CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3861, 9 July 1875, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Friday, July 9.

(Before V. Pyke, Esq., and A. Mollison, Esq., J.P.’s)

Drunkenness. —Frances Parkes was fined 10», in default seven days’ imprisonment. Bkeaoh of the Peace —George Hamilton, for conducting himself in a manner calculated to provoke a bro ich of the peace, was fined 10s and co ts.

VAQijANpr.—The adjourned charges against Anno Harper were di*mi-ised, accused having, in accordance with her promise, left Dunedin. —A. charge of vagi anoy against Wm. Hall was, on the application of Mr Hards, defendant's counsel, i djourned till Tuesday. Maintenance —Wm. Marshall, a young man, was char;ed by Emily Gat diner with re fusing to support her male child of which lie was the putative fataer—Mr Harris apoeared for complainant, Mr E. Cook for defendant.—ln stating' hik case, Mr Harris said that defendant had b6en in the habit qf supporting the child by paying a wfeekly allowance. I ..alter ly, however, he iefjp«(J to do so, on the ground th%t hif famjly expenses were too heavy. It was always held that supporting thp child vs an imppitapt element in the cage, and if supported by the evidenee of the mother as to patpruits wag quite sufficient. A witness wou’d prove that de endant had admitted the child was his Complainant stated that she had kept company with defendant for three years. On the 28th January she became the mother of the child, of which defendant was the father. After being in tl>e hospital for a month she called on defendant at the shop y?hei e Ije worked and asked for money. He requested her tq sepcl in ihv afternoon, and h.e wou|d give hep spirit thing; and he gavrja little girl whom she sent ten shillings. He oont nuod tp ooptrijiute till' Saturday week, bpt then declined on thp ground that hj» had g ipothcr and sisters to support. Hp off oed to pay fiye shillings ppr wck, but tjpp shp deen.p l insufficient. -r- Orqsg-es- - ; Jfevpr kept company with any one but defendant pinpp Rlarph, |874Margaret Aitken, servant girl, had received money from the defendant for a couple of months at the rate of 10s per week. He bad frequently said that he was the father of the child, and always asked after its welfare. The Bericb ooqgidpred the case clearly proved It 'vas lay'ed down that the payment Jjy a putative father of a' bastard child twelve’* months before the issuing of an affi iation suminolis wab a piajtcrinl el tpeut in a case; and here t is had bejen compiled with. Defendant was ordered to pay 10s per week'till pnd of thp year gpd then defendant might ppply tp have the order altered. The mother might then he charged, if defendant could prove the utility of the mother to contribute towards the child?* support. Ekaud. —On Wm. Lawrie being placed in the dock op a charge of receiving money by false pretences nfc Southland, Mr Pyke said that there was nothin'; before the Court, there was no information and no warrant,— Inspector Mallard : We are prepared to swear that we have i pasonable cause to suspect, and do suspect that accused {s the man referred to ; but cannot say whether the money is p-iu or promissory notes. Accused w«s only apprehended this morning, and cur information was only received from Southland last night, although the offence was committed on May 22. —Mr Pyke : There is nothing whatever .before this (Jpurt as I understand you have no kpoyyledge of .tjie facts ?—lnspector Mallard WAS in posses'pwn of tbb'whqle facts, and aisked that thp fresh information witfy s ari alternative —“coin* l or “notes” —he la>4- —Mr Pyke: There is a warrant out already, apd WP qanpot issue another. The only thing we can do is to adjourn the case, and 1 do not know that we are even right in doing that. The case will be a t journe i till Tuesday to enable the warrant fo arrive from Southland, and you must have immediate action taken. This man must not be kepCin iustody.—The case was accordingly adjourned'till Tuesday.- 1 -' -