CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3307, 25 September 1873, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Thursday, September 25. (Before His Worship the Mayor and J. Brown, Esq., J.P,) Drunkenness. —Henry B. Moore was fined 10s, or in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment, and Harriet Parra, 40s, or seven days. Vagrancy. —Catherine Ryder wascharged with having no visible lawful means of support. She pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three mouths’ imprisonment with hard labor. The Notorious Bristol House. -William Hall was charged with illegally detaining one box containing five dresses, and sundry other wearing apparel, of the value of LlO, the property of IsabellaLyle. Compliinantsiid she owed defendant 15?, but his wife said it was 355, and refused to take the 15s. The first time she went about it, Mrs Hall pulled her off the bed: not a very lady-like thing. —By the Bench : The b>x was worth LIO. During the time I was stopping at Hall’s, I earned my livelihood as 1 am doing now, but I keep quiet. Hall takes in girls for prostitution, sells drink, and ratlier disorderly people go there. lam not aware he has a license.—By defendant: If there is anything in the box not belonging to me, it must have been put there. I say this honestly and truthfully.—Defendant said that complainant first owed him 30s. Bhe went away, and when she returned paid Ll, and s'opped eleven days, being at the rate of Jss a week, and thus still owing him 35a.—Mary Anne Hall, daughter to defendant, said that the girl Lyle came to their house and offered her Ll, demanding the box. Witness told her to call in the evening, as her father was out, but she refused, saying she must have her things, as she wanted to go away. She then requested witness to tell her mother that she would take out a summons.—The Bench ordered the goods to be returned in three days, in default defendant to pay value of the box.—Defendant asked that the amount owing by complainant for board be paid. — The bench refused to entertain the application, saying that defendant could not claim board from the girl, on account of the character of the house. Defendant rejoined, “ It is a boarding-house.” Stealing Lead.— Thomas Williams, for whom Mr B. Cook appeared, was charged with stealing one piece of lead, of the value of Us, the property of Charles Keast, brewer. —Charles Keast purchased a piece of lead at the sale at the York Hotel on the 10th instant. After purchasing it ho left it in charge of one Holmes, to take care of. He was told by Mr Spedding that it was worth 10s.—George iWalker placed some lead which had been bought by the last witness in thc. ; coal-pUce in the yard of the York Hotel. He last saw it there on 'Tuesday morning.—Jas. Holmes, manager of the York Hotel, was requested by Mr Keast to take care of some lead similar to that produced. It was placed in the coalplace where witness saw it on Tuesday last. Accused came into the bar in the evening, and “chucked ” down a pound, asking witness to say no more about it.—By Mr Cook: Witness only took money for drinks, accused having “shouted” for Keast, himself, and another. —John Russell said that accused ottered him a piece of lead for sale on the day before yesterday at about seven o’c ock in the evening. He gave an equivalent to lls for it, and subsequently handed it over to the police.—Constable M'Laughlin stated that on information In received he went to the shop of tlie last witness and saw the lead outside the door. He obtained it, and took itjto the station.—Detective Farrell saw the accused in the right-of-way near the York Hotel in the early part of the previous day. On hearing of the robbery he went to accused and questioned him, the latter denying that he had sold any lead during the last week.— Accused was sente r ced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor.