CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3311, 30 September 1873, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, September 30. (Before His Worship the Mayor, J. Black, and E. ff. Ward, Esq., J.JP.’s,)

Fighting,— John Letharby was charged with figging in Walker street, at midnight on thp 2sck ingt. Constable Beasley said that he ea\v two men lighting l».st night. Ha never saw any fine l^ghlike jtkepi before. They appeared more “like pats apd dogs.” Witness left the other man in charge of some civilians while he took accused to the station. On the way down accused assaulted him, and he had to use the handcuffs. On his going to arrest the other man he found the civilians had gone.—Accused said that he lived in Oamaru. and had come down last week to get his child,—Mr Ward thought it would have been better for him if he had stopped at Qapiaru. —Accused was fined 40s, qr ip qlefaujt seven’days’ imprisonment. Disobeying’an Order.— John Welsh was ckapgpd >yitb disobeying an order made at thp City pqliqe (iqupt, by \yhiqh be was adjudged to pay IQq a \yeek tqwardg the support of his child, an ipmate of the Industrial School.—The case was dismissed on payment of 5s costs, defendant having signified his willingness to contribute the amount owing, and to keep up the payments. [Mr Ward here left the Bench.] Breach of the Harbor Regulations.— John Findlay was charged by John Orkney, Deputy Harbormaster, with leaving timber on a public jetty within the port of Dunedin for a longer period thaw twenty-four hours, contrary to the 61st section of “The Harbor and Quarantine Regulations.” Mr Branson appeared for the complainant, and Mr Stout for the defendant.—John Orkney, Deputy Harbormaster, remembered the 23rd and 2f,t'h of the present iqoqtb, Ho saw quan,-

titles of timber, a portion ef which belonged to defendant, lying on the Rattray street jetty. Defendant admitted that part was his. The day before the summons was taken out witness told defendant that if the timber was not removed, he should take out a summons at once. The jetty was lumber-d with timber fnm top to bottom. By the Mayor : The weather would not prevent him from shifting the timber.—Mr Stout contended that the information must be dismissed on several grounds. It had not been proved that the regulations applied to th s jetty, or that it was a public jetty as stated iu the information. No definition was given in the Marine Act of 1869, as far as he had yet seen as to what a public jetty was. It ha I not been shown wnat ajpubtic jetty was, and as Captain Orkney had not proved this as stated i-i the info.-mation, the case mus: therefore fall through. In the next place, it had not been proved that defendant owned the property on any other day than the 24th. Mr Orkney was here recalled, and in answer to Mr Stout, said that th« timber was there on the 23rd, and a fortnight previous to that d ty. The charge was dismisse I—being the first case of the kind—each party to pay his own costs. Assault.— Jas. T. Hutton charged John P. Jones with using insulting language to him on the 18ch inst., and Jones charged Hutton with a similar offence, and with assaulting him.—Mr E. Cook appeared for Hutton, and Mr Stout for Jones. The cases were heard together —Jas. T. Hutton sail that defendant came to his house, and on speaking to him, used the language complained of, which he afterwards repeated in Hope street. He then came into witness’s yard, and witness turned the horse on him. Defendant was not such a light man, but that it required some violence to put him out. There had previously been a dispute between them.—Johu Kay, Wm, West, and John Porter corroborated complainant’s evidence as to the language having been used.—Jones said that, ou go'ng to see Hutton, he used abusive language to him, and turned the hose on him. This caused him to lose his senses, from the effects of which he had not yet recovered —John Melican saw defendant turning the hose on Jones like as though he were ducking a horse; but he commenced at the head instead of the feet. It would have been sufficient to stun a horse, let alone a man. Defendant also shook his fist in Jones’s face.—The Bench thought the conduct of both parties reprehensible ; but from the fact of Jones going to tiuttou’s place the row resulted. The charges against Hatton would be dismissed, and Jones would be fined 20s and costs, or in default three days’ imprisonment, with hard labor.

Breach of the Pawnbroker’s Act.— Elizabeth Hogg charged Michael Levy, a licensed pawnbroker, with taking in pawn a certain article of wearing apparel—one green silk dress—aud failing to to gave a pawn ticket for the same.—Mrs rlogg said that about the end of May she took a silk dress of the value of L 5 to defendant’s place to pawn. Mrs Levy said that he was not down, and that she was not allowed to take pledges. Witness said she only wanted 5s just then for immediate use, and that she would call again and get a ticket. Go going to see Mr Levy subsequently he said he could not see the dress just then, bat would look for it. she called frequently afterwards, but he said he did not ace it, and showed her some common dresses. On learning that he was going away, and had sold off, she went to see him, aud he told her to follow him to Lyons and Hart’s —she presumed to the place where he had sold his things. On giving him a paper charging him L 5 for the dress, he tore it up, aud denied her ever having pawned it with him. —Defendant said there was no entry of the dross, and some one might charge him to-morrow with not giving a ticket for a diamond ring—The case was dismissed.