CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4126, 18 May 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Thursday, May 18.

(Before E. ff. Ward,_ Esq., and T. Birch,

Esq., J.P.’i.)

Drunkenness.— Charles Frazer and Ellis Chambers were each fined ss, in default twenty-four hoars’ imprisonment. Disorderly Conduct.— John Brown was charged with being guilty of conduct at the railway station calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Defendant got into a carriage on the 2.30 down tram to Port Chalmers yesterday without a ticket. On being requested by the guard to get out'of the carriage he used insulting language and had to be removed.—He was fined lOs, in default three days’ imprisonment. Stealing Pocket-handkerchiefs.— Hy. Jones was charged by Thomas Newbold Russell with stealing, on May 18, one pocket-handkerchief of the value of Is 6d, his property.—Prosecutor retired to .bed about 11.30 p.m., and shortly after heard some one breathing in the room. On lookin' under one of tiie beds he found prisonr lying there. On being searched, two ban* kerchiefs were found on prisoner, one 1 longing to witness and the other 3 another lodger named Jamieson. —Priso r was further charged with stealing 4 ® pocket - handkerchief, the property of Alexander J. Jamieson, and with P® illegally in the Occidental Hotel.—On 4o ** of the three charges he was three days* imprisonment, cumulative',*"* Bench regretted that in addition the' ol "" not compel prisoner to pay costs of t witnesses. In America, in addition 1 the punishment, prisoners would have tW costs —very just and right, too. Stealing a Saucepan.— Rose j£»an" was charged by James Fraser with*»“®s* on May 2, a saucepan, his proper**!’*^'®*.

secutor recognised the saucepan produced as his property. It had been stolen from hjs back-yard. Joseph Tiltman bought the saucepan produced from accused yesterday. —lnspector Millard ; Trivial as the offence may be, robberies of this kind are very frequent in North Dunedin. - Mr Ward ; And when proved the punishment is such as to make the class to which she belongs-- petty - Sing stealers—remember. She was sent to for seven days.