CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3964, 8 November 1875, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Monday, November 8, (Before and A. Mercer, Esq., and Dr. Niven. J.P.’s.) Drunkenness. John Downey was discharged with a caution ; Wm, Wilkie, Win. Henry, and Charles Allan were each fined ss, with the alternative of twenty-four hours’ imprisonment; John Tyberry, Wm. Joslyn, and James Donnelly, 10s, or forty-eight hours’; John ivj ‘Lend and Ellen Maitland, 40s <>r fourteen days’; Caroline Cahey, 40s or seven days’. Vagrancy. -Jane MT.end and Ellen Maitland were each sent to gaol t-r three months for having no lawful means of support. Charge or stealing a dog. -Chas. Coffin was charged with stealing a dog of the value of L 4, the property of John Thomson, of Forbury. Mr Joyce defended.— Prosecutor said he repotted the loss of a Mack curly dog, wiiii a scar ever the right eye, to the police about nine or ten days ago. The dog now in Court was the same. He bought it from a man named Beadi ug, —By Mr Joyce: The dog was in his possen.don up to Octo'ti.'. 25, , On that day he missed it for a few minxes and then saw it vith accused, ticcaded the dog, bu. if. would not follow him, apparently having a p cuuar fascination for a woman who was with accused. - (Laughter ) Mr Joyce • Wonderful sagacity 1 Charles Beading said he sold the dog now in Court to last witness about three or four months} ago for 30s.—J. 0. t-obi.s-u stated that he bought the dog from accused for L 3 10s, on the 2bth ult.—By Mr Joyce : There was a verbal agreement by which witness was to give up possession of the dog to accused for the sum he paid for it if the rightful owner turned up, accused saying that the dog belonged to one Stephens, of Brokonui. Witness had been to Brokonui, but Stephenson had left the place.— Mr Joyce said that the case was one of mistaken identity, and called George Trafalgar, bricklayer’s laborer, who said that he fir*t saw the dog new before the Court about a year ago. It was then in possession of Stephens, who was in Southland. Stephens lost it m Dunedin about three months ago, and as he had to leave town requested witness and accused to look for it.—The Bench, in the absence of further evidence and on account of the contradicory testimony dismissed the case without piejm ice. A Peculiar Elopement, —Henry Pard was charged by I'homas Gardiner, of Invercargill, with stealing a pair of Mankets, on November 14, of the value of 14s. Prosecutor said he had kept accused, who was bis hi other-in-law, in his house tor the last six months. When be returned home on Thursday last he found that accused had left, taking witness’s wife and child, then clothing, money, and a pair of blankets with him. He followed them to Dunedin, and communicated with rh- poiiao. The blankets were found in accused'.- possession. Witness wished to withdraw the charge, his wife

having promised to return with spector Mallard in reply to the Bench Mid that so far as the police were concerned they were communicated with by Gardiner’s master, and Uo'eotive Henderson was told off, and after >ome trouble found accused. Personally he had no eebng m the matter either .mo way or ■ he other, but bad merely done lift, business.involved t ie Leech decided to dismi « the case. •nKSADLT. indiew Harris was charged with assailing V\ m. Stevenson, at Green Island, there was a cross-action.-Mr Bathgate anpeared for Stevenson, and Mr Took for Harris. arris was fiued 20s and costs, and both parties -ore bound over to keep the peace for six months.