CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4227, 13 September 1876, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, September 13. (Before C. 5. Beeves, Esq., and D. F. Slain, Esq., J.P.’s)

Drunkenness. —William Casper, Nicholas E. Edwards, and George Ben wick (also charged with using obscence language) were all fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment; Thomas Jackson was discharged with a caution. Landlord and Tenant. Mary Ann Rogers, alias Morris, was charged with conducting herself in Machin’s Right-of-way at 4.45 p.m. yesterday, in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Constable Lynch said that prisoner was ejected from a house in the Kight-of-way and as her conduct became very disorderly he arrested her.—She was further charged with assaulting Charles Cooper on September 12.—Prosecutor said that he went into accused s house yesterday afternoon to distrain for rent. A bailiff followed directly after, abd immediately witness stated his business accused assaulted him.—Mr Reeves: That is a strange way to proceed to distrain. The bailiff eh ntdtake possession.—Witness: 1 think the landlord is the" beat bailiff. 1 have been a landlord for sixteen yean, and if

jour Worships would consider the Landord and Tenant Act you would find that there is no better bailiff than the landlord.—Mr Main: When you went into ihe house what did you say !—Witness: I told HerT went -to seize th 4 goods.—Mr Main : But you cannot do that.—Witness s Well, I don't wish to contradict you, but your law.—Mr Main: You cannot take a person’s goods, for rent without going through the process jof law. —Witness: I think, your Worship, Mr Somerville will enlighten you upon that subject.—(Laughter 1 .) There is no better bailiff than the landlord for seizing the goods.—Accused complained that Cooper had taken all her goods, even to a hair-comb and bottle of hair-oil.—Cooper: But there were thaee weeks’ rent. I seized the goods because of your drunken conduct and violence, and not for the value of the things. I offered them all to you if you cleared , out.—Accused took exception to witness’s language ; she had hot been charged in that or any other Court with drunkenness.- Jas. Terry, a bailiff, said that when he went into accused’s house yesterday with a warrant, she became very violent, and used language “most beastly and disgusting.” She smashed all her crockery,, and threw a tin boiler at his head and struck him with it.—idr Reeves; You say you went into accused’s housh armed with a warrant—who issued Witness: Mr Cooper. lam his bailiff, and he always writes oat and signs his warrants. —The warrant not being in Court, the case was adjourned for some minutes for its production, the Bench wishing to see whether the accused was justified in resisting the men.—On the case being again 7 called on Terry produced the warrant and handed it to the Bench. He said ho entered the house with two warrants, one of which was intended for the tenant, but accused tore it up;—Mr Reeves (looking at the warrant): This is quite informal.—Witness: It is in -accordance with the Act of 1868.—Mr Reeves pointed out that a distinct form was laid down in the Act; but the warrant bad not followed i£— Witness : There might be one or two words different, but it bears in effect with theActf. —The Bench held that no tenant had aright to distrain for rent, unless he was provided with a warrant exactly in accordance' with, the letter of the Act. There was an infor* mality in the warrant produced, and the> case would have to be dismissed.

Stone-throwing. William Fannell, a little boy, pleaded guilty to breaking a. lamp, of the value of Is, the property of tht> Corporation.—lnspector Mallard explained, that the authorities had requested the police to make inquiries respecting a lamp which had been maliciously broken on the, Cargill road. Accused and some other boys bad been “cock-shying” at a lamp on some water-pipes, and accused smashed the lamp. —He was reprimanded and discharged.