CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4055, 24 February 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Thursday, February 24 (Before V. Pyke, Esq., R.M.)

Drunkenness. Richard Giounds, John Jobndott, alias Samuel Smith, and Harry Hobson were each fined ss, er, in default, twenty-four hours’ imrrisonment; Mary Ann Smith, against whom there were four previous convictions, 20s or fourteen days; and A nne Mannicg, an o d offender, 40s or fourteen days. Vagrancy. - The prisoner Manning was furthir cha’ged with having no lawful means of support. She pleaded that when her “old mm” died, f-ur months ago, he left her 1.9 and some furniture, which she had since sold. She a'so did washing.—Constable Gilbert stated that prisoner was a prostitute, and had livid in d ffere .t brothels in biorth Dunedin for the la--t three or four men hs. About 1.30 o’clock this morning there was a great row amongst a me pros i u;es in a house in. St. Andrew s r-et. Pris <ner was ejected from the house, and being orunk, witness ar.e ted. her —She w.tß sea to g«ol for fourt.en days, with hard labor.—Catherine Brown, an old woman,, was charged with a like offence. Prisoner, against whom there were fortyeight convictions for various offences, had given herself up to the police, saying she had no <

place to go to.—She was sent back lo her old quarters-with which, as Mr Pyke remarked, she was very familar—for three months l . „S R f AK, NO Windows.—ft lex. Marshall, a darkey was charged with breaking sx wiudows, the property of Samuel L. Grogan, eman o£ color —The charge was proved by prosecutor and Mr “BaA” £Z n rf’^ d - defe . ndanfc was fined 10s, in default m P r, ?°“ and ordered to comw tbe eum ot 205 «>. Xarceny as a Bailee. -Edward Price was charged by Robert Gooiiisoa with converting to hj idlf D ? c !. mberl3 amare . saddle, and b idle, prosecutor’s property, and of whicL nriLiddle was charged with stealing, at Matakanui, on January 33. a i° r Property of mas Lean,—lnspector Mallard statUthat the money was collected by Mr Davidson b e haT r fl G H Btatio ". Sawt on th n w,fe t of who bad broken Lis leg, and a cheque for the amount handed over to i nsoner, who converted it to his own use. to fTh« re was a signature on the back of the cheque which the police would like exp.amed.—A remand for seven days was granted —Prisoner requested “ the pleasure” of bjing allowed to consult a lawyer.