MAYOR'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3117, 14 February 1873, Page 2

MAYOR'S COURT.

This Day. (Before his Worship the Mayor and J. Brown, JfiSjq., J-F.) The Cumberland .street Nuisance.— Moses Bardsiey, John B. Munson (trustee m the estate of J. M. Momou), and Ihomas Dick (trustee in the estate of James Alien), were charged with allowing a quantity ot water, so as to cause a nuisance, to remain stagnant at tne Dank of ibo Album ouap Works. Bardsley said lie could abate the nuisance if the Corporation would provide a system of drainage. His Worship said the Corporation were not prepared to go to the expense of draining the city for the sake of one or two sections, and would adjourn the wh de of the case for a mouth, hut if the nuisance was not entirely abated by that time a heavy fine would be indict; d. Bye-law Cases. —b’rank .rmstrong wss charg'dwith leaving his cab with ahorse harnessed thereto unattended in Cumberland street. Inspector Nimon said defendant came from Melbourne, and got the transfer ef the license fr»m another cabman unknown to him.. Ihe other cabmen had lodged complaints that defendant drove prostitutes about the town, and kept them in bis cab at the' stand for _ hours. Defendant said he g°t papf for doing so. He was fined 3s fid apd costs, the Bench reminding bim if he did not reform, the City Council would have to cancel his license. He was further charged with neglec.ing to carry sufficient lights, and was fined 2s (id. W. H. Cutten and Edward Gibbins, neglecting to clean their premises in i?all Mall, were each fined 10s and costs, dobn §mtt, for a similar offence, was discharged ydth a caption. Wpi. Mason, furiously thriving three horse? on t Jje main south road, was dismissed. A charge against James Simpson of allowing a cow to wander in Mai lana street was adjourned till Monday next to allow the police to produce fur. ther evidence of the identification of the cow.

Vagrancy. —Matilda Hancock pleaded guilty to a charge of making US© of indecent language, within the bearing of persons pi l - 8, xngf ip a right-of-way off Walkt r street. His Worship said the language was of a most disgraceful character, andtjucdthe prisoner in the full penalty of the law, LlO, with the alternative of three months’ imprisonment.