CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4220, 5 September 1876, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, September 5. (Before T. Birch, Esq., and J. Griffen, Esq., £p.’s.)

Dsunsbsness.— John Dean was fined ss, ?n default twenty-four hours' imprisonment: Thomas Johnston 10s, or forty-eight hours; Donald Mut, for being drink at Mosgiel while in charge of a horse and car t at midnight, was fined 10s, in default three days’ imprisonment -Stealing Shovels. —Henry Richards was charged by Thomas Stuart, laborer, with stealing two shovels of the volne of 12s.—Prosecutor said he went into the Prince of Wales Hotel yesterday forenoon, leaving the two shovels now produced at the door.—Constable Green said the loss of the shovels were reported to him yesterdoy. Ho followed the matter up, and arrested the prisoner in Princes street south. The shovels were found on him. —He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, with hard labor.

Stealing Monet.— Elizabeth Lewis, ten years old, was charged by Michael Conellan with stealing one bank-note for the payment of LlO, and ten LI notes yesterday. She admitted takimr the LlO note, but denied that she had taken the single notes.—Mrs Lewis said that hoi daughter had been in prosecutor's employ. Yesterday she returned home, saying she hod left her service, and brought 4s with her. She also bad a piece of cloth, which she said Mr Conellan gave her in place of 2s.—Prosecutor, said hj e was secretary to a Building Company, and on returning home found that a bundle containing Ll7 was gone. As the girl had left bis house without notice he suspected her. This morning he went to her house and she gave him L 9, which she had secreted under the soil some distance from her honse. She said that she had changed the LlO-note ..t Brown Ewing’s, and that was the balance.—The Bench took till the rising of the Court to consider what course they could pursue. The charge was an indictable offence, but it appeared somewhat absurd to put a girl of tender years upon her trial.—Ultimately the case was remanded for a week, the accused being admitted to bail in the mother’s recognisance for L2O.

Obscene Language.— Elizabeth Johnston was charged with using obscene language in Moclaggan street on the 28th ult. Prisoner denied that she had used the language, and said Sergeant Anderson brought the charge out of malice.—Sergeant Anderson said that st 12.15 on the morning of the 28th ult. he heard a noise from the honse occupied by defendant. She was quarrelling with her husband, and nsing filthy language.—She was fined 20s and costs.