MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3102, 28 January 1873, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor.)

Tub Moray Placb Shooting Case.—On the cas§ of Regina v. Thomas Ryan being called on, Mr Sanders said he had to ask for a further adjournment, for the same reason as before The last case at the Supreme Court was now on, and would not last more than two or three days. His friend Mr Haggitt, for the Crown, consented to the adjournment. His Worship: Is the prosecution prepared to proceed ? Mr Haggitt ; In the absence of my friend, Mr Barton, especial y as there is a long interval between this and thfe next criminal session, there is no object to be gained by having it on now, and I am willing to consent to an adjournment. —! iis Worship : Hon long is Mr Barton likely to be engaged? —Mr Haggitt ; For three or four days at the least. His Worship : 1 must say I think these constant remands quite unnecessary. If the case for the Crown is reaily, I think these remands ought not to be applied for, and I have grave doubts whether they should be granted. It is very right, no doubt, to consult the convenience of counsel engaged for the prisoner, but that has its limit. I shall remand the prisoner until Tuesday next, but I shall then grant no farther remand of the case. Ryan was remanded accordingly. A MiPfoit Offence.— Daniel Tierney was charged with deserting from the brig Pakeha. Sub-Inspector Mallard intimated that the warrant had only been put into the hands of the police yesterday, and as they had had no time to communicate with the captain of the vessel, a remand until to-morrow was asked for. Mr Harris, who appeared for the lad, said ho was in a position to prove that he had run away from homo, was a minor, and therefore not in a position to enter into a contract. However wrong his doing so might be, it did not, under the circumstances, render him liable to the operation of the 243 rd section of the Merchant Shipping Act. The boy’s father was put into the witness box, and stated that he was only eighteen years of age, and that he had shipped without his consent or knowledge His Worship said he was informed by the Clerk to the rourt that the captain, when applying for a warrant, said theboy bad been shipped with the mother’s knowledge, and that he would not have been taken otherwise. Mr Harris pointed out that the mother’s consent was not sufficient, but offered no objection to the remand, which was granted, the lad being admitted to bail.