CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4086, 31 March 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Friday, March 31. Before H, S. Fish, Esq., and A. Mercer, Esq., JiP.'S.)

Their ‘Worships took their seats oh the Bench at il Drunkenness. —Edward Ellis was flnocTSs, m default twenty-four hours' imprisonment; Maty Dn&ns, 40s, or fourteen dajnf., Window Breaking.— Edward Floyd was charged n* t-iw Misdate-Arms Hotels with breaking a his property, trosetsutor -jipt appearing, the pn-| soner was discharged. . ... . = Spray was charged hyi Isabella Spray, his' wife; With refusing to obey on: : order by Mr Bathgate, jK..M : by. whiph -was adjudged to pay LI 15s a week towards Hhe support ,of .herself * and thrfeo - children, defendant said his ‘not 'Wish" to "pkessj

the charge.---Mrs Spray said .that iwr w band had ' promised 'to ! «ttntribttte- v Mjrtuwiyj towards her support;, and she .therefore wished to; withdraw the charge,—The charge 'was dismissed, on payment-ot coats. - Wife Desbetion.—SophiaTioklev. ;was a charge of this .nature!, Defendant, did not, appear. Oo.mphiinant, a' Frenchwoman. mother of sir children. said' ihat'She had' reoeifea. LU 10s since. Christmas from' her husband* who was a oook;—Mr Fish: Perhaps; your husband is sending you ns much as he can afford.' _ Ton cannot draw mood from a stone, i .The jnpst the_

compel himtopayis 20s a weak, .lie. Ms I ia’ily sent yoti nearly that I (pleadingly); But 20s will Hod sdppdrfc six’Chilttren, I I some day. HQipmdftiiSrnwpey. on other women* I _flue and.flash.-dressed, while my poor children have I not dresses for thei? back’s.—Defendant was nnea I 5s and costc, and drdeitd •do pay 20s per week I towards his family’s support—the money to bo pain I to the Clerk of the' Court. . / T 1 . Destroying Marshall, a young lad, was charged .by,’ Robert Yoimgbiah,_ with breaking part'of aahrub growing on thO'TCwu I Belt: De f ehoaut said ho had' Broken a ahpr fcbranph off a shrub to give to’his' sister.—ln?onnaut : stated that defendant was ‘‘ up a ftee ” when.. he .caughr ■ him.-- 1 (Laughter.) .The charge was uißunsseu with, a caution. ■ , . , , j 1 A, C63TLT WHiBTtB.--Herr Schbtt' irthr ww with a similar offence'. Defendant plMdod_ that-he was not aware ho was committing An .offence, Mi|. ■ was Whistling at the time >nnd' was very lively, aim did not cut the branch secretly.—The ; EMger acU mltted that.had.it not been for defendant s wmsUe he" would not have been attracted to the spot. He had great difficulty, in catching persons destroying the shrubs, as they usually provided themselves with pocket saws.—The Bench were willing to accept defendant, s'pleal of ignorance, gnd'dismiased mm w Ap a caution. It was, quite. necessary to protect the Town Belt, as the Corporation fcefe going to considerable expense in improvement.