CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3846, 22 June 1875, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, June 22, (Before E. M'Glashan, Esq,, and Eraser, Esq., J.P.’s.) ■ Drunkenness. ■ John Liston, Duncan M’Keuzie, and John Allan, arrested at Blueskin for drunkenness, and not appearing when called on, were ordered to forfeit their bail; Robert Jones was fined ss, with the alternative of twenty-four hours’ imprison ment. Trespass.— Henry Elsham was charged by George I lenry Barnes with being illegally on his premises at one o’clock this morning.—lnspector Mallard said that it was the usual coursi with prisoners, when wanting counsel, to make an application before the Court sat. He did rot know whether the prisoner was in a position to procure counsel, having only one shilling in his pocket when arrested.—The charge was adjourned till next day. Obscene IiAKGuAGE. —Sarah Anne Coonau, for using obscene language within Ihe hearing of persons passing in Stafford street on the 17th mst., was fined 20s, or, in default, fourteen days imprisonment. An Unnatural Offence.—Aiuouc Maggi an Ita.iau, and a powerfully-built man, was charged by Archibald Wood, minor, with attempting to choke him, so as t > enable him to commit an abominable offcnc-',- Vrisoner pleaded not guilty.—The case was heard with emsed doors.—Prosecutor, whose face was cut and disfigured to a great extent, deposed tha* he met accused at the Theatre last evening and that at the latter’s suggestion they agreed to sleep at the Red Lion Hotel. They occupied the same room, and it was shortly after midnight that prisoner attempted to commit the offence. On resist ng. prisoner seized 1 im by the throat and nearly choked him ' is cnes of “murder” led to tho bedioom door being burst open and persons coming to his assistance. Pmoner was committed for trial bTEAUNG FROM TUG PERSON.—Henry Wilhams, a young man at present undergoing sentence for vagrancy v and for carrying loaded dice, was charged w’ltli stealing a silver watch gold chain, and locket, of the value of L2O the r'° l^ ty r 0 f . J P hn Macfurlane, of Waugaloa, Caitha district.—Prosecutor stated that lie hact thewatch in his pocket on the Bth April, at tho Tokomanro races. I| c had tt at 9.30 p.m., and missed it at about seven o’clock iwO morning, and immediately reported the loss to the police. He did not know who had stolen the watch, but prisoner was pointed out to him b- nL v y , ’ er T n ;r: Vbrdhaul pawn b.okw, ueiiosed that one Giant offered the watch m question for pawn, savin" that he had received it from fitness knowing the watch to bl sto’en detained it. James Shcra, striker in the employ of Reid and Giay received the , ? roduced f r°m prisoner to sell. Prisoner owed him money and witness sold th- watch last Thn a charge of vagrancy on 21st Anvil Bam uith receiving the watch f r L u • fioner, knowing it to be stolen tT - ll ' -to sell for him in Aj ril nt prod V c , cd ildd bnnatif ri , I . 1 n, wjiidl IIQ when&iLT C °- nstaUo Baiu d *Posed that Ld dime with y£ ,SOI T* i n A 1 21 wl.at hn from Wil linn a u 6 ' VU(dI received irom w ilhams he said that he knew nothin-' WilUtms and On a< l n - evcr / eC u Ved a Watch Williams, On being further questioned he

again, denied all knowledge of the watch, and p.dded, “ More, if I did know I would not tell you.” Prisoner was discharged.