CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3822, 25 May 1875, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, May 25. (Before E. B. Cargill, Esq., and A. Mercer, Esq., J.P.s.)

drunkenness. Robert Geddea, Thomas Hagan, George Milne, and Archibald M'Callnm were discharged with a caution ; John Kennedy was fined 10s, or, in default, forty-eight hours’ imprisonment; James Burke, 10s or forty-eight hours'; and for using obscene language, 5s or forty-eight hours’. Breach op the Peace. —Benjamin Coates, for disorderly conduct on the railway platform last evening, was fined 20s, or, in default, fortyeight hours’ imprisonment. Theft. —Archibald Whelan was charged with stealing, on May 4, from the premises of John Walker, engineer, one four-inch vice ot the value of 20s. Prisoner was further charged with stealing a number of shirts from the shop of Charles Nunn, draper, King street.—On the first charge he was sent to gaol for one month, and on the other for three months. Robbery prom an Hotel.— Francis Henderson was charged with stealing from the till from the Kensington Hotel on May 22 six onepound notes and a pocket-book, the property of Timothy Hayes, publican.—Prosecutor said that he was absent from his hotel on Saturday night, and when he returned he was informed that he had been robbed. On going to his drawer he found that nine one-pound notes had been stolen therefrom. The pocket-book, portion of a cheque, and pieces of paper produced were also taken from the drawer.—Mary Anne Hayes, thirteen years old, said that hearing some one in her mother's bedroom on Saturday night she went for her mother. On a light being brought she saw prisoner standing near the drawers.—Elam Gilbert, millwright, deposed to hearing screams for help from Mrs Hayes on Saturday night. On going into the room he found Mrs Hayes and prisoner struggling, the latter attempting to escape. Mrs Hayes ordered prisoner to give up what he had stolen. He then pulled from his pocket the bank-notes, paper, and portion of cheque produced, which had been sworn to as his property by last witness, and as having been stolen from the drawer.—Prisoner was committed for trial. Skating Kink. —Fred Isitt, proprietor of the Skating Rink, was charged with using the Drill-shed for the purposes of a skating entertainment and with charging for admission to the same without a license.—lt appeared that this skating class was held at the shed, and that the pupils daily assembled there for their own recreation.—The Bench upheld the view taken by the counsel for the defence (Air Dennison), that before a conviction could ensue it must be shown that there were paid performers.