PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3291, 6 September 1873, Page 2

PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Saturday, September 6. (Before Captain Thomson and Dr Drysdale, J.P.’s)

Drunkenness. James Watson was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the streets of Fort Chalmers on the 4th inst j also with being drunk and disorderly on the 4th inst. on the Bowen railway pier; also with using obscene and abusive language, on the 6th inst., on the railway pier, in the hearing of several persons. He was found guilty of all the offences, but the Bench considered the charges of drunkenness as trivial compared with that of abusive language, and discharged him on the first two, and fined him LlO, or three months’ imprisonment on the other,—Andrew Gregg was charged, on the information of Constable Meikle with having been drunk and disorderly on the railway pier, on the sth instant, for which he was fined 10s, or fortyeight hours’ imprisonment, Brkach of the Railway Reoulations. —Thomas Hart was charged, on the information of Thomas Butchart, station-master, with having, on the sch instant, jumped on the train while in motion, as it was starting for Dunedin. Prisoner admitted having got on the train, but denied that it was in motion at the time.—Thomas Butchart, stationmaster of the Port Chalmers Railway, said that on the sth inst., at 11.30 a.m,, he had just started the train for Dunedin, when, on looking round, he saw the prisoner in the act of jumping on to the train, between two of the carriages. He stopped the train, and removed the man, and subsequently gave him in charge to the police. Prisoner was fined LI and costs. He was also charged by Constable Meikle with having been drunk and disorderly, on the railway pier, on the sth inst. Prisoner said he admitted being the worse of drink, but was not disorderly. —Constable Meikle said he arrested the prisoner on the pier, and at the time he was staggering, but not very mueh; however, before be got to the station he was perfectly unable to walk, but he was very quiet and orderly all the time. He was fined 5s and costs.