brought up. VAGRANCY. Helen Maitland was fined L 5, or two months’ imprisonment, for using obscene language ; and was sentenced to an additional two mouths’ imprisonment for having no visible lawful means of support. AX UNFOUNDED CHARGE, Rose Robertson, who was arrested on telegraphic information of a warrant having been issued by the Oamaru Bench, charging her with larceny as a bailee of certain clothes, was placed in the dock. After hearing what Sergeant Mallard had to eay, the Bench ordered her discharge, remarking that she left the Court without a stain on her character so far as the charge was concerned, and his Worship observed that, as the matter then appeared to the Bench, there did not appear to lie any grounds for the issue of a warrant. AN UNFEELING PARENT. A J.ittle fellow, named William Johnston, aged eight years, was charged with being a neglected child. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Neil that the child’s father allowed him to wander about the streets, ami obtain a night’s rest wherever he best could, the boy sleeping sometimes in haylofts ; at others in unoccupied houses. The father stated he had two other children, who were in the country ; where he tried to put this one, hut he was upable tq,, control him or prevent him from going out at night. The Bench ordered the boy to be sept to tbp Industrial School for five years; to bp

brought tip in the Presbyterian faith; and in announcing that decision his Worship said he could not help saying that, to his mind, the father’s conduct was exceedingly reprehensible. He could not understand how any parent, with a parent’s feelings, could neglect his child as this child had been neglected ; and it was ridiculous for a parent to say he was unable to control a child of such tender years ; or to prevent him from lying in gutters or sleeping in unoccupied houses. Such conduct was most inhuman, and, to his mind, very disgraceful, SOMETHING LIKE ANOTHER UNFOUNDED CHARGE. Peter Fotheringham, a respectably dressed man, was charged with stealing a silver watch and guard, the property of one Wm. Jack. The prosecutor, a fisherman, said he, prisoner, and two other men, MTntosh and Fraser by name, met last evening at the Cromwall Arms," in George street, where they |had some drink together, and afterwards .adjourned to the .Rainbow Hotel, where they had more liquor. They left the place about eleven p.m., he and prisoner walking arm-and arm, the other two following some distance behind. When across the Octagon, prisoner struck him a blow in the face, which partially stunned him, but he f( It his watch and chain being dragged from his waistcoat pocket. Prisoner at once ran across the street; and returned when he (witness) accused him of robbing him, and called for the police, whereupon the other two men came up. This morning witness laid an information against prisoner, who said to him, “if you’ll withdraw the case it will be all right,” from which he inferred that if he did so he would get his watch. He bad been drinking ; but he knew perfectly well what he was about,— James MTntosh was one of the two who followed Jack aud the prisoner in coming up George street. He heard the former call out in the Octagon, and on going up to him, saw that prisoner was with him. Jack was accusing him of stealing his watch, which accusation the other emphatically denied. The lot of them were “pretty jolly.”— William Fraser, who had known the prisoner for years as butler to the Governor and as proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, Welling? ton, said he and MTntosh were following about fifty yards behind Jack and prisoner! Had any struggle between them pr the latter rqn across the street as alleged, witness ipust have seen him. To do so without him seeing him was an impossibility. Jack and prisoner had two brandies and a beer at the Cornwall Arms, and the former seven beers at the Rainbow. Witness was sober, but the others were not. In the Rainbow they were throwing “ Yankee grab,” aud Jack aud a stranger, were wrest? lingHis Worship : Rather a peculiar state of things ; throwing dice and wrestling not only on week days, but on Sunday night. Sergeant Deans stated that, between 11 ami 12 o’clock, he beard a faint “cooey ” in Princes street, near Rattray street, and on proceeding there came upon Jack, prisoner, and the two other wit! nesses. With the exception of Fraser, they wore all drunk. Jack gave tho prisoner in charge for stealing his watch and chain. Witness searched him, but fouud no trsoe of the articles 5 and he also searched the rest of the party Jack first said he was knocked down ; then that he was struck in the eye and the watch taken from him ; that prisoner ran across the road aud gave the watch to a man : and subsequently that he gave it to a woman. Not believing the story, witness let pris nor go, and told Jack to go to the Police Station in the morning. Sergeant Mallard having asked for a remand to enable the police to make further enquiries, His Worship said that he did not see that there was the slightest evidence to justify a remand ; the case was an exceedingly weak one. The man made the charge while drunk ; it seeded to have had no foundation at all j and the thing was something like a cock aud bull story. Prisoner would be discharged.

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Evening Star, Issue 3000, 30 September 1872, Page 2

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MAYOR’S COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3000, 30 September 1872, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3000, 30 September 1872, Page 2

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