CITY POLICE COURT.
Saturday, April 8,
(Before V. Pyke, Esq., J.P., and J. Griffen, Esq., J.P.)
Drunkenness.— John Travers was fined 10s, in default, three days’ imprisonment. Defendant was further charged with breaking a pane of glass in the window of a house occupied by Grace Travers, his wife. Complainant has a protection order. On tbia charge he was nixed 10s, or three days’ imprisonment, cumulative on the- first sentence; and ordered defendant to pay for the window.
Alleged 111-treatment by* a Police Constable.— John Bambury was charged with attempting to rescue a prisoner from legal custody at 2.30 o’clock yesterday; morning. Mr Hay defended.—Constable Johnson deposed that on the morning of the 7th inst. he had two prisoners' in. custody in Walker street, When Bambury attempted to rescue a man Smith who was in custody . Witness told prisoner to go away, but he refused, and kicked Constable M‘Donald, who; left Smith and the other prisoner in order to pursue Bambury, who ran away Prisoner afterwards came to the lock-up and was immediately identified By Mr Hay; I was not kicking prisoner Smith. Bambury l was not sober. He was not struck on thei face with a policeman’s lamp.—Constable' M‘Donald gave corroborative evidence.—; Constable Moore, watch-house keeper on the < morning in question, stated that prisoner! eame to the lock-up and said that he wished to prefer a charge against Constables ; M‘Donald and Johnston for ill-usage of prisoner Smith. Witness told him to go to the Inspector.—Mr Hay called George’ Griffin, compositor in tine ‘Times’ office, who I stated that on going home at four o’clock 1 yesterday morning he saw two constables ill-' using a prisoner. He saw a man approach, them and tell the constables not to ill-use the man, and one of the constables struck prisoner on the mouth with his lamp. Prisoner Smith, was helplessly drunk, and the constables were kicking him- Witness could bear the thuds on the opposite side of the street.—By Inspector Mallard: I had just' gone into my I will swear that the constables were kicking Smith. I have not seen Smith since.—lnspector Mallard said that he could discover no marks on Smith yesterday morning.—Smith was called but did ; not appear.—Mary Griffen, wife of last witness, said that she heard screaming on the morning in question and got up. She saw two policemen with a man between tham They were kicking the man, A maw then came across the street and asked the police not to hurt the prisoner. Witness saw one of the policemen strike the present prisoner on the mouth with a lamp.—The Bench said-the case would have to be dismissed, but at the same time they wished to remark that it was very doubtful whether Smith: could have received the ill-treatment alWad by the witnesses for the defence. The idea of a man being kicked with thuds that could; be heard across a street, and yet no mn.rlra to be visible next day, was a little too much for the Bench to believe. The police at times had great difficulty in locking up drunken men.—lnspector Mallard requested that Mr Hay should withdraw certain remarks which he made yesterday. He had stated that he was going to prove that the action by the police here was analogous with; the action of a policeman in Wellington re-; cently.—Mr Pyke: What did he mean by that ? - Inspector Mallard: It means this : A policeman in Wellington did something very heinous the other day, and • Mr Hay wanted to. nuke out that ’ the action ot the police here was something like it. He objected to such a: statement going forth to the public without corroboration.—The Bench had already expressed the opinion that it was not fair to make such insinuations. It was admitted that we had the best force in New Zealand. Absent without Leave.— Gustavus R. Kirby, master of the barque lizzie, was, charged by Captain Hallom with being absent ! without leave. Mr Stout prosecuted, Mr! Joyce defended.—-The case for the prbsecu-. tion was that the mate had been absent since Wednesday last without leave. - For the defence it was urged that the captain had ordered him off the vessel.—The Bench considered the case proved, and sentenced defendant to twenty-four hours’ imprisonment, and ordered him to forfeit one week’s pay. —Similar charges against four.ofjthe seamen were withdrawn on the understanding that the men would return to their work.
The Dunedin Cup Sweep.—Mr Pyke delivered the following judgment m the action Police v. Caleb Moore, heard on Thursday last: — , . ' This case is laid tmdei the 23td section of the Town and Country Police Ordnance, and differs somewhat from that heard last year against Mr Dodson, of being beneficially interested; which was' brought under seotijn 2of the Act. Defendant is' charged with having disposed of certain tickets by which persons were admitted to have an Interest in a certain scheme, namely, a racing sweep, wherein .and whereby prizes of money wore competed for The facts are admitted by defendant’s counsel so that it only remains for the Court to give ita -1 cannot say upon «ie,points of law raised, for to reality no legal points were raised. The plea set ud amounted to no more than an such racing sweeps were common and customorv . further, tha? raffles, which also come nomination of lotteries, for charitable, and etW purposes, areoffrequent occurrence. iMsniVba ablotUnot a blotnntaiShtt. Se eptoma which minister the law M they find it, and the law do, cloreathe sale of tlcketa/whether themoney Sven for them goes to raoiig sw^Tpr
oiplemvolved is Sairly jiatrattii-in thi'eue of .v. CrtMwaaw (Bell*^ & Imay mention for ute information of newspaper proprietors and others, that the 6 and 7 WiUimtV., c. 68, also ““po&oa penalties on persons advertising' foreign and iUegnl lotteries or notices for the sals of [] oM>e the Bench will inflict a penalty SKMOPa v ,^Aas4UW^«»^ohn Thomas, laborer, was charged bythe police with assaulting John ■ Baynpff, Corporation Inspector, on the Bth inst,, andwith him grievous bodily harm. Mr Joyce defended, andafcked lor la remmd.~lM|>ector Mallard said the assault: Was a serious one. and the charge would have to be adjourned till Mr Barnes was in a fit state to app«S&£Dr Richardson stated that Mr Barnes, wta'in a very precarious state. When he fthe -doctor) last saw him he was seatiHle; and he was very violent when he woke Out of the lethargy in which he was,—A remand fat seven days was granted, the; Benchrefusing to admit prisoner to bail till they w£ro better informed of Mr’ Barnes’s state of health. • Fighting.—Jane Crawford and Mary Aim Ford were each fined 20s, or seven days* imprisonment, for riotous conduct in the Devil’s Half-acre. Rake.—The charge against James Prescott i was further remanded tell Monday.
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Evening Star, Issue 4093, 8 April 1876, Page 2
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1,123CITY POLICE COURT. Evening Star, Issue 4093, 8 April 1876, Page 2
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