MAYOR’S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3148, 22 March 1873, Page 2

MAYOR’S COURT.

This Day. (Before bis Worship the Mayor and A, Mercer, Esq., J.P.)

Drunkenness.—.John Berkley, Edmond Ncwett, and Ann Bacon, for being drunk and incapable, were fined os each, with the alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment. A’itempteii Burglary.—John Lewis, alias Willis, alias Lee, was charged with having on the night of the 2fith ult , feloniously entered the house of Beaton Marr, at Tokomairiro, with the intention of committing a robbery. Sub-Inspector Mallard stated that the prisoner had completed a sentence at the gaol yesterday, that the warrant for his apprehension had been issued by the bench at Tokomairiro, and that detective Earrel had arrested the prisoner. He requested that the prisoner might be remanded to Tokomairiro, there to be dealt with. Remanded accordingly. Petty Larceny.— John Berkley, one of Brogdeu and Sons’ importations, was charged with having, on the 21st inst., stolen a coat of the value of L2 from one Henry Evans at the Prince of Wales JJotel.-r-The prosecutor

said he was having a pot of beer at the hotel when the prisoner came in. He loft the coat on a bench while he went to the back, and when he returned it was gone. He then left the hotel, and gave information of the matter to the police. The coat produced was his property. The police discovered that the coat had been pawned by the prisoner, and arrested him.—Alexander Davis said the prisoner came to his place yesterday and offered the coat produced for LI. He gave him 11s loan on it. There was another man with prisoner at the time, and both took part in the pawning of it. The prisoners defence was that the other man, whose name was not known, had taken the coat and asked him to help him to ‘ ‘ pop” it. He did so, not thinking he was doing any harm. Prisoner was remanded until Monday to allow the police time to find the other man.