CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3772, 27 March 1875, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Saturday, Maboh 27. (Before Messrs E. M’Glaahan and J. Logan. J.P.’s)

Dbunkbnnbss.—Jane Jones was let off with a caution; Patk. Gallagher was fined 10s, or, in default, forty-eight hours* imprisonment: Wm. Garter, 20s, or three days’. Thomas Jewitt was charged with having no lawful means of support. Prisoner had been found sleeping in an outhouse S* .12.30 a.m, on the 26th inst., by Const. Bam. For the last five or six weeks ho had been going about town, doing no work, and sticking up people for money, so as to get dmnk. He had been frequently cautioned, and had always promised to do work, but had never done so.—Accused said that Mr J. B. Curran, wool-sorter, North-east Valley, held some horses belonging to him.—lnspector Mallard said that he had just been informed by Mr Cunran that he had two horses belonging to accused. He had intended to be responsible for accused if liberated, hut, seeing the state he was now in, declined to do so.—Accused : It is only excitement that is doing it. Will your Worships allow me to go the hospital.—He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. A Spobtinq Man in Trouble.—Percy Ben a member of the sporting fraternity, who was dressed in a velvet suit, was charged with havmg no lawful means of support.—Detective Sh ury had known prisoner for six months. He was m the habit of following race meetings, and witness had not known him to do any work. He associated with betting men and gamblers, and was always hanging about for prey.—To the piisoner; You went to Oamaru last week, but only went there for the races, and then came back. When arrested you only had ninepence in your pocket, and were taken out of a brothel. —Constables Bain and Henderson gave corroborative evidence.—Wm. Broslan, horsetrainer and jockey, who was called for the defence, said he had known accused for three years, and had worked with him a few month’s ago. He bad heard that prisoner had done a sentence in Canterbury for horse-stealing.— Kobert Anderson had worked with prisoner, but did not know much about him. He had not heart that prisoner carried loaded dice in bis pocket.— Bench, in sentencing prisoner to one month s imprisonment, with hart labor, told nun that he must leave the place when he had served his sentence. , Horse Stealing.—Arthur Neville was charged, on warrant, 1 with stealing a horse at Tapanui, the property of Wm. Smith, on March Iv*—A r emand to Tapanui was applied for by the police and granted, prisoner to appear there this day week.—Prisoner asked to bo liberated to bail, to which application the police objected, the horse not having been recovered.—The question of granting bail was reserved.

Fhaud.— Fanny O’Livee, a young woman, was charged with obtaining, from Messrs fro? a’ Sf s ?*® 8 ’ and * Co., goods of tfye value ot Lit 19s fid, by means of false pretences.—Mr otout, who had been asked to appear for prisoner, said that she had been made an instrument of by another woman to whom she owed money. Seeing that there was nothing previously known against prisoner, that she was without friends, and that she had come to town a day or two before she was arrested for the purpose of paying for the goods, but was unable to do so as the shop was closed, it being a holiday, he asked prosecutor to withdraw the charge, as if prisoner was sent to gaol she would h%ve to associate with hardened criminals, and thus her character would be blasted for ever.—Prosecutor said that under the circumstances he was not desirous of pressing the charge.—lnspector Mallard demurred to the charge being withdrawn. Not only had the offence of obtaining the goods by means of false pretences been committed, but prisoner, to ob* tarn the goods, had also committod forgery.— . kteut|asked, seeing thatlproseeutor did not wish to press the charge, and that the police oh-

jeotedtoitsboinjwithdrawn, that only anominal penalty be imm,Bed.--The Bench leniency should be shown to prisoner, who appealed to be a young respectable person, though ° tor * ery (which,however,w«not them) Wa ! oer^ m] y a seriout offence ment W “ B6nt€nced to days’imprison.Mamoiops Killin®.—John Jones, charged ’ Wlttl T^T u T 8 l y a cow at Winton was remanded to Invercargill, bail being allowed in of 18 lS 1 S. og,UßanCe ° f LSO, and two reties