CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3794, 22 April 1875, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

Thursday, April 22. (Before H. Bastings and R. H. Leary, Esqs., J.P.’s.)

Drunkenness. —James Bruce and Mary Ann Bruce, husband and wife, were each fined ss, in default, 24 hours* imprisonment. Unnatural Parents. —James Jackman (9), was charged with being a neglected child, havmg been found wandering at large.—From the evidence adduced, it appeared that last night the lad’s mother, when in a half-drunken state, was seen dragging him by the ears and brutally kicking him. The boy entreated some passers-by not to allow him to be taken to his Rome, as his father would beat him to death. Some time after he was found sleeping in a water-closet. He had been away from home for a week, and two of his sisters were in the Industrial School,—The lad’s father here made a rambling statement to the Bench, saying that his son had been treated as well os anyone could be. —Inspector Mallard: Toll the truth—the whole trutn. Let their Worships know of the drunken habits of the boy’s parents.— Mr Bastings (to the father): There is no use disguising the truth. If any parent has a boy under his natural protection and allows him to go headlong to perdition —to his very ruin, as this little fellow is going—it is our duty to save the boy, and try to effect hie reformation. You and your wife ought to have three year's’hard labor in the gaol for bringing children into the world and treating them like that. Yon ought to be made to suffer instead of them. The lad will be committed to the Industrial School for four years; the police to afterwards learn the circumstances of the father with a view to making him contribute towards the toy’s support. Theft.— Wm. Tyler was charged on the information of Alex. M'Neelanco, brass-finisher, with stealing from the Gridiron Hotel, on April 10, a number of shirts, neckties, handkerchiefs, &c., of the value of L 3. After hearing the case for the prosecution, Mr E. Cook, wno defended, asked for an adjournment till to-morrow to enable him to call witnesses, which was granted. If Vagrancy. —Henry Williams was charged with having no lawful means of support.— Constable Bain said that he arret ted prisoner yesterday afternoon on the charge stated. He had known him for seven months, and during that time the only work he had done was billiard-marking for a short time. He frequented the different race meetings, and was a card-sharper and gambler. In his possession, on searching him, were found a dice box and nine dice —three of them being false, having three fives and three sixes on them.—Mr Bastings (looking at the dice): You are sure to win with these.—ln his carpet-bag were found nine other dice, three of them also being false. In his possession were found a chain and locket, which answered to the description of some property stolen at the late Milton races, and which accused attended. Accused, in coming through the Arcade, attempted to throw away a horse-hair guard. In the bag were also found a ball and two pins, used for gambling.—The Bench, in sentencing prisoner to the full term under the Act—three months—regretted that they could not give him a longer sentence. In their opinion he was one of those men who went about living on the verdancy of mankind.—Prisoner having been removed, the Bench ordered the false dice to be confiscated and destroyed.