CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4105, 24 April 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Monday, April 24. , (Before A. Mercer, Esq.,-and Dr Niven, J.P.’s.)

Drunkenness, Mary Scott, Donald M‘Ennis, William Thomson, and Thomas Kennedy, having been in the lock-up since Saturday, were all discharged with ,a caution ; James Scott was fined ss, in default, twenty-four hours’ imprisonment; Thomas Griffiths, Harriett Johnson, and George Wilson were all fined 10s, or forty-eight hours’; George M‘Leod and William Cummings each 40s, or seven days’. Vagrancy.— Ann M'Pherson, an aged woman, was charged with having no lawful means of support,—Prisoner, it appeared, had given herself up to the police on Saturday night, saying she had no place to go to and no means of living. She was directed to apply for admission to the Benevolent Institution, but returned to the Police Station yesterday saying that she had slept in a shed all night. She had served a sentence for vagrancy.—lnspector Mallard said that it had occurred to min whether accused, having been tainted with crime, was a fit subject for the Benevolent Asylum. She was sent to gaol for three months. Breach of the Peace.— Mary Morris, alias Ann Rogers, was charged with disorderly conduct in Cooper’s right-of-way. As defendant was in a weakly state, she was discharged on her promise to go to the hospital. Illegitimacy.— Agnes Irvine v. Archaleus Perkins, of Otakia, was a charge of affiliation. As defendant did not appear, a warrant was ordered to be issued tor his apprehension. * Neglected Children,— On the appliT °j Titohener, master of the Industrial School, Elizabeth Clarke, a little girl, whose term ol committal had expired, was re-committed to the Institution for seven years.—Hugh M‘Shane, a lad of about eight years <5 age, was brought before the Court by Mr Titchener. who stated that he was committed to the Institution from Invercargill for seven years. Shortly afterwards it was found that the lad was not only dumb, but also an imbecile. He was remarkably filthy and dirty.—The Bench remanded him for medical examination.

Maintenance. Daniel M'Cullura was charged by Mary M‘Cullum, his wife, with neglecting to obey an order made by Mr Bathgate, R.M., by which he was adjudged to pay one pound per week towards the support of his family.—The case was remanded for a fortnight, defendant to make arrangements in the meantime to satisfy the order.