CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4046, 14 February 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

| , MONDAY, FEBEUABT 14 f y i (Before y. Pyke, Esq., R.M.. and A. Mercer. Esb. fI J.P.)V . Drunkenness.— -AlexandefMarshiall, H.gcntleman of color, was fined ss, in di&ulfc j iweUty-four hoars* Impri onment;' Geta&e Wiliams. Henry Jbhnson, John Lynch, • and | George Williams, for being diiink on were each fitted 10a, or three d ; William , Tibbs,'who pleaded that he had n >t taken y»y--thih£4ocehKwas’&Btlocke *op, 40s or fourteen days’; William West 10v or ; three, days; and for usb.g obscene laUgnkge 20«, or seven days’: Nicholas Edwards, for beiair drunk in charge ot a horse, 6s’. .er twenty* f-u- hours’; and for assaulting James Hutton, of the Oath buia Hotel, 40s,- or fourteen-ctafoi ’ Same Old Drunk.—Henry HeslemaQ, Johnson, who - was i drunk when placed in the dock was changed with being drunk on the pr-vious day.. Prisoner was bailed, . put yesterday, and had again taken’ rojoSe than f greed with him. Prisoner (in answer ' to the charge): Well, I'm giulty,. governor. (Laughter.) -The Clerk, to the Coqrt: lance.—Prisoner: Silence in' the 'Court* (Renewed laughter.) I tjras 'not disoiaieriy, for I am very quiet drunk.— . Mr V'yk t: You ate disorderly now. You Ere fined 20s or 7 days. (To the constable): .Tklce him away. Prisoner had to be Mcibljrifimoved. v ■ * • C""-?

A Mkndioakt.—Anne Fraser, an aged person, was Charged wjtit 6oli<Siling"hlins itTfe iglic of-way, off. Walker street. - Pi boner had for the last three weeks victimised several p rmoiiß by stating that she want' d mom. y'to get port wiue for her sickly child. With the ni'-nvy she obtained something stronger than port, having no child to spend it on. Prisoner whs simt to gaol for toree months;:. ■/-. Thaft.—Jam s Frederick Carey, a lad. wits charged with stealing applet from the ga d< n of J. .P. Jones at St. Hilda —Mr E. Obokhetanded. The case was clearly proved.—Prisoner was f r.rther charged with 'steal whip of the value of 7b 6d, the prop-riy of George Galloway.—Prosecutor prnveiJraving lost a whip..d This was all he,know of the matter.—Mr Fyke (angrily); Then what do you mean by conning nto , Court without a case against the,man?—'Witness; It hub not my • fault, they'forced it on me.—Mr PvTce (to Inspector- M«Ua»d) ; Have youa case in hand ? , The Invertor ; Yes. your Wor-hip, we have. —Mr Pyke; i was no’, aware .of that.' Bring theevide .c<- oomnecting pri-onerw-th the committal .of th- offence, aud prove possession afterwards.-Constable B,unford detinfo tffljfrt he arrested prisoner on warrant charging bim with stealing a whip. On searching him a t the lock-up he found Some apples onhun. -Prisoner said that he and Kverett (aUeady seht 'to gaol for amdo stealing) had stolen a'whip out. si - Galloway’s cart, did hgd lost it in.Joiies’s garden when tabling applos.—The Bench considered that the evidenoe was insufficient,- up the absence of the; whp, and dismissed the cas -.—Mr Cook' said it 'was « most unexampled thing in his experience f* a police inspector to close a case, biln* another charge, and then rake evidence in the first case. It Was a s andaloui procedu'©.—Mr : Pyke moat beg gintl men of the bar to refrain froftr making uso of such'expressions. “Sanddous 1 ’ was a very strong expression, and ehouidhct - be psed without justification. There wag nothing whatever to justifytheremarita made. His Worship then addressed prisoner, s naying that swhUbgfroin gardens was au offence which wouldbßrequiredtio be put down with astrong band. .Pawner, would be hent to gaol for forgo months. The other charge would be dig. missed. - o .

Trivial Cabk.—Robert Waugh was charged by xredk. Tuer with assaulting-bim at Lnsen. The . case was dismissed. ' . A Lleoed Foboeby. Hyde Oimpbffll was charged, onremand, on theinformttioif of George ‘'Sheppard Edeves, 1 with* forgrHg,kt Dunedin, on February 20, 1675; a promissory note.for the payment of X l4l tor Mallard appeared to proaequte, |md Mr Stout^defended.—Mr ; ; dn, thisnaan, your Worship, there seems to be nochange from tot nay. It is .-tbe.iaame old informatifln.r-TTMr Ryke: After, taking into full argument raised by Mr Stout I have revived <o bear what evidence the police have to offer. —Mr Stout': I can only.ask your Worship to take a note that I raised an objection to any one acting wtxo is not instructed by the" in. formant James Ocok, who deposed: I tin 'engaged in the National Bank, at Dunedin, assistant, accountant. T have a promissory nit 4 tltlira by George Shep ard Beeves. (Withes* 3pxplain'd that the Hank h»d given Value n't the bill, and we; e accordingly i&wUlingtO'pa'ft with it. He had bronghl the hill with 'bimbo the understanding, it would not bhlm* pound, d.. Mr Tyke explained 'that; -the bBl must, be put in as one of tjta 'exhibits. Und eventually it was put in). 1 Iprodtweft ‘MIL drawn February 20, 1875, by G.' Bedvee «5d Co., for fil4 17« Bd, td Calvert’and Campbell, at the Bank of 'NeW ; 'Stottth ' W’.-il -a. ,The r , bill w,«b discounted $n March. : Mr Stout ; i supple Vou have raeu Mr v KetTd’B' signsrtute lootild ; . . u*-;, I 'i Jiotf Jt 1

not wrear that I have. To the best of- my belief it is : hie. It was, taken at the bank ae his.' only repeat what I said befrqv. The C m inissioner of Police baa written to the Victorian authorities who kqow where prosecutof is. Thereof Mr Reeves’s sworiitestimony that the signatured toa bill for. L14117s 8d is‘a, forgery, and there is the bill ; The iptter went to Melbourne four or five dava ago, and I have to ask ihe Court to: grant tha lorigest remand 'possible.-jMr Stout submitted there, was no evidence'in this HCexpected the police would have bven prepared' to b’ ing some evidence of the committal of the Offence! • On the contrary, it would, appear that nooffenceMd been committed, for Air Cook, ha sworn that he bill had ev;d nrly hot been tampered with, the amount was written at one time and there had been no alteration. While prosecutor was in a foreign country there was no power to remand. be Bench were of opinion that accused would not suffer any -injury by. a remand, because be .was put on bail.—Mr Stout: Unless he ia discharged on hia own recognisance .he is undera favor to his friends. If he is admitted to bail on his own; recognisance I shall offer no resistance. t Prisoner might be rem-uded time; after t'me for a whole year through, the absence • of vhe prosecutor.—The Court; If informant does not come over, the case must fall through, i Prisoner will be remanded for ei-jht days, and ; admitted to bail in the same recognisances as bef ‘re —himself in. L2OO, and two sureties of LIOO each.—lnspector Mallard said he antici pat* d an answer from Victoria by that time. Wipe-Beating. James Passmore, was’ charged with assaulting his. wife ati Flagstaff. Complainant, for whom' Mr) Bathgate appeared, asked that defendant mieht be bound over . ,to keep . the peace —The charge having been proved, defendant was hound over in he sum qf LIOO to keep tht , peace towards his wife and all Her MajesW’sl subjects. -