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Evening Star, Issue 3542, 30 June 1874, Page 2

nay, railway navvy, stated that ho and his wife were walking along the road dn. the day in question, and suddenly heard hprses galloping behind them. He turned roind and saw the three young men accused riiing at full speed. itness went right to the edue of the road, but the horses knocked |im down and rode over him; cutting his bad and serious'y injuring his Kand lud arm.—The accused cross-examined the fit- ( ness but without .baking his evidence—--1 iib-Inspector Mallard stated, in jusice I to the defendants, that immediately afer the accident they sent out a doctor to M* weeuey.—His Worship considered Ve charge quite clear against Samuels and heacl, but there was nob enough evidencejo convict Powell The beat teat of furies I riding was, as in this ca* e. when an accidst occurred. The charge against Powell woii be dismissed ; the others were each fined 4) and coats. Obscene Language—David Vtowlar ai j James Armstrong, for this offence, were eat fined 20a and costs. 1

• Breach of the Licensing Anne Diamond, proprietress of the Glop Hotel, was charged with having, on Sundaj the 21st Inst., sold one glass of brandy to on Ellen Whmrr, not a lodger in the hotel or

bona fide travel'er. Mr Harris defended. -

Ellen Whurr, a married woman, living a Richmond hill, said that she Sunday, the 21st inst. Between eleven ant I twelve o’clock on the morning of that daj

I she met a man in town whom she believec 1 she recognised as an “old friend” froQ I England, where she had been a barmaid all I a theatre. At his request she to->k a walk bv the water side with him, and afterwards

went to Mrs Diamond’s to have dinner. As dinner was not ready she went with three other men and a little boy to a!| side-room, where they had drinks; she, bad brandy, and the three men beer.-—] By Mr Harris : Witness came out here in the Atrato a few weeks ago. Mr Harris:

Did you not complain to the police tnat you) had lost LSO in this hotel on that Sunday?] Sub-Inspector Mallard objected. Mrj Harris: T . shall prove that this woman, be-1 fore this information was laid, went to the j Police Station and said that she had lost; LSO. Prom the prevarication she was then .miltv of. the police refused to take the case

up.—Witngss (crying): lam not guilty of untruthfulness. I do not prevaricate. 1 confess it does look bad for me, seeing that I have just arrived here. I never went toj drink ; I only had it because dinner was not ready —Mr Harris: When was it you 1

pawned those dresses ? —Sub-Inspector Mai lard objected to these private ma'ters beinj inquired into.—Mr Harris ;I am testinj the witness’s credibility. Sab-luspect<| vial lard : I claim the protection of the Coni for my witness.—Mr Harris : I contend th;

1 have the right to test the witness’s cre<i oility. When did you pawn the dresses ? Witness said she could not answer the quij t'on. She was not going to tell an untrujj —Sub-Insplctor Mallard urged that it i not alter the circumstances, even though j

iiad pawned a dozen dresses. —Mr JtLar If Mr Mallard does not sit down, I s! bject to him appearing in this Court at —.'•ub-Inspector Mallard : I laid the ii inatiou, and have a perfect right to apf if his Worship orders me to sit down I i willingly do so. What has it to do his case if witness pawns everything tas got—His Worship, in allowing

question to be put, saidthe loss of the might do Mrs Diamond some harm. Harris : If you had LSO, why did you she dresses. —Witness : Tbe moneyj a present (from my dear mother, aud r i ■ iot want to spend it. The dress ] landsume one, and I pawned it beci un now married td a working maß cannot wear it. When I left the b went to the police station.—Mr Harris he police advised you to lay the igainst Mrs Diamond?—Sub-lnapecto" ard denied this. The police hud la? heir twn account. The witness had]

mt an unwilling one so far as Mrs IP vas concerned. —Mr Harris (psremp' : .ilow the Court to be judge of“ tar B ‘aret Corbett, housemaid to M" tiond, remembered the morning of 31 ust. A" boarder ordered four drinks 6 ales and one brandy. She put tb a .able in the parlor. Three ot the ra md a female were present in th? l One of the boarders, a foreigner, par® drinks.—Albert Shokee said that , eo and paid for four drinks at Mrs P- 8 on Sunday week. He told the serf the drinks were for lodgers. The ? at first said that she had lost ss, and f OB stated the amount to be LSO. Mr? 110

w.s uot present when the liquor y Mr Harris said it was almost unm * or him to make any rema ks on the)V e * fendant had not administered neither was she aware that they 0 I'he order was given by a boa[ tije house, and he said the drinks weres era - The moment Mrs Diamond founf n^®r in the house she ordered her out* 8 . had done all in her power.—f slll P said. this was the first case undei c - ‘ t was quite clear that the drinks r er ™ and paid for by a lodger in tlr* “ was also clear that one-of the df* sumed by Mrs vvhurr—not a (his Worship) believed that Mrr ao * d not know that'she was in tW ~~ e case would be dismissed, but] 0 * cide whether a lodger could a/ a 9 a *° dine at a public-house and ti' lm a drink.