CITY POLICE COURT.
Saturday, March 20. (Before His Worship the Mayor, and H, S. . Fish, Esq., J.P.) DRUNKENNESS.—J. Travers, an old offender, for this offence, was fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days’ imprisonment; Michael Mahoney, ss, or twenty-four hours’. Vagrancy. —Hetty Barnes was charged, on remand, with having no lawful means of support, and with being a rogue and a vagabond within the meaning of the Vagrancy Act.— Accused having fulfilled her promise- and left for Christchurch, both charges ware dismissed. Maintenance.— Wm. Durie, not answering to a complaint made by his wife of neglecting to support her, a warrant was issued for his apprehension. An Incorrigible. Patrick George Mor rissey applied that his son should be sent to the Industrial School. Applicant said that the lad, who was ten years old, was quite uncontrollable, though he received every comfort it was possible for any child to gat a'; the hands of a working man. When the boy was corrected he would go on his knees and cross his bands and look heavenwards, as though praying to the Almighty. When he did this he (the father) always forgave him, but the next- morning he would neither wash or dress himself. Last- night he stopped out all night, and the night before was brought home by a neighbor at twelve o’clock. He asked that his son should be sent to the Industrial' School, and he would do his best to maintain him, though he had six others to support. He was at presens attend ing the Roman, Catholic School.—lnspector Mallard, in answer to the Bench, said .that he knew the lad stopped away from home ; all the previous night, and the father had complained to the police. He did not deem it advisable to interfere till the father had made the application to the Court.—The lad, who said he had stopped away from home because his schoolmaster beat him, was sent to the Industrial School for one year, the father to enter into security for the payment of six shillings per week towards his maintenance. — Morrissey : Yovir Worships, the boy was horn here, r-Mr Fish: Then he does not do much credit to the place of his nativity.
Monday, March 22. (Before E. M‘Glashan and J. Logan. Esas j.p.’b.) . r ’ DbuNKENNE s.— James Keys, a kd about eighteen, -Robert Lucas, and Rebecca Campbell, f«r being drunk and disorderly, were each fined 20s, or three days’imprisonment; IVfeiy' Ann ' t arris, 40s, or fourteen days’; ‘and Margaret Young was discharged with a caution. Breach of -he Peace.— Catherine Reid, bn hail, was charged byQunstable Shirley with behaving in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace iu Walker street. She was fined 20s, or three days’ imprisonment. j Yaqbanot. —Jane; Delmord was charged with this offence by .Constable Nolarw !He stated that accused requested him to take her up, as she had no place where she could go to. In answer to the Bench, she said she had come out of the Hospital on Wednesday last and could not get a situation. She was remanded for a fortnight in order to give her an opportunity to get employment. Breach op Railway Regulations.—William Donaldson pleaded not guilty to 'this offence. Therailway constable stated that on the evening of the 4th March, whilst the train for Green Island was passing Rattray street, the accused jumped on to the train; He requested him not to do sb, but accused-'per-sisted, saying that he drove the. mails' from Green Island to the Taieri. The excuse of accused was that he did not know the time at which the train left. He was fined 20s and costs.
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Evening Star, Issue 3768, 22 March 1875, Page 2
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612CITY POLICE COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3768, 22 March 1875, Page 2
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